Clair Mel
Homes for Sale in Tampa, FL

Clair Mel Sub is an established Hillsborough County pocket of roughly 430 homes on the east side of Tampa, where a century of building has left a mix of vintages rather than a uniform subdivision look. The high owner-occupancy share gives it a settled, held-not-flipped feel.

Stellar MLS sales records identify 114 homes in Clair Mel that have changed hands since 2004, built between 1947 and 2026 (median 2000), with a median living area of about 3,111 sq ft and a typical 4-bedroom, 3.5-bath layout; 100% are single-family homes. Source: Stellar MLS closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community.

County records show 23 qualified sales in Clair Mel across 2024–2025 (13 in 2024, 10 in 2025), median $2.10M — the last recorded sale per parcel on the Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll, independent of the MLS.

Pre-construction details are compiled from public records, builder announcements and builder listings, and are subject to change without notice; figures are deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Momentum Research figures are our own analysis. This page describes homes, pricing and community attributes, not residents.

Clair Mel is too small for its own price trend, so here is the market around it.

In ZIP 33609, 175 homes are on the market and 23% are under contract — a steady corner of Tampa.

Across Hillsborough County, 6,324 homes are active and 1,810 pending (22% under contract).

In ZIP 33609 (Tampa), 427 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $667K ($369/sq ft), up 11.3% year over year, with a median 39 days on market. Right now 60 active and 18 pending listings put supply at about 4.4 months — a balanced market. See the live ZIP 33609 housing market and the Hillsborough County market.

ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Clair Mel specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.

The year-built range runs from 1924 to 2024, which is unusually wide for a single named community. With the median build year around 1994, you are looking at a place that filled in over decades rather than in one push, so expect adjacent lots to differ in age, footprint, and finish. The median living area sits at about 3,375 square feet, which points to a good share of larger homes in the mix, though square footage varies as much as everything else here.

Owner-occupancy is the steadying number: about 80% of homes carry a homestead exemption, signaling a community held for the long term rather than churned by short-hold investors. That tends to slow turnover and keep well-kept homes off the market, so buyers should be ready to move on the right listing and sellers should not assume a flood of competing inventory.

In a community this varied, the value is in reading one house against the next, not against a market average. We walk the actual condition, weigh a 1994-era build differently than a 1920s original or a 2024 new-construction, and price the gap honestly so you are not overpaying for someone else's deferred maintenance or underselling real updates.

Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.