A gated D.R. Horton community on the Fruitville corridor, single-family homes and townhomes minutes from I-75.
Listings before the portals, true comps, and the renovation and carrying-cost math, before you tour.
"Bay Landing is a gated, amenity-equipped D.R. Horton community off Fruitville Road in east Sarasota, built from 2019, so it reads as a modern production community rather than an established resale market. The two product types, concrete-block single-family homes and two-story townhomes, carry different square footage, fee, and resale profiles, so the home type and floor plan drive the number more than the Bay Landing name. Construction is recent, which keeps roof and systems risk low, but the value question is how a builder community holds against newer Fruitville and Lakewood Ranch corridor supply. Your leverage is matching the right product type to real comps and verifying the HOA line and any tax-bill assessment per parcel."
Jon Brooks, founder, Momentum Realty · Updated June 2026
Bay Landing is a gated community in east Sarasota developed by national homebuilder D.R. Horton, launched in the Sarasota market in 2019 (D.R. Horton and Sarasota brokerage guides, 2024 to 2026). It sits off Fruitville Road near the Lakewood Ranch Boulevard intersection, just east of Interstate 75, with the parcel extending south toward Richardson and Coburn roads.
The community offers two product types. The single-family homes are one and two story, all concrete-block construction, ranging roughly from the mid 1,800s to over 3,500 square feet across several floor plans. The townhomes are two story, concrete-block construction, ranging roughly from the high 1,600s to the mid 1,700s square feet. Confirm the exact plan, square footage, and bedroom count per home.
Bay Landing is gated and amenity-equipped, with a clubhouse, resort-style pool, fitness center, a tot lot, and a dog park per the builder. That puts it in a different category from the older non-amenity stock nearby, and it means an HOA covers the shared facilities.
The pitch is recent construction plus location: a gated build minutes from I-75, with downtown Sarasota, University Town Center, and the Gulf beaches reachable by car. The work is choosing between single-family and townhome, matching the floor plan to real comps, and verifying the HOA and any tax-bill assessment before you fall for a model home.
Tight supply and strong demand favor sellers here. Homes still take about two months to sell, though, and with asking prices running above recent sales per square foot, a prepared buyer has room on anything overpriced. Reading each home against the real comps, not the headline trend, is where the edge is.
Live from Stellar MLS, as of June 30, 2026. Refreshed twice daily. Months of supply, days on market, and the contract-to-listing ratio are computed from current Bay Landing listings and the trailing twelve months of closed sales.
Our proprietary read on how a home in Bay Landing buys, holds, and resells. See the five factors.
Every active, pending, and recently sold home, plotted. Toggle the layers, color the dots by status or lot type, and tap a home for the details.
Listing locations from Stellar MLS; lot type inferred from listing descriptions. Destination pins are approximate. Map data © OpenStreetMap, tiles © CARTO. Flood, school, and commute overlays are on the roadmap.
Bay Landing is a gated D.R. Horton community in east Sarasota with its own amenity set, including a clubhouse, a resort-style pool, a fitness center, a tot lot, and a dog park, maintained by the HOA. The community pairs concrete-block single-family homes with two-story townhomes, so the lifestyle and the maintenance picture depend on the product type. Confirm the current amenities, dues, and any tax assessment before you buy.
Bay Landing trades an in-city or waterfront address for recent gated construction with quick Interstate 75 access off Fruitville Road, putting downtown Sarasota, UTC, and the Gulf beaches within a drive.
Drive times from Bay Landing. They are approximate and vary with traffic and your exact start point.
Distances and drive times are approximate and vary with traffic and your exact parcel. Confirm your real commute at your real departure time.
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Carrying cost · the no-CDD edge
No CDD bond means thousands less per year than newer master plans.
Roughly $25,000 saved over 10 years in carrying cost, before resale.
Illustrative. NE Florida CDD assessments commonly run $1,500-$3,500+/yr and vary by community; verify per property.
Bay Landing is served by Sarasota County Public Schools. Assignment is by address and can change, so confirm the exact zoned elementary, middle, and high schools for any specific home, plus any magnet or choice options. Treat published ratings as a starting point, not the full story.
Buying with schools in mind? We can confirm the exact zoned schools for any Bay Landing address.
What is actually shaping value around Bay Landing: the D.R. Horton build-out near Fruitville Road, the major I-75 and Fruitville Road interchange project, and the broader Fruitville and Lakewood Ranch corridor growth. Each item is sourced and linked.
Our read on what is being built around Bay Landing, scored for direction, significance, and how close the effect lands. The full sourced timeline follows below.
A diverging-diamond rebuild of the adjacent interchange is set to ease congestion and improve access for the corridor, with work underway.
