Momentum Housing Data · Home Values · Hernando County
ROYAL HIGHLANDS (WEEKI WACHEE, FL): 314 recorded closings in the 12 months ending 2026-08-02, a 14-year price record, and sales split by price band and home size — every number from recorded MLS closings, none from an estimate model.
In the current window, sellers accepted a median 97.5% of original asking; the median sale took 50 days; new construction was 57.6% of recorded sales — builder pricing competes with resales here (window ending 2026-08-02).
| Year | Median sold | Median $/sqft | Median DOM | Sold ÷ original ask | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $374,400 | $195 | 50 | 97.5% | 314 |
| 2025 | $374,875 | $199 | 43 | 98.0% | 308 |
| 2024 | $355,000 | $198 | 31 | 98.3% | 271 |
| 2023 | $359,900 | $192 | 13 | 98.0% | 124 |
| 2022 | $332,000 | $170 | 4 | 100.0% | 204 |
| 2021 | $273,000 | $151 | 6 | 100.0% | 32 |
| 2019 | $191,250 | $106 | 61 | 95.3% | 8 |
| 2018 | $186,500 | $108 | 47 | 96.6% | 20 |
| 2017 | $170,000 | $88 | 29 | 94.6% | 55 |
| 2016 | $149,900 | $76 | 46 | 96.9% | 45 |
| 2015 | $141,464 | $73 | 34 | 94.5% | 38 |
| 2014 | $130,000 | $69 | 50 | 91.1% | 17 |
| 2013 | $106,900 | $48 | 23 | 92.8% | 3 |
| 2012 | $180,000 | $75 | 173 | 83.9% | 5 |
Over the recorded series, ROYAL HIGHLANDS’s median sold price moved from $180,000 (2012) to $374,400 (12 months ending 2026-08-02) — +108% over that span, with every year’s figure from recorded closings, not a model.
The recorded series starts in 2012 at $180,000. The 2020–22 run-up did what it did everywhere — ROYAL HIGHLANDS’s median moved +74% from 2019 to 2022. Against the 2025 peak of $374,875, the current median stands at -0%. Annual sales volume here has ranged from 0 to 314 closings a year (10-yr average 133.6).
What actually trades here: 98% single-family residence, 2% ?, 0% manufactured home - post 1977, 0% modular home, 0% half duplex, 0% manufactured home, with a median of 1,966 sq ft and a median price per square foot of $195 in the current window.
Of the 798 recorded ROYAL HIGHLANDS closings since 2024, half landed between $334,125 and $416,562 (the middle two quartiles); the lowest recorded sale was $105,000 and the highest $1,500,000. If your home sits outside the middle band, the reason usually shows up in the size table below before it shows up in condition.
| Sold price band | Share of closings | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Under $300,000 | 76 (10%) | |
| $300,000 – $366,667 | 305 (38%) | |
| $366,667 – $433,333 | 259 (32%) | |
| $433,333 – $500,000 | 87 (11%) | |
| None and up | 71 (9%) |
The same recorded closings, split into thirds by living area. Find the row your home falls in: the $/sqft figure times your square footage is the recorded-sales bracket for homes like yours here — a starting range from real closings, not a valuation of your specific property. Smaller homes here have been selling at a higher price per square foot than larger ones ($217 vs $180) — the usual pattern, since lot, kitchen and baths do not scale with floor area.
| Size group | Median $/sqft | Median sold | Sold range | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smaller homes 908–1,766 sq ft | $217 | $330,000 | $105,000 – $545,000 | 266 |
| Mid-size homes 1,766–2,061 sq ft | $192 | $369,900 | $275,000 – $595,000 | 266 |
| Larger homes 2,071–11,196 sq ft | $180 | $430,000 | $245,000 – $1,500,000 | 266 |
From the live MLS feed as of 2026-09-03: 60 active listings (plus 47 pending) asking from $289,900 to $599,000, median $379,945; 0 of 60 have been on the market over 60 days (median 6 days so far); the homes listed or recently sold were built between 1979 and 2026 (median 2024), 54 of them new construction; 1 of 106 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 46 ft; the features listings here most often name are Security System, Security System Owned, Closed Circuit Camera(s), Street Lights and Security Lights. 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 ROYAL HIGHLANDS listings →
At ROYAL HIGHLANDS’s $374,400 median and Hernando County’s adopted 18.64 mills (FY2025-26), a home assessed at that price carries roughly $6,980 a year in property tax before exemptions, or about $6,210 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 Hernando County tax page.
Current asking prices run a median $384,950 against the $374,400 recorded sold median (+3%) — the gap between what sellers hope and what the record shows. The market is carrying about 5.1 months of supply at the current sales pace. Demand check: 42% of ROYAL HIGHLANDS’s listings are under contract, against 28% for ZIP 34609 and 29% for Hernando County as a whole — the community is absorbing faster than its surroundings. Since 2004, 3038 ROYAL HIGHLANDS listings were withdrawn, canceled, or expired without selling (119 so far in 2026) — overpricing is the recurring cause statewide. Over the recorded years, an average of 79% of ROYAL HIGHLANDS listings ended without selling (withdrawn/canceled/expired); in 2026 that rate was 40%. Momentum’s market-heat index for ROYAL HIGHLANDS reads 43/100 (computed from DOM, sale-to-list, and absorption; 2020–21 peaked in the 70s here).
Cash bought 13% of recorded ROYAL HIGHLANDS sales in the window ending 2026-06 (42 of 332) — a fact worth knowing before assuming every buyer needs an appraisal to close. Asking and recorded sold prices are within a few percent of each other here, so the table above is close to what a ROYAL HIGHLANDS buyer will actually pay; the spread on any single home comes down to size, condition and timing.
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Communities buyers shopping ROYAL HIGHLANDS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEISURE RETREATS | $350,000 | $182 | 4 | 7 |
| GULF FLORIDA HIGHLANDS | $360,000 | $175 | 42 | 3 |
| WOODLAND WATERS PH 5 | $585,000 | $207 | 51 | 23 |
| Glen Lakes | $399,000 | $182 | 139 | 39 |
| School | Level | FLDOE grade |
|---|---|---|
| Hernando County Public Schools (verify by address) | Public | — |
| Confirm zoned elementary, middle, and high | By address | — |
| Magnet and choice options may apply | Choice | — |
Assignments and grades as recorded/published; both change — verify current zoning with the district before relying on it. Grades are the state’s official FLDOE ratings, reported as published.
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Based on Stellar MLS data distributed by MLS GRID for the period 2005 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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