Castle Heights 1St Add
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Price here is driven by condition and lot far more than by any single spec. With a housing stock that spans from 1922 to 2024 and a median build year of 1959, you are looking at a genuine mix — original bungalows, mid-century cottages, and newer infill on the same streets. The median sits at $323,000 at about $260 per square foot on a compact median of 1,315 living square feet, which tells you the dollars are following renovated condition and land value, not size.
Posture right now favors sellers who have done the work. A median 27 days on market is a brisk pace, and the year-over-year median is up 34.6% — a large move that reflects a small, fast-turning sample (four closings in the window), so read it as directional, not a promise. Buyers should underwrite each house on its own merits and not the headline gain; sellers with a clean, updated home have leverage, while those bringing deferred maintenance will meet a more disciplined buyer.
CASTLE HEIGHTS 1ST ADD right now
🟢 Still climbing. The trailing-12-month median ($323K) is up 33.2% from the prior 12 months ($242K). With about 4 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 (4 and 6 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
Castle Heights 1St Add right now
🟢 Still climbing. The trailing-12-month median ($323K) is up 34.6% from the prior 12 months ($240K). With about 4 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 July 15. Confidence: Low (4 and 7 sales in the two windows).
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Updated July 15, 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
Castle Heights 1St Add market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $323K ($260 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 27 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is up 35% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (4 closings in the current window).
Castle Heights 1St Add is a community of 824 homes in Tampa, Hillsborough County, built between 1922 and 2024 (median 1959.0), with a median living area of about 1,315 square feet. 47% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Castle Heights 1St Add is a small, older-core Tampa pocket of roughly 824 homes where a century of building eras sits side by side, so no two blocks — or two price tags — read quite the same.
Who Castle Heights 1St Add is best for.
Best for
- Buyers targeting the mid-$300s who value an older-core location and are ready to inspect thoroughly
- Renovation-minded buyers willing to trade modest square footage for character and lot value
- Investors weighing a fast-turning market where non-primary-residence stock is common
Probably not for
- Buyers who need substantial living space beyond a roughly 1,300-square-foot footprint
- Anyone wanting a new, single-vintage subdivision with uniform finishes
- Buyers who want a hands-off, no-inspection-surprises purchase and cannot budget for older-home systems
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 ($323K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($240K) IS the +34.6% one-year change.
Windows contain 2 to 7 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 Castle Heights 1St Add buying strategy.
If we were buying in Castle Heights 1St Add 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 Castle Heights 1St Add.
A condition-driven older core
The defining feature is age spread. A median year built of 1959 inside a 1922-to-2024 range means you will tour a fully reimagined 1920s house one afternoon and a from-studs new build the next. That variety is why the per-square-foot number and the median price only tell part of the story — square footage runs modest at a 1,315 median, so what you pay for is really the level of updating and the quality of the lot.
The homestead share sits at about 47%, meaning a meaningful portion of the housing stock is not owner-occupied as a primary residence — worth knowing whether you plan to live here long term or are weighing the block as an investment. Either way, plan to inspect carefully: in stock this old, systems, roofs, and prior permit history matter more to your final cost than the sticker.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Castle Heights 1St Add. 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 Castle Heights 1St Add 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 (8.1). Basis: Recent Direction +34.6% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 47% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 99.3% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a market this thin and this varied, the median is a starting point, not an answer. We price and evaluate house by house — reconciling age, updates, lot, and permit history against a fast-moving comp set — so buyers do not overpay for cosmetics and sellers do not leave a renovated home underpriced.
Castle Heights 1St Add 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 (8 streets, ZIP 33612)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2021 (23 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 ($323K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($242K) IS the +33.2% one-year change.
Windows contain 2 to 6 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 2021 through 2026. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
28% of homes for sale in ZIP 33612 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 (8 streets, ZIP 33612)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-08-01 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2021 (23 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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