Sustained east Sarasota and Lakewood Ranch growth supports demand and services along the corridor near Bay Landing.
Modern concrete-block construction keeps roof and systems risk low, but a builder community must hold against newer corridor supply over time.
Single-family and townhome lines carry different size, fee, and resale math, so value has to be read by product type and floor plan.
The UTC retail and dining hub a short drive away supports the location case that underpins demand along the corridor.
A gate plus a clubhouse, pool, and fitness center mean an HOA on every parcel, so carrying cost has to be verified per home.
Direction, significance, and effect-radius ratings are Momentum's proprietary, qualitative read of the sourced items below, not investment advice or a prediction for any specific home.
Development, infrastructure, retail, and school activity affecting Bay Landing, tracked by our team and summarized from public reporting and official sources, with links to the original coverage. Last updated June 2026.
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State officials marked the start of construction on the rebuilt Interstate 75 interchange at Fruitville Road, a major project to convert the interchange and ease congestion for the east Sarasota corridor that Bay Landing sits on. Why it matters: An upgraded interchange next door improves the access case that supports demand along the Fruitville corridor. Source
Regional reporting detailed major Interstate 75 projects in the Sarasota area, including converting the Fruitville Road interchange to a diverging diamond with related improvements to ease congestion as the area grows. Why it matters: Corridor-wide interstate upgrades reduce a key friction point for commuters near Bay Landing. Source
Summaries reflect public reporting and official sources linked above as of the dates shown. Project details, timelines, and approvals can change. Commentary on potential market effects is general observation, not investment advice or a prediction for any specific property. For the freshest items across the whole region, see This Week in Northeast Florida.
If we were buying in Bay Landing, this is the order of operations we would run, and the one we run for our clients.
Pick the product type first. Single-family and townhome carry different square footage, fee, and resale math, so the type decides the floor on value.
Match the floor plan to real comps. Bay Landing spans several plans across two product lines, so price the specific plan, not a community average.
Verify the HOA line and any tax-bill assessment for the exact parcel. A gated, amenity community carries an HOA, and any CDD-style assessment should be confirmed on the tax bill.
Read the resale picture honestly. This is a recent builder community, so weigh how a new home holds against newer Fruitville and Lakewood Ranch corridor supply.
Use the corridor context, and cross-shop the nearby Tatum Ridge area if a different lot or fee structure fits better.
On mobile, tap any heading below to open it. This is the home by home, lot by lot, club and renovation detail, organized so you can jump straight to what matters to you.
Bay Landing is a gated D.R. Horton community in east Sarasota with its own amenity set, including a clubhouse, a resort-style pool, a fitness center, a tot lot, and a dog park, maintained by the HOA. The community pairs concrete-block single-family homes with two-story townhomes, so the lifestyle and the maintenance picture depend on the product type. Confirm the current amenities, dues, and any tax assessment before you buy.
Three honest price bands. Condition and lot, not the square footage alone, decide where a home lands.
Here are the broad resale bands in Bay Landing today. The right home is the one matched to your budget and the renovation math, so seeing fitting listings early is the edge.
Two-story concrete-block townhomes, usually with more exterior maintenance covered, the lower-maintenance way into the gated community.
One and two story concrete-block single-family homes on standard lots, the heart of the resale market here.
The largest single-family floor plans on the better interior or preserve lots, the homes that tend to hold value best.
Approximate 2026 resale bands from third-party listing data and public records, not NEFAR statistics. Confirm pricing for a specific home.
Three realistic price bands. Where a home lands comes down to condition and lot, not square footage alone.
Approximate 2026 resale bands from third-party listing data and public records, not NEFAR statistics. Confirm pricing for a specific home.
The factors that actually move value in Bay Landing, condition, lot, and the renovation math, read from current listings and recent sales.
Renovated-listing inventory in Bay Landing is too thin right now to compute a reliable renovation premium. We read condition home by home against real comps before you offer.
On golf, lake, and preserve frontage, the homesite is the part of your money the market gives back at resale. The house can be renovated; the lot cannot, so premium lots hold their value better than interior ones. How much more they command varies by frontage, view, and condition, which is why we read it home by home against real comparable sales rather than a single headline figure.
Most buyers overpay on interior lots in the back half of the community. A sharp renovation can distract you, but the weaker resale position follows the lot, not the finishes. We read the homesite before the kitchen.
Our read on the factors that protect resale here, and the one to manage.
Momentum analysis based on the no-CDD structure, central location, built-out lot scarcity, the funded club plan, and the all-resale 1990s housing stock. Not a guarantee of future value.
The strongest value pocket is usually a renovated golf or lake home priced just under the next tier up. Buyers chasing the single biggest estate often pay estate prices for what is really a renovation project.
