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El Centro Beach (Panama City Beach, FL): 14 recorded closings in the 12 months ending 2026-07-28, a 15-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 92.3% of original asking; the median sale took 81 days; new construction was 21.4% of recorded sales — builder pricing competes with resales here (window ending 2026-07-28).
| Year | Median sold | Median $/sqft | Median DOM | Sold ÷ original ask | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $423,700 | — | 81 | 92.3% | 14 |
| 2025 | $425,000 | — | 50 | 94.1% | 20 |
| 2024 | $420,000 | — | 47 | 89.8% | 14 |
| 2023 | $427,500 | — | 57 | 95.4% | 10 |
| 2022 | $444,500 | — | 24 | 97.4% | 24 |
| 2021 | $270,000 | — | 14 | 97.3% | 27 |
| 2020 | $275,000 | — | 55 | 92.4% | 9 |
| 2019 | $266,000 | — | 17 | 96.2% | 27 |
| 2018 | $212,500 | — | 61 | 90.3% | 16 |
| 2017 | $185,000 | — | 40 | 96.7% | 9 |
| 2016 | $165,000 | — | 58 | 94.3% | 20 |
| 2015 | $129,925 | — | 73 | 92.7% | 12 |
| 2014 | $152,000 | — | 76 | 90.1% | 14 |
| 2013 | $125,000 | — | 66 | 94.5% | 11 |
| 2012 | $127,000 | — | 104 | 90.2% | 6 |
Over the recorded series, El Centro Beach’s median sold price moved from $127,000 (2012) to $423,700 (12 months ending 2026-07-28) — +234% over that span, with every year’s figure from recorded closings, not a model.
The recorded series starts in 2012 at $127,000. The 2020–22 run-up did what it did everywhere — El Centro Beach’s median moved +67% from 2019 to 2022. Against the 2022 peak of $444,500, the current median stands at -5%. Annual sales volume here has ranged from 6 to 27 closings a year (10-yr average 17).
What actually trades here: 79% single-family residence, 13% attached, 6% duplex, 1% triplex in the current window.
From the live MLS feed as of 2026-09-02: 8 active listings (plus 0 pending) asking from $240,000 to $1,144,900, median $564,000; 1 of 8 have been on the market over 60 days (median 20 days so far); the homes listed or recently sold were built between 1967 and 2026 (median 1985), 2 of them new construction; none of the 8 geocoded listed or recently sold homes sits in a FEMA special flood hazard zone (median elevation 34 ft). For a seller this is the competition a buyer will tour alongside your home; for a buyer, the stale share is where negotiating room usually is. See the current El Centro Beach listings →
At El Centro Beach’s $423,700 median and Bay County’s adopted 12.28 mills (FY2025-26), a home assessed at that price carries roughly $5,200 a year in property tax before exemptions, or about $4,720 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 Bay County tax page.
Momentum’s market-heat index for El Centro Beach reads 25/100 (computed from DOM, sale-to-list, and absorption; 2020–21 peaked in the 70s here).
The table above is the closed-sale record to price a El Centro Beach home against; asking prices are an opening position, recorded closings are the value.
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Communities buyers shopping El Centro Beach 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aquavista Condo | $486,000 | — | 168 | 4 |
| Tidewater Beach | $417,500 | — | 70 | 30 |
| Lullwater Beach | $231,250 | — | 205 | 4 |
| Gulf Highlands | $337,500 | — | 37 | 12 |
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