Captain'S Cove
Homes for Sale in St. Simons Island, GA
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Photo courtesy of Mackay Cate, Maritime Realty Group LLC · via scout
Captain's Cove trades on a small number of closings, which means the numbers here describe a narrow slice of activity rather than a deep, liquid market. With a median price of $685,000 and a median price per square foot near $295.55, condition and lot position are doing most of the work in setting value, since there is not enough volume to smooth out one unusually finished or unusually dated sale.
A median of 49 days on market says these homes are not moving in a rush, and the modest year-over-year change of 2.2% points to a market holding roughly steady rather than accelerating. For a seller, that argues for pricing to the specific home rather than to a neighborhood average. For a buyer, it means there is room to negotiate on terms and timeline, particularly on a listing that has already sat past the local median.
Captain'S Cove right now
🟡 Balanced market. 4.8 months of supply and 0% of the inventory already under contract put buyers and sellers on roughly even footing.Why it matters: months of supply is how long today's inventory would last at today's sales pace; under-contract share is the portion of homes for sale that already have a buyer.Momentum Research analysis of scout records, as of August 31, 2026. Confidence: Medium (2 active and pending listings, 5 closed sales in 12 months).
🟡 Still climbing. The trailing-12-month median ($685K) is up 2.2% from the prior 12 months ($670K). With about 6 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 scout closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 31. Confidence: Low (5 and 3 sales in the two windows).
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Updated August 31, 2026 · Live data: scout, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Captain'S Cove market snapshot (as of August 31, 2026): the median sale price is about $685K ($296 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), a median 49 days on market for closed sales, and 4.8 months of supply, a balanced market. The trailing-12-month median is up 2% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level scout closed sales (5 closings in the current window).
Captain's Cove sits within St. Simons Island in Glynn County, an established pocket of the island market where recent sales activity has been limited enough that each closing carries real weight in reading the trend.
The setting & the homes.
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Who Captain'S Cove is best for.
Best for
- Purchasing a home valued primarily on its condition and lot rather than on shared community facilities.
- Comfortable negotiating in a market with limited recent closings, where pricing is more negotiable than formulaic.
- Willing to hold through a longer-than-instant closing timeline, given a median days-on-market near seven weeks.
Probably not for
- Needing a documented, verified list of community amenities before making an offer.
- Wanting a high-volume comparable set to benchmark price with precision.
- Expecting rapid, high-velocity turnover typical of a fast-absorbing market.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending August 31 of each year, from record-level scout closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($685K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($670K) IS the +2.2% one-year change.
Windows contain 1 to 10 sales each (5 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size, and thin markets swing on single closings. Listing data provided by ScoutMLS® (Golden Isles Association of REALTORS®). The data is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed to be accurate by ScoutMLS. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
100% of homes for sale in ZIP 31522 are already under contract (under contract ÷ under contract + active listings) — a read on how much of the available inventory buyers have already claimed. Source: MLS data (2026-08-30).
Captain'S Cove Market Scorecard
Captain'S Cove is currently a balanced market. About 4.8 months of supply, a median asking price of $724,995, and homes go under contract in about 44 days.
Go deeper: ZIP market scorecard · county scorecard · true cost calculator · affordability calculator.
Live data: scout, refreshed twice daily. Market metrics only; these describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
Housing distress & ownership in Captain S Cove
Who owns here, how much is not owner-occupied, and how much for-sale inventory is under distress.
Source: Momentum Realty Research. Ownership & parcels from the FL DOR 2025 tax roll; distress from MLS active-listing status/remarks; price from MLS closed sales. Listing data provided by the Golden Isles Association of REALTORS® / ScoutMLS. Information is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed by the MLS to be accurate. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Homes For Sale Right Now in Captain'S Cove
Live MLS inventory for Captain'S Cove. Every active listing, what is under contract right now, and the last 12 months of closed sales, refreshed twice a day. Closed comps beat an algorithm's guess every time.
Active and pending Captain'S Cove listings as of 2026-08-31, priced high to low. Listing data provided by ScoutMLS® (Golden Isles Association of REALTORS®). The data is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed to be accurate by ScoutMLS. Tap any home to ask about it.
Captain'S Cove on the map.
Every active, pending, and recently sold home, plotted. Toggle the layers and tap a home for the details.
Listing locations from scout. Map data © OpenStreetMap, tiles © CARTO.
Schools
- Glynn County Public Schools
- Verify the zoned schools by address
- Magnet and choice options may be available
- Oglethorpe · Elementary
- Glynn Middle School · Middle
- Glynn Academy · High
Zoned schools reflect the assignments reported on recent Captain'S Cove listings and can change; always confirm with Glynn County Public Schools for a specific address.
Buying with schools in mind? We can confirm the exact zoned schools for any Captain'S Cove address.
The Captain'S Cove buying strategy.
If we were buying in Captain'S Cove 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 Captain'S Cove.
A thin market with a firm floor
Five closings in the current window is not much data, and that matters for how you should use these numbers. A median price of $685,000 and a per-square-foot figure of $295.55 tell you where recent deals landed, but with so few transactions, one larger or more updated home can shift the read meaningfully. Treat the median as a directional marker rather than a precise valuation tool for any single property.
No specific community amenities are documented in current MLS listings for Captain's Cove, so buyers should confirm directly what, if anything, is attached to the property or governed by an association rather than assuming a standard package of shared facilities. The value proposition here reads as location and lot on St. Simons Island itself, not a bundled amenity set.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Captain'S Cove. 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 Captain'S Cove 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 (6.7). Basis: Recent Direction +2.2% year-over-year; Liquidity & Demand 4.8 months of supply; Pricing Power 97.3% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a market with this few closings, pricing a home well or evaluating an offer correctly requires pulling the underlying comparables rather than leaning on a headline median. We track the actual recent sales in Captain's Cove and the surrounding St. Simons Island inventory so you are negotiating from the real data, not an average built on a handful of transactions.
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HOA, CDD & Fees
- HOA status not on record. Verify any dues before you offer
- 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 Captain'S Cove buy.
Free calculators to pressure-test the real cost before you tour.
Selling here is won on condition and pricing to real comps, not an automated estimate. The right number comes from closed Captain'S Cove sales matched to your home.
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If you are thinking about selling in Captain'S Cove, the right list price comes from recent comparable sales matched to your home's condition and location, not an automated estimate.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | scout, refreshed twice daily (last: August 31, 2026) |
| Community market stats | scout closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 31, 2026 |
| Under-contract shares | scout records, as of 2026-08-30 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2020 (41 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 scout 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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