Clair Mel City Unit 3
Homes for Sale in Tampa, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Price here is driven by condition and lot, not by the calendar. The median home dates to 1959, but the stock stretches all the way to 2024, so what you actually pay reflects how much a given house has been updated or rebuilt. At a median of $319,000 and roughly $272 per square foot on about 1,351 square feet, you are largely buying compact, older-footprint homes where renovation status separates one listing from the next.
The market posture is fast. A median of 7 days on market means well-priced, move-in-ready homes clear quickly, and buyers who dawdle lose them. Sellers have real leverage on updated homes; buyers should come pre-approved and ready to decide. The tradeoff is a wide range in condition behind that single median, so read each home on its own merits rather than the headline number.
The 60-Second Overview
Clair Mel City Unit 3 market snapshot (as of July 13, 2026): the median sale price is about $319K ($272 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 7 days on market for closed sales.
Clair Mel City Unit 3 is a community of 199 homes in Tampa, Hillsborough County, built between 1958 and 2024 (median 1959), with a median living area of about 1,351 square feet. 64% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Clair Mel City Unit 3 is a compact, established pocket of Tampa in Hillsborough County where mid-century homes sit alongside newer infill, and the pace of sales rewards buyers who move decisively.
Who Clair Mel City Unit 3 is best for.
Best for
- Buyers targeting a modest-footprint home around the mid-$300s who can decide quickly
- Renovation-minded buyers willing to take on an older home for the right price
- Owner-occupant buyers wanting an established Hillsborough County location
Probably not for
- Buyers needing significantly more than 1,351 square feet of living space
- Buyers who need weeks to deliberate in a 7-day-pace market
- Buyers unwilling to budget for updates on mid-century construction
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending July 13 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 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 Clair Mel City Unit 3 buying strategy.
If we were buying in Clair Mel City Unit 3 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 Clair Mel City Unit 3.
Old bones, new selectively
With a median year built of 1959 and a range running from 1958 to 2024, this is a neighborhood of original mid-century houses punctuated by teardowns and rebuilds. That mix is the single most important thing to understand: the median price of $319,000 covers everything from unrenovated originals to recently completed construction, so square-foot economics and condition matter more than any average. Median living space of about 1,351 square feet keeps most of these homes on the modest side.
About 64% of homes carry a homestead exemption, which points to a core of owner-occupants rather than a purely investor-held block. For a buyer, that mix of stayers and turnover is worth weighing alongside the quick 7-day median pace. Judged over a short 3-month closing window on 199 homes, this is a small, active market where individual listings can move the read, so lean on current comps rather than the snapshot alone.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Clair Mel City Unit 3. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
In a market this fast and this condition-driven, the edge is knowing which homes behind the $319,000 median are honest updates and which are cosmetic. We walk the stock, read each listing against real comps, and get you positioned to act inside a 7-day window instead of losing to it.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 13, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (3 streets, ZIP 33619)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2021 (11 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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