Water Oak Estates
Homes for Sale in Boca Raton, FL

Water Oak Estates market snapshot (as of September 20, 2026): the median sale price is about $1.90M ($602 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 16 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is up 34% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Beaches MLS closed sales (3 closings in the current window).

In ZIP 33496 (Boca Raton), 526 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $919K ($414/sq ft), up 13.5% year over year, with a median 43 days on market. Right now 89 active and 40 pending listings put supply at about 3.6 months — a balanced market. See the live ZIP 33496 housing market and the Palm Beach County market.

County records show 27 qualified sales in Water Oak Estates across 2024–2025 (15 in 2024, 12 in 2025), median $1.23M — the last recorded sale per parcel on the Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll, independent of the MLS.

Water Oak Estates is a community of 325 homes in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, built between 1986 and 2024 (median 1989), with a median living area of about 3,081 square feet. 76% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).

Water Oak Estates is a low-profile enclave in Boca Raton with minimal MLS activity—just two closings over the past year—making it a market defined by infrequency rather than momentum.

Water Oak Estates does not behave like a typical subdivision. With only two closings recorded in the trailing year, this is not a community where you'll find weekly inventory churn, reliable comp coverage, or the kind of buyer competition that drives bidding. It's a small enclave where homes rarely change hands, and when they do, each sale is its own negotiation, shaped more by the specific property and timing than by neighborhood trends.

The appeal here is straightforward: you get a Boca Raton address without the density, the HOA programming, or the constant resale activity of the city's larger communities. But that comes with trade-offs. If you need to sell on a schedule, you're at the mercy of whether a qualified buyer happens to be looking that quarter. If you're buying, you may wait months for the right listing to surface, and when it does, condition and lot characteristics will matter more than any median statistic.

There are no identified community amenities in the current MLS data—no clubhouse, no pool, no common areas that would add a layer of dues or governance. What you're purchasing is the lot, the home, and the Boca location. For some buyers, that simplicity is exactly the point. For others accustomed to resort-style community features, it will feel like an underbuild.

In a micro-market like Water Oak Estates, where two sales a year is the norm, you need a broker who can operate off-MLS and off-market—someone with direct relationships and the patience to wait for the right opportunity rather than push you toward whatever happens to be listed. Momentum's team knows when to advise a buyer to expand the search radius and when to tell a seller that their pricing assumptions don't align with the current (tiny) comp set. We don't manufacture urgency where none exists, and we don't pretend a statistically insignificant sample is a trend. If this enclave fits your goals, we'll work it correctly; if it doesn't, we'll say so early.

Listings in this community report association dues of about $808 per month ($9,696 a year) — the median AssociationFee across 26 MLS records, normalised to a monthly figure; most are billed quarterly. Dues change with budgets and can differ by section or product type; confirm the current figure with the association before you offer. Source: MLS listing records, 2026-10.

Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.