Bellingham Oaks
Homes for Sale in Tampa, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Bellingham Oaks is a compact, single-vintage community of 119 homes built across 2000 and 2001, with a median living area right around 1,660 square feet. When the stock is this uniform, price is driven less by the floor plan and more by condition and updates — a home that has been kept current will separate itself from one still wearing its original finishes. Expect a wide spread on paper even though the houses started life much the same.
One number worth sitting with: about 81% of homes here carry a homestead exemption. That points to an owner-occupied community where inventory tends to trickle rather than flood, so sellers usually aren't racing a wall of competing listings. Note there were no recorded closings in the current window, which means recent comparable sales are thin — pricing here leans on condition, older comps, and judgment rather than a fresh run of data.
Who Bellingham Oaks is best for.
Best for
- Long-hold buyers who want a right-sized primary home and expect to stay put
- Buyers comfortable evaluating a home on condition and inspection rather than a stack of recent comps
- Value-minded buyers willing to update an early-2000s home to capture the difference between original and current finishes
Probably not for
- Buyers who need a large footprint well above the ~1,660 sqft median
- Data-driven buyers who won't move without several recent nearby closings
- Anyone wanting new construction or a wide variety of floor plans to choose from
The market around Bellingham Oaks
Bellingham Oaks is a small community — 66 recorded sales on file, most recently in 2025 — too few for its own price trend. Here is the market around it.
Across Hillsborough County, 5,970 homes are active and 2,046 pending (26% under contract).
The housing mix here is 98% single family residence, 2% ?.
ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Bellingham Oaks specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.
The Bellingham Oaks buying strategy.
If we were buying in Bellingham Oaks 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 Bellingham Oaks.
A single-vintage pocket where condition writes the price
With every home dating to 2000 or 2001 and a median footprint near 1,660 square feet, Bellingham Oaks doesn't offer much variation in bones. That's a double-edged trait: it makes the community easy to understand, but it also means the differentiator is what an owner has done since — roof, HVAC, kitchens, baths, and flooring. Buyers should underwrite for age-appropriate maintenance on anything that hasn't been touched, and sellers who've updated should be prepared to document it, because that's where the premium lives.
The low closing activity in the current window is the honest caveat. Thin recent data cuts both ways: it gives a well-prepared seller room to anchor on the strength of their specific home, and it puts the burden on buyers to look past a single list price and evaluate the property on its own condition. This is a market where a walkthrough and an inspection tell you more than a spreadsheet will.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Bellingham Oaks. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
In a community this uniform and this quiet on recent sales, the value gap is all in the details — updates, deferred maintenance, and how a home shows against its neighbors. We price and negotiate off condition rather than a thin comp set, and we'll tell you plainly whether a listing's ask is supported by what's actually behind the walls.
Bellingham Oaks 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.
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Data sources & freshness
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (2 streets, ZIP 33624/33634)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2005 (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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