Bahia Shores
Homes for Sale in St. Pete Beach, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Over the 12 months ending 2026-09-12, 5 recorded sales closed at a median of $955,000, $420 per square foot, a median 235 days on market, sellers accepting 75% of original asking (+42% versus the prior year). Homes listed or recently sold were built 1957–1963. At the median price and Pinellas County's FY2025-26 rate of 19.39 mills, annual property tax runs about $18,510 ($17,700 with the full homestead exemption).
Bahia Shores 2nd Add is a small, established pocket in St Pete Beach where the homes date from the 1950s through the mid-1990s, with a median build year of 1961. At that age, condition and updates drive price far more than square footage alone. The median sits at $965,000 on roughly 2,298 living square feet and about $475 per foot, but expect a wide spread around that number depending on how much work a given house has had.
The current posture favors patience on both sides. Median days on market is around 183 — a long runway that tells you nothing sells on impulse here, and buyers have room to underwrite carefully. The reported year-over-year change is sharply negative, but it rests on only four closings in the window, so read it as thin-data noise rather than a trend. Sellers should price to condition and the comparable sale, not to a headline; buyers should not assume the down number is a discount waiting to be claimed.
Bahia Shores right now
🟢 Still climbing. The trailing-12-month median ($955K) is up 41.5% from the prior 12 months ($675K). With about 2 sales a year, a single closing can swing this number, so read the level and the decade, not one year's move.Momentum Research, record-level Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending September 12. Confidence: Low (5 and 3 sales in the two windows).
What's unique here: the median sale price is about 2x the typical Pinellas County sale ($955K vs $395K, trailing 12 months, Stellar MLS records).
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Updated September 12, 2026 · Live data: Stellar MLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Bahia Shores market snapshot (as of September 12, 2026): the median sale price is about $955K ($420 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 235 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is up 42% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (5 closings in the current window).
Bahia Shores is a community of 78 homes in St Pete Beach, Pinellas County, built between 1950 and 1995 (median 1961.5), with a median living area of about 2,274 square feet. 58% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
This is a compact coastal enclave of about 85 homes in St Pete Beach, Pinellas County, built largely mid-century. Just under 60% carry a homestead exemption, pointing to a core of owner-occupants rather than a churn of short-term flips.
Who Bahia Shores is best for.
Best for
- Buyers with a mid-to-high budget seeking an established coastal home and willing to invest in updates
- Long-hold owner-occupants comfortable with an older house and a slow-moving resale market
- Patient buyers who want room to inspect and negotiate rather than compete on speed
Probably not for
- Buyers who need to resell quickly or expect a fast transaction
- Anyone wanting a turnkey, new-construction property with minimal maintenance
- Buyers relying on a single headline price trend rather than condition-adjusted comparables
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending September 12 of each year, from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($955K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($675K) IS the +41.5% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 8 sales each (5 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size, and thin markets swing on single closings. Based on Stellar MLS data distributed by MLS GRID for the period 2013 through 2026. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Bahia Shores Add Market Scorecard
Bahia Shores Add is currently a no active listings market. Limited supply, a median asking price of n/a.
Typical home value in the 33706 ZIP is $572,690, about 17.8% above the Florida norm (Zillow Home Value Index).
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Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily. Typical value: Zillow Research. Market metrics only; these describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
Bahia Shores on the map.
Every active, pending, and recently sold home, plotted. Toggle the layers and tap a home for the details.
Listing locations from Stellar MLS. Map data © OpenStreetMap, tiles © CARTO.
The Bahia Shores buying strategy.
If we were buying in Bahia Shores today, this is the order of operations we would run for our clients.
Underwrite the condition first. Price the roof, HVAC, and systems honestly before judging any list price; condition swings value here more than square footage alone.
Match the home to real comps. Recent sales of similar condition and lot, not the asking price, tell you what a home is worth.
Move deliberately, not desperately. Neither side has a decisive edge, so a well-prepared, fairly-priced offer wins without overpaying.
Line up financing and inspection early. A pre-approval and an inspection plan let you act fast and negotiate from evidence.
Keep an agent in your corner. The listing agent works for the seller; we represent you and prepare a hand-built valuation before any offer in Bahia Shores.
Age, condition, and a slow clock
With homes built between 1950 and 1995 and a median year of 1961, you are buying into an older coastal building stock. That means the meaningful due diligence is on systems, roof, and any prior water or storm remediation — the things that separate a turnkey number from a project number. The $475-per-foot median is a starting reference, not a ceiling or a floor; two houses of similar size can land far apart on condition alone.
The long 183-day median tells you this market does not reward speed. Well-prepared, correctly priced homes still trade, but the buyer pool is deliberate. That slow clock is an advantage if you are the patient party and a liability if you need a fast, clean exit. The four-closing window also means every recent sale carries outsized weight in the comps, so precise pricing matters more here than in a high-volume neighborhood.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Bahia Shores. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Momentum Buy Score.
Our proprietary 0 to 10 read across the factors that decide how a home in Bahia Shores buys, holds, and resells. Momentum Research; not an appraisal.
Momentum Intelligence Scores are our proprietary, qualitative assessment on a 0 to 10 scale, built from the record-level market data on this page. They are a framework for comparing communities, not a guarantee of future value and not advice on a specific home; unlike an automated value estimate they do not price your home, they grade the community on evidence you can inspect. Composite is the plain average of the 3 factors (5.3). Basis: Recent Direction +41.5% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 58% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 75.1% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a thin-volume, older-stock market like this, the number that matters is the one supported by real, condition-adjusted comparables — not a headline percentage built on four sales. We help sellers price to actual condition and help buyers underwrite the true cost of an older coastal home before they commit. Local knowledge of what has recently traded, and why, is the difference between a defensible offer and a guess.
Bahia Shores in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
- HOA status not on record. Verify any dues before you offer
- Any club/amenity membership is billed separately
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Tools for a Bahia Shores buy.
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | Stellar MLS, refreshed twice daily (last: September 12, 2026) |
| Community market stats | Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending September 12, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR assessment roll (street-list match (2 streets, ZIP 33706)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-09-08 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2013 (28 transactions analyzed) |
Verify the primary sources yourself: Florida DOR · U.S. Census · FEMA flood maps · Citizens Property Insurance.
Momentum Research figures are our own analysis of Stellar MLS records; MLS data is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Methodology: how Momentum market scores are computed. Market metrics describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
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