Bay West Apts Condo
Homes for Sale in Belleair Bluffs, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Bay West Apts Condo is a small, single-vintage condo community in Belleair Bluffs — every unit here dates to 1974, and the median footprint is a compact 837 square feet. With that kind of uniformity, price is driven almost entirely by condition and interior updates rather than floor plan or square footage. The median sits at $125,000, or roughly $173 per square foot, and the spread you see between listings will come down to what has and hasn't been renovated.
The current posture is soft. The median list-to-close window is running around 113 days, and prices are down about 28% year over year, with a market heat score of 21. That is a slow, buyer-leaning market. Sellers should price to the current reality and expect the home to sit; buyers have time to be selective and room to negotiate.
Bay West Apts Condo right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($125K) is down 28.0% from the prior 12 months ($174K). With about 3 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 July 15. Confidence: Low (7 and 4 sales in the two windows).
What's unique here: the median sale price is about 68% below the typical Pinellas County sale ($125K vs $390K, trailing 12 months, Stellar MLS records).
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Updated July 15, 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
Bay West Apts Condo market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $125K ($173 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 113 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 28% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (7 closings in the current window).
Bay West Apts Condo is a community of 11 homes in Belleair Bluffs, Pinellas County, built between 1974 and 1974 (median 1974), with a median living area of about 837 square feet. 18% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
This is a tight, 1974-era condo pocket in Belleair Bluffs where all units share the same age and a small living footprint — a spot to evaluate on condition, HOA health, and carrying cost rather than on size or newness.
Who Bay West Apts Condo is best for.
Best for
- Budget-conscious buyers targeting a low entry point around the $125,000 median
- Buyers seeking a compact, low-maintenance condo who value location over square footage
- Investors or second-home buyers comfortable underwriting an older building's carrying costs
Probably not for
- Buyers who need substantially more than the ~837-square-foot median footprint
- Anyone prioritizing newer construction or minimal deferred-maintenance risk
- Buyers who need a quick turnaround, given the ~113-day median time on market
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending July 15 of each year, from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($125K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($174K) IS the -28.0% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 7 sales each (7 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 %s through %s. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
The Bay West Apts Condo buying strategy.
If we were buying in Bay West Apts Condo 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 Bay West Apts Condo.
A condition-driven condo market
Because the building stock here is entirely 1974-vintage with a median of 837 square feet, there is little to differentiate one unit from another besides updates and upkeep. That makes due diligence on the interior — and on the association's reserves and any assessments on an aging building — the single most important part of the purchase here. A renovated unit and a dated one can look very different on price even at similar square footage.
The homestead share is low, around 18%, which tells you this leans toward non-primary-residence ownership. Combined with a slow 113-day median time on market and a 28% year-over-year price decline, that means listings can linger and pricing discipline matters. This is not a community where you overpay to win; the numbers give a buyer leverage and time.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Bay West Apts Condo. 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 Bay West Apts Condo 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 (0.6). Basis: Recent Direction -28.0% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 18% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 78.6% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a thin, slow-moving condo market like this — a handful of homes and a small closings window — comparable sales are limited and condition swings the price. We read those comps carefully, dig into the association's financials and any assessment history on a building of this age, and price or negotiate to the market that's actually in front of you rather than last year's.
Bay West Apts Condo in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
- Mandatory HOA — confirm current dues
- Any club/amenity membership is billed separately
Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.
Tools for a Bay West Apts Condo buy.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 15, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (11 streets, ZIP 33770)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2014 (36 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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