Cedar Heights
Homes for Sale in Clearwater, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Price in Cedar Heights is driven by condition and updates, not by any single floor plan. The homes here were built in a fairly tight window from 1979 to 1994, with a median build year of 1984, so what separates one sale from the next is usually renovation work and lot position. The median sits at $515,000, or roughly $287 per square foot on a median footprint just under 2,000 square feet — a number that reflects a mix of updated and original interiors rather than a uniform product.
Market posture is balanced-to-brisk. A median of 21 days on market tells you well-priced, move-in-ready homes clear in about three weeks, while dated or over-asked listings sit. For sellers, that means condition and pricing discipline matter more than timing. For buyers, it means you should be ready to move on the sharp listings and patient on the ones that linger — there is room to negotiate on homes that have been on the market past that median.
The 60-Second Overview
Cedar Heights market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $515K ($287 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 21 days on market for closed sales.
Cedar Heights is a community of 51 homes in Clearwater, Pinellas County, built between 1979 and 1994 (median 1984), with a median living area of about 1,986 square feet. 82% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Cedar Heights is a compact, established pocket of Clearwater in Pinellas County — a set of homes from the late 1970s through the mid-1990s where the interior work behind the front door, not the year on the deed, tends to set the price.
Who Cedar Heights is best for.
Best for
- Buyers targeting the mid-$500s for a move-in-ready, roughly 2,000-square-foot home
- Renovation-minded buyers willing to buy a dated interior at a discount and update it
- Long-hold owner-occupants who value a stable, low-turnover street over a trendy address
Probably not for
- Buyers who want post-2000 construction or the latest building systems
- Short-horizon buyers who need to flip quickly in a small, thin-inventory market
- Buyers unwilling to budget for roof, HVAC, and insurance diligence on an older home
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 ($515K) IS the median in the snapshot above.
Windows contain 0 to 4 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 Cedar Heights buying strategy.
If we were buying in Cedar Heights 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 Cedar Heights.
A condition-driven resale market
This is a small inventory neighborhood, and with a median living area just under 2,000 square feet, most of the stock is similarly scaled single-family housing from one building era. That consistency is useful: it makes comparable sales easier to read and gives you a clear sense of what your dollar buys. The variable is renovation. Two homes of the same size can trade well apart depending on kitchens, baths, roof, and systems, so the median price is best understood as a midpoint across a wide condition spread, not a sticker for every house.
A high homestead share — about 82 percent — points to a community held largely by owner-occupants rather than short-term investors. In practical terms, that tends to mean turnover is measured and listings represent genuine moves, not churn. Buyers should underwrite each home on its own merits: age of roof and HVAC, insurance posture, and any deferred maintenance carried by a home built in the 1980s.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Cedar Heights. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
In a small, condition-driven market like this, the work is in reading the comps correctly and pricing the renovation gap. We will tell you when a listing is priced for its updates and when it is priced for the ones it does not have, and we will help sellers put the right dollars into the right rooms before going to market rather than after.
Cedar Heights 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 (5 streets, ZIP 33763)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2005 (20 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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