In an all-resale, seven-figure, renovation-driven market, the same five mistakes cost buyers the most. Every one is avoidable with the right preparation before you tour.
1The agent on the sign works for the seller. In a market where condition swings price by hundreds of thousands, negotiating against that agent with no one in your corner is the costliest move of all.
2A dated home looks like a deal until you price the roof, HVAC, pool, and full modernization honestly. Underbudget the reno and the bargain becomes the expensive house.
3Golf frontage, lakefront, and preserve lots carry real, durable premiums. Pay an estate price for an interior lot and you are buying the weakest version of the value.
4The club is optional and separate, so two similar homes can cost very differently to own. Buyers who do not price the membership they will actually use misread their real monthly number.
5A 1990s home means 1990s-era systems unless updated. Roof age, HVAC age, pool equipment, and prior renovations drive both price and insurability, and a thorough inspection matters more here than in a new build.
Bay Landing is a gated builder community with two product types. The deal is won or lost on the product type, the floor plan, and an honest read of resale against newer corridor supply.
Our proprietary 0 to 10 read across the five factors that decide how a home here buys, holds, and resells.
Momentum Intelligence Scores are our proprietary, qualitative assessment based on the analysis on this page, on a 0 to 10 scale. They are a framework for comparing communities, not a guarantee of future value or advice on a specific home.
Most pages on this community are an automated estimate wrapped in stock copy. This one is built from the live Stellar MLS feed, fourteen years of closed sales, and a renovation-by-renovation read of what actually moves value here, lot by lot. No Zestimate, no guesswork.
Where the value actually sits. Each home is shaded by its price per square foot (a value read, not just a price) and ringed by lot type, so you can see at a glance which pockets carry a real, durable premium and where a renovation play makes sense.
Fill = price per square foot; ring = lot type, inferred from listing descriptions. Sold homes are shown by realized $/sqft (lot type not always recorded). Asking and recent-sold figures from Stellar MLS; for orientation, not an appraisal.
In a gated builder community like Bay Landing, the lot and the product type are the parts of your money the market protects. Interior and preserve parcels away from the road edge, and the better single-family lots, tend to hold value better than tight or road-adjacent lots. The finishes can be matched; the lot and the gated structure cannot. Read the parcel, the flood map, and the HOA line first, then price the plan and condition against it.
Bay Landing is a gated, amenity community, so an HOA applies and covers the shared facilities and gate. The exact dues differ between the single-family and townhome lines, and townhome dues typically cover more exterior maintenance. Confirm the current HOA amount and any tax-bill assessment for the specific parcel.
The HOA typically covers the gate, the clubhouse, the resort-style pool, the fitness center, the tot lot, the dog park, and common-area upkeep. Townhome dues usually add exterior and lawn maintenance. Verify exactly what your line includes before you offer.
Free calculators to pressure-test the real cost before you tour.
Selling here is won on condition and view, not the Zestimate. The right number comes from closed comps matched to your renovation level and lot.
Selling in Bay Landing means pricing to your specific product type and floor plan, not to a community average that mixes single-family homes with townhomes. The plan, the lot, and how your home shows against newer corridor supply are what set your number.
Sold-to-list and days-on-market figures reflect Momentum Realty listings versus our market average, year to date. Your home's result depends on pricing, condition, lot, view, and preparation.
Because buyers here are weighing your home against renovated comps and cross-shopping Tatum Ridge, a home priced to the community average instead of its true condition and view either leaves money on the table or sits. A renovated kitchen, newer roof and HVAC, and a golf or lake view all deserve to show up in your price, and a buyer pool reading renovation math needs to be shown why your home is worth it. We build that case with real comps and a pricing strategy for the current market.
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Median sale prices in Bay Landing year by year since 2012, from closed MLS sales. A long track record beats a single estimate, showing what this community has really done through rate cycles rather than what a model predicts.
Before the list price, the Florida math the portals skip. These are Sarasota County typicals — your exact home, flood zone, and insurance quote will vary, so verify each before you offer.
Check it for your address: look up your flood zone (FEMA) · insurance by county · true-cost calculator · Sarasota County scorecard.
County typicals from Momentum’s Florida housing data (Zillow & Realtor.com aggregates, Census, FRED), updated monthly; insurance modeled. Flood zone is property-specific — always confirm via FEMA.
Bay Landing is currently a strong seller's market. About 1.8 months of supply, a median asking price of $1,019,500, and homes go under contract in about 58 days.
Typical home value in the 32224 ZIP is $456,759, about 13.7% above the Florida norm (Zillow Home Value Index).
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Live data: Stellar MLS, refreshed twice daily. Typical value: Zillow Research. Market metrics only; these describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
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