Momentum Housing Data · Home Values · Seminole County
CARDINAL OAKS (LAKE MARY, FL): 4 recorded closings in the 12 months ending 2026-08-02, 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 95.1% of original asking; the median sale took 72 days (window ending 2026-08-02).
| Year | Median sold | Median $/sqft | Median DOM | Sold ÷ original ask | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $539,500 | $249 | 72 | 95.1% | 4 |
| 2025 | $700,000 | $310 | 0 | 100.0% | 3 |
| 2024 | $625,000 | $266 | 37 | 100.0% | 7 |
| 2022 | $590,000 | $223 | 12 | 100.0% | 9 |
| 2019 | $297,000 | $155 | 219 | 88.7% | 3 |
| 2017 | $355,000 | $112 | 324 | 83.9% | 3 |
| 2016 | $312,000 | $130 | 47 | 95.9% | 10 |
| 2015 | $301,250 | $137 | 42 | 95.1% | 4 |
Over the recorded series, CARDINAL OAKS’s median sold price moved from $301,250 (2015) to $539,500 (12 months ending 2026-08-02) — +79% over that span, with every year’s figure from recorded closings, not a model.
The recorded series starts in 2015 at $301,250. The 2020–22 run-up did what it did everywhere — CARDINAL OAKS’s median moved +99% from 2019 to 2022. Against the 2025 peak of $700,000, the current median stands at -23%. Annual sales volume here has ranged from 0 to 10 closings a year (10-yr average 3.3). With roughly 3.3 closings a year, CARDINAL OAKS’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% single-family residence, with a median of 2,163 sq ft and a median price per square foot of $249 in the current window.
From the live MLS feed as of 2026-09-03: The homes listed or recently sold were built between 1980 and 1985 (median 1985); 1 of 3 geocoded listed or recently sold homes sit inside a FEMA special flood hazard zone (A/V), which buyers’ lenders will price into insurance; median elevation 54 ft. See the current CARDINAL OAKS listings →
At CARDINAL OAKS’s $539,500 median and Seminole County’s adopted 15.18 mills (FY2025-26), a home assessed at that price carries roughly $8,190 a year in property tax before exemptions, or about $7,590 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 Seminole County tax page.
Demand check: 100% of CARDINAL OAKS’s listings are under contract, against 33% for ZIP 32746 and 30% for Seminole County as a whole — the community is absorbing faster than its surroundings. Since 2005, 64 CARDINAL OAKS listings were withdrawn, canceled, or expired without selling — overpricing is the recurring cause statewide. Over the recorded years, an average of 59% of CARDINAL OAKS listings ended without selling (withdrawn/canceled/expired); in 2026 that rate was 0%. Momentum’s market-heat index for CARDINAL OAKS reads 44/100 (computed from DOM, sale-to-list, and absorption; 2020–21 peaked in the 70s here).
Cash bought 25% of recorded CARDINAL OAKS sales in the window ending 2026-06 (1 of 4) — a fact worth knowing before assuming every buyer needs an appraisal to close. The table above is the closed-sale record to price a CARDINAL OAKS home against; asking prices are an opening position, recorded closings are the value.
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Communities buyers shopping CARDINAL OAKS are also weighing (nearest by map distance), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVANSDALE | $507,500 | $248 | 5 | 5 |
| LAKE MARY WOODS | $665,000 | $273 | 3 | 3 |
| LAKE MARY LANDINGS | $341,250 | $174 | 82 | 6 |
| GROVEVIEW VILLAGE | $275,000 | $209 | 3 | 3 |
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Based on Stellar MLS data distributed by MLS GRID for the period 2007 through 2026. Compiled from recorded MLS closings; deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Figures are medians for the stated windows and change as new sales record; individual homes vary widely. No automated valuation for any specific property appears on this page. Equal Housing Opportunity. © 2026 Move With Momentum LLC — brokerage licensed in FL and GA. Disclosures
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