Colonial Terrace
Homes for Sale in Jacksonville, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
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Colonial Terrace is a 134-home Jacksonville community with one of the widest build spans you'll find in a single neighborhood — homes date from 1911 to 2006, with a median build year of 1941. That range is what actually drives price here, more than location or lot size: the median sits at $277,750, working out to $235.99 per square foot on a median home size of 1,595 square feet. Two houses on the same street can carry very different numbers depending on whether they've been updated.
The current read is a cooling one. There are zero active listings right now, so pricing comes entirely from the trailing 6 months of closings, and that set shows a median 38 days on market with price down 6.3% year over year. The market heat score sits at 48 — not distressed, but not competitive either. About 70.6% of these homes carry a homestead exemption, which points to a largely owner-occupied stock rather than an investor-heavy one, and that tends to keep pricing steadier even when the broader trend is soft.
Colonial Terrace right now
🟡 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($288K) is down 3.0% from the prior 12 months ($296K). With about 5 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 realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 20. Confidence: Low (5 and 6 sales in the two windows).
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Updated August 20, 2026 · Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Colonial Terrace market snapshot (as of August 20, 2026): the median sale price is about $288K ($237 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 25 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 3% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (5 closings in the current window).
Colonial Terrace is an established Duval County pocket of 134 homes with construction spanning from 1911 to 2006 and no organized amenities showing up in current MLS listings — this is a neighborhood you buy for the house and the location, not a clubhouse or a gate.
The setting & the homes.
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Who Colonial Terrace is best for.
Best for
- A buyer prioritizing an established Duval County location over new construction, comfortable with a home built anywhere from 1911 to 2006.
- A seller whose home is well-updated and wants pricing that reflects the top of the community's condition-driven range rather than an average.
- A buyer working with a purchase budget near the community's $277,750 median who can move within roughly a 38-day closing window.
Probably not for
- A buyer who wants to browse an active list of comparable homes before deciding — inventory here is effectively at zero.
- A buyer seeking organized community amenities like a pool, clubhouse, or gated entry.
- A buyer who wants a uniform, single-era build style rather than homes built across a wide range of dates, from 1911 to 2006.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending August 20 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($288K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($296K) IS the -3.0% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 8 sales each (5 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size, and thin markets swing on single closings. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
33% of homes for sale in ZIP 32207 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 (2026-08-18).
Colonial Terrace Market Scorecard
Colonial Terrace is currently a balanced market..
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Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily. Market metrics only; these describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
Housing distress & ownership in Colonial Terrace, Jacksonville
Who owns here, how much is not owner-occupied, and how much for-sale inventory is under distress.
Source: Momentum Realty Research. Ownership & parcels from the FL DOR 2025 tax roll; distress from MLS active-listing status/remarks; price from MLS closed sales. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Homes For Sale Right Now in Colonial Terrace
Live MLS inventory for Colonial Terrace. Every active listing, what is under contract right now, and the last 12 months of closed sales, refreshed twice a day. Closed comps beat an algorithm's guess every time.
Active and pending Colonial Terrace listings as of 2026-08-20, priced high to low. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Tap any home to ask about it.
Colonial Terrace on the map.
Every active, pending, and recently sold home, plotted. Toggle the layers and tap a home for the details.
Listing locations from realMLS. Map data © OpenStreetMap, tiles © CARTO.
Schools
- Duval County Public Schools
- Verify the zoned schools by address
- Magnet and choice options may be available
- Wolfson High School (Duval County Public Schools); verify by address · High
- Julia Landon College Preparatory and Leadership Development School (verify by address) · Middle
- Hendricks Avenue Elementary School (verify by address)FLDOE grade A · Elementary
Grades are official Florida Department of Education school grades for 2025-26. Assignments are reported as of the 2025-26 year and can change; always confirm with Duval County Public Schools for a specific address.
Buying with schools in mind? We can confirm the exact zoned schools for any Colonial Terrace address.
The Colonial Terrace buying strategy.
If we were buying in Colonial Terrace 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 Colonial Terrace.
Pricing that runs on condition, not comps alone
With a year-built range running from 1911 to 2006 and a median build year of 1941, Colonial Terrace's 134 homes are not a uniform product. The median living area is 1,595 square feet, and at a median price of $277,750 that pencils to $235.99 per square foot — a figure that will move meaningfully depending on whether a given home is closer to its original build or has been substantially updated.
Inventory is the other half of the story: active listings currently stand at zero, meaning the market picture here is built entirely from the trailing 6-month closing window rather than a live for-sale list. In that window, the median time to sell was 38 days and pricing landed 6.3% below the prior year, putting the market heat score at 48. With 70.6% of homes carrying a homestead exemption, this reads as a community of long-term owners rather than a churn-heavy rental or flip market.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Colonial Terrace. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
With zero active listings at any given time, Colonial Terrace is not a neighborhood you shop by scrolling a public list — pricing has to be built from the last 6 months of closings and a clear read on where a given home falls across its 1911-to-2006 build range. Momentum tracks that closing data and the condition-driven price spread street by street, so a buyer or seller isn't guessing at what $235.99 per square foot actually means for their specific house.
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HOA, CDD & Fees
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- Any club/amenity membership is billed separately
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Tools for a Colonial Terrace buy.
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | realMLS, refreshed twice daily (last: August 20, 2026) |
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 20, 2026 |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-08-18 |
| Schools | 2025-26 district assignments + FLDOE school grades; verify with the district |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2002 (73 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 realMLS 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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