Momentum Housing Data · Home Values · Alachua County
Every figure below is from recorded MLS closings in SPARROW (GAINESVILLE, FL) — not an algorithm’s estimate. Medians, the 5-year price history, market time, and what the record says about selling here now. Window ending 2026-08-02; refreshes as new closings record.
In the current window, sellers accepted a median 90.1% of original asking; the median sale took 21 days (window ending 2026-08-02).
| Year | Median sold | Median $/sqft | Median DOM | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $71,750 | $64 | 21 | 10 |
| 2025 | $65,000 | $68 | 271 | 3 |
| 2024 | $99,900 | $72 | 14 | 9 |
| 2023 | $73,000 | $78 | 16 | 5 |
| 2022 | $65,000 | $69 | 2 | 7 |
Over the recorded series, SPARROW’s median sold price moved from $65,000 (2022) to $71,750 (12 months ending 2026-08-02) — +10% over that span, with every year’s figure from recorded closings, not a model.
What actually trades here: 97% condominium, 3% townhouse, with a median of 1,252 sq ft and a median price per square foot of $64 in the current window. Price-per-square-foot is the cleaner yardstick when comparing your home to the medians — it corrects for the size mix in any given year.
Current asking prices run a median $115,000 against the $71,750 recorded sold median (+60%) — the gap between what sellers hope and what the record shows. The market is carrying about 3.3 months of supply at the current sales pace. Demand check: 33% of SPARROW’s listings are under contract, against 23% for ZIP 32607 and 24% for Alachua County as a whole — the community is absorbing faster than its surroundings. Since 2016, 32 SPARROW listings were withdrawn, canceled, or expired without selling (2 so far in 2026) — overpricing is the recurring cause statewide. Over the recorded years, an average of 44% of SPARROW listings ended without selling (withdrawn/canceled/expired); in 2026 that rate was 25%.
Cash bought 89% of recorded SPARROW sales in the window ending 2026-06 (8 of 9) — a fact worth knowing before assuming every buyer needs an appraisal to close. For buyers, the same table reads the other way: the sold medians above are what the market has actually been paying — an asking price meaningfully above the recent closed record, in a community absorbing at the rates shown, is an opening position, not a value.
The pattern in the statewide failure data applies here too: homes priced against the latest closed sales sell; homes priced against hope join the 201,552 that didn’t. The table above is the closed-sale record to price against.
We don’t publish algorithm guesses for specific homes — they can’t see condition, upgrades, or your lot. A Momentum agent will prepare a records-based valuation from the same closed-sale data on this page, adjusted for your home. Free, no obligation.
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Based on Stellar MLS data distributed by MLS GRID for the period 2021 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