Momentum Housing Data · Home Values · Walton County
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BOTANY BAYOU (Santa Rosa Beach, FL): 8 recorded closings in the 12 months ending 2026-07-25, an 8-year price record, and the year-by-year record — every number from recorded MLS closings, none from an estimate model.
In the current window, sellers accepted a median 84.8% of original asking; the median sale took 99 days (window ending 2026-07-25).
| Year | Median sold | Median $/sqft | Median DOM | Sold ÷ original ask | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1,075,000 | — | 99 | 84.8% | 8 |
| 2025 | $975,000 | — | 128 | 90.7% | 3 |
| 2024 | $1,084,500 | — | 49 | 92.0% | 6 |
| 2023 | $1,800,000 | — | 31 | 90.6% | 3 |
| 2020 | $1,475,000 | — | 96 | 95.5% | 4 |
| 2019 | $625,000 | — | 3 | 89.4% | 5 |
| 2018 | $649,000 | — | 100 | 86.7% | 5 |
| 2016 | $469,900 | — | 70 | 94.5% | 3 |
Over the recorded series, BOTANY BAYOU’s median sold price moved from $469,900 (2016) to $1,075,000 (12 months ending 2026-07-25) — +129% over that span, with every year’s figure from recorded closings, not a model.
The recorded series starts in 2016 at $469,900. Against the 2023 peak of $1,800,000, the current median stands at -40%. Annual sales volume here has ranged from 1 to 8 closings a year (10-yr average 3.7). With roughly 3.7 closings a year, BOTANY BAYOU’s medians move in steps, not curves — a handful of unusual sales can swing a year, which is why the sales count sits next to every figure above.
What actually trades here: 100% detached single-family in the current window.
At BOTANY BAYOU’s $1,075,000 median and Walton County’s adopted 9.758 mills (FY2025-26), a home assessed at that price carries roughly $10,490 a year in property tax before exemptions, or about $10,100 with the full Florida homestead exemption — a buyer’s first-year figure; a long-time owner’s Save Our Homes cap can be far lower, which is one reason resale taxes jump at closing. Municipal and special-district millage varies inside the county; see the Walton County tax page.
Current asking prices run a median $1,290,000 against the $1,075,000 recorded sold median (+20%) — the gap between what sellers hope and what the record shows.
Cash bought 0% of recorded BOTANY BAYOU sales in the window ending 2026-07 (0 of 8) — a fact worth knowing before assuming every buyer needs an appraisal to close. With asking prices running +20% over the recorded sold median, a BOTANY BAYOU listing priced against the closed record above stands out against its competition; one priced against the asking crowd joins the statewide list of homes that never sold.
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Communities buyers shopping BOTANY BAYOU are also weighing (same ZIP), each on its own recorded 12-month closings. A median well above the neighbors is a ceiling to price against; well below is where the value argument lives.
| Community | Median sold | Median $/sqft | Median DOM | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASSINE VILLAGE | $1,087,500 | — | 241 | 4 |
| CYPRESS BREEZE PLANTATION | $1,032,000 | — | 73 | 8 |
| DAUGHETTES AMENDED | $1,023,500 | — | 53 | 16 |
| GROVE BY THE SEA | $1,137,500 | — | 56 | 4 |
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