Baytree
Homes for Sale in Tavares, FL

Baytree Phase III is a modest-sized, established community in Tavares where most homes date to the late 1990s, with a handful of newer builds filling out the range through 2023. No shared community amenities are identified in current MLS listings, so this reads as a straightforward residential pocket rather than an amenity-driven development.

Stellar MLS sales records identify 80 homes in Baytree that have changed hands since 2005, built between 1990 and 2006 (median 1996), with a median living area of about 1,482 sq ft and a typical 2-bedroom, 2-bath layout; 68% are single-family homes. Source: Stellar MLS closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community.

County records show 13 qualified sales in Baytree across 2024–2025 (6 in 2024, 7 in 2025), median $240,000 — the last recorded sale per parcel on the Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll, independent of the MLS.

Pre-construction details are compiled from public records, builder announcements and builder listings, and are subject to change without notice; figures are deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Momentum Research figures are our own analysis. This page describes homes, pricing and community attributes, not residents.

Baytree is too small for its own price trend, so here is the market around it.

In ZIP 32778, 339 homes are on the market and 20% are under contract — a steady corner of Tavares.

Across Lake County, 3,179 homes are active and 1,077 pending (25% under contract).

In ZIP 32778 (Tavares), 713 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $330K ($183/sq ft), down 4.9% year over year, with a median 69 days on market. Right now 131 active and 35 pending listings put supply at about 4.4 months — a balanced market. See the live ZIP 32778 housing market and the Lake County market.

ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Baytree specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.

With a median living area just under 1,500 square feet and a median build year of 1997, Baytree Phase III skews toward modest, efficient floor plans rather than sprawling newer construction. The build range does stretch to 2023, so buyers touring the community should expect real variation in age, systems, and finish level from one listing to the next — this is not a cookie-cutter subdivision where every home was built in the same two-year window.

The 81.8 percent owner-occupancy rate is the most telling number in this data set. It suggests a community where homes are lived in long-term rather than cycled through as rentals or quick flips, which tends to keep the neighborhood's day-to-day character stable even without a clubhouse, pool, or other listed amenities to anchor it.

In a community this size, with a wide build-year spread and no shared amenities to standardize value, pricing a home well means understanding which specific updates and which specific decade of construction actually move a buyer's interest. We walk that ground first, so you are not guessing at value based on a handful of loosely comparable listings.

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