Carlton Village
Homes for Sale in Lady Lake, FL
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The story in Carlton Village is condition, not location premium. With a median just over $200K and homes spanning more than a century of construction — from 1910 stock through 2024 builds — what a buyer actually pays turns almost entirely on how a specific home has been maintained and updated. The $207,500 median and roughly $178 per square foot are useful anchors, but the spread around them is wide because the housing itself is so varied. Treat any single comp with caution here; the age and finish level of the individual property matter more than the neighborhood average.
The market posture is brisk. A median of 13 days on market off a four-closing window says well-priced, move-in-ready homes are turning quickly, but it is a thin sample — one or two atypical sales move the numbers. Sellers with an updated home have leverage on timing; sellers with a dated one should expect the market to price the deferred work. Buyers should be ready to act on a clean listing and equally ready to walk from an overpriced fixer.
CARLTON VILLAGE right now
🟡 Still climbing. The trailing-12-month median ($240K) is up 4.0% from the prior 12 months ($231K). With about 1 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 Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 2. Confidence: Low (3 and 3 sales in the two windows).
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Updated August 2, 2026 · Live data: Stellar MLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Carlton Village market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $208K ($178 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 13 days on market for closed sales.
Carlton Village is a community of 690 homes in Lady Lake, Lake County, built between 1910 and 2024 (median 1990), with a median living area of about 1,350 square feet. 73% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Carlton Village is a sizable community of roughly 690 homes in Lady Lake, and with just under three-quarters owner-occupied on homestead, it leans toward long-hold ownership rather than a churn of rentals.
Who Carlton Village is best for.
Best for
- Value-focused buyers targeting an entry point around the low-$200s who will inspect carefully
- Long-hold owners who want to settle in rather than flip within a few years
- Buyers comfortable with older housing stock and willing to budget for updates
Probably not for
- Buyers who need consistent, new-build finishes and tight comparable pricing
- Investors chasing high rental turnover in a heavily owner-occupied community
- Anyone unwilling to weigh a home's age and condition against a broad median
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 ($208K) IS the median in the snapshot above.
Windows contain 0 to 4 sales each (4 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 Carlton Village buying strategy.
If we were buying in Carlton Village 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 Carlton Village.
A century of housing stock under one name
The year-built range — 1910 to 2024 — is the single most important fact about this community. A median build year of 1990 and a median living area around 1,350 square feet describe a modest, mid-sized home as the typical unit, but the tails are long in both directions. That means two listings at the same asking price can be very different properties, and it puts a premium on inspection and honest condition assessment.
The high homestead share reinforces the character: this reads as a place people settle into rather than trade in and out of. For a buyer, that can mean fewer listings and homes that have been lived in and updated over years rather than flipped. For a seller, it means your competition is intermittent — pricing to the actual condition of your home, not a headline average, is how you capture the fast days-on-market the recent window shows.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Carlton Village. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
In a community where the housing stock spans more than a hundred years and closings are infrequent, an average number tells you very little. We read each home on its own terms — age, systems, updates, and how it stacks against the handful of relevant comps — so you are pricing or offering on the property in front of you, not a misleading median.
Carlton Village 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 (17 streets, ZIP 32159)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2004 (147 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.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending August 2 of each year, from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($240K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($231K) IS the +4.0% one-year change.
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 2004 through 2026. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
23% of homes for sale in ZIP 32159 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 (2026-08-01).
Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 2, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (17 streets, ZIP 32159)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-08-01 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2004 (148 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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