Candlewood Unit 1
Homes for Sale in Tampa, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Candlewood Unit 1 is a small, older pocket of Tampa housing stock — 69 homes with a median year built of 1962, though the range stretches out to 2017, meaning a handful of newer or heavily rebuilt properties sit alongside the original 1960s-era homes. That spread is what drives price here more than location or amenities: condition and how much a given home has been updated will move the number far more than square footage alone. At a median of $269.23 per square foot on a median living area of 1,297 square feet, this reads as a compact-home market where per-foot cost is doing a lot of the talking.
A median 17-day time on market signals a community that moves quickly once a home is priced correctly for its condition. With just three closings in the most recent window, this is a thin dataset — read the pricing signal directionally, not as a hard ceiling or floor. Just over half of homes here (52.2%) carry a homestead exemption, which points to a market with a solid base of longer-term ownership rather than heavy investor or transient turnover, something worth factoring into how a listing gets positioned.
The 60-Second Overview
Candlewood Unit 1 market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $319K ($269 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 17 days on market for closed sales.
Candlewood Unit 1 is a community of 69 homes in Tampa, Hillsborough County, built between 1961 and 2017 (median 1962), with a median living area of about 1,297 square feet. 52% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Candlewood Unit 1 is a modest-sized, established subdivision in Tampa with a housing stock rooted in the early 1960s and a median home price of $319,000. No community amenities are identified from current MLS listings, so the value proposition here is the home and lot itself rather than shared facilities.
Who Candlewood Unit 1 is best for.
Best for
- Buyers prioritizing home and lot value over shared community amenities.
- Buyers comfortable evaluating a mix of original 1960s construction and updated or newer homes on a case-by-case basis.
- Buyers working with a budget near the median $319,000 who want a compact, efficient floor plan around 1,297 square feet.
Probably not for
- Buyers who want a community with organized amenities, since none are currently identified.
- Buyers seeking a uniform-vintage subdivision rather than a mix of 1960s-era and newer construction.
- Buyers who want deep historical sales data to lean on — recent closing volume here is limited.
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 ($319K) IS the median in the snapshot above.
Windows contain 0 to 3 sales each (3 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 Candlewood Unit 1 buying strategy.
If we were buying in Candlewood Unit 1 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 Candlewood Unit 1.
A condition-driven market
With a median year built of 1962 and a range running to 2017, Candlewood Unit 1 is not a uniform block of similar-vintage homes — it is a mix of largely original construction and newer or renovated infill. That gap matters more here than in newer-build communities, because two homes of similar square footage can carry very different price tags depending on whether systems, roofs, and interiors have been updated. Buyers should expect to do real diligence on age of major components rather than assume a consistent build standard across the community.
The market itself is moving fast — a median 17 days on market suggests correctly priced, move-in-ready homes are not sitting. But with only three closings in the most recent window, sellers and buyers alike should treat median price and per-square-foot figures as a snapshot rather than a statistically deep trend line. This is a market where pulling recent, comparable-condition sales matters more than leaning on the aggregate number alone.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Candlewood Unit 1. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
In a small, thinly-traded community like Candlewood Unit 1, pricing strategy has to account for a wide range of home ages and conditions rather than a single market script. We pull condition-specific comparables, not just neighborhood averages, so sellers price to the home they actually have and buyers know what they are paying a premium — or discount — for.
Candlewood Unit 1 in 15 seconds.
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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 (2 streets, ZIP 33619)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2021 (6 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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