Bella Vista
Homes for Sale in Howey In the Hills, FL

Bella Vista market snapshot (as of September 12, 2026): the median sale price is about $322K ($186 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), a median 137 days on market for closed sales, and 3.0 months of supply, a balanced market.

In ZIP 34737 (HOWEY IN THE HILLS), 115 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $381K ($169/sq ft), down 5.5% year over year, with a median 80 days on market. Right now 12 active and 6 pending listings put supply at about 3.4 months - a buyer's market. See the live ZIP 34737 housing market and the Lake County market.

Stellar MLS sales records identify 33 homes in Bella Vista that have changed hands since 2007, built between 1990 and 2014 (median 2007), with a median living area of about 1,941 sq ft and a typical 3-bedroom, 2-bath layout; 91% are townhomes. Source: Stellar MLS closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community.

Bella Vista is a gated, golf-oriented community in Howey In The Hills built around deed-restricted living, with amenities that lean toward an active, club-style lifestyle rather than a starter-home footprint. Inventory is genuinely limited, so anyone tracking this community should expect to wait for the right listing rather than choose from a deep pool.

The amenity list here is substantial for a community this size: golf course access, a clubhouse, fitness center, pool, tennis courts, and gated entry, paired with deed restrictions and a buyer approval requirement. That combination points to an HOA that is actively managing use of shared facilities and community character, which buyers should factor into both budget and lifestyle expectations. The listing data shows some inconsistency between guarded and non-guarded gate references - worth confirming directly with the HOA before assuming a specific level of access control.

With active listings in the low single digits, Bella Vista is not a community where you can casually shop and compare five or six comparable homes side by side. Buyers interested here should expect to move when something comes up, and sellers should expect that the right buyer may take longer to find given the slower median days-on-market. Price per square foot in the mid-$180s gives a rough per-unit benchmark, but with so few closings feeding that figure, an in-person walk-through and a direct comp pull matter more than the aggregate stat.

In a community this thin on inventory, having someone monitor new listings the moment they hit the feed - and knowing how to read a small, amenity-heavy HOA before you write an offer - is the difference between missing the window and being first in line. We track Bella Vista's limited activity directly and can walk you through the buyer-approval process and HOA specifics before you commit.

Listings in this community report association dues of about $275 per month ($3,300 a year) - the median AssociationFee across 15 MLS records, normalised to a monthly figure; most are billed monthly. Dues change with budgets and can differ by section or product type; confirm the current figure with the association before you offer. Source: MLS listing records, 2026-09.

Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.