Covington Park Phase 5A
Homes for Sale in Apollo Beach, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Covington Park Phase 5A is a compact pocket of 172 homes built out over roughly a decade, with a median year built of 2005 anchoring the section as an earlier-phase build within that window. Living space centers around 1,779 square feet, which puts most inventory here in a fairly consistent single-family footprint rather than a mix of very large and very small floor plans.
The homestead share sits at 60.5%, meaning a meaningful minority of homes are owned but not homesteaded, non-homestead status can shift the tax picture and is worth confirming line-by-line before you write an offer. No community amenities are showing up on current MLS listings, so any pool, park, or clubhouse access would need to be verified directly rather than assumed from the listing sheet.
Who Covington Park Phase 5A is best for.
Best for
- A buyer prioritizing a consistent, mid-size single-family floor plan over community amenities.
- A buyer comfortable verifying tax and homestead status on a home-by-home basis rather than assuming uniform costs across the phase.
- A buyer focused on an established, decade-plus-old build in Apollo Beach rather than new construction.
Probably not for
- A buyer who wants confirmed access to a pool, clubhouse, or other on-site amenities as part of the purchase.
- A buyer who wants the widest possible range of home sizes or price points within a single search area.
- A buyer who is not prepared to research non-homestead tax implications before making an offer.
The market around Covington Park Phase 5A
Covington Park Phase 5A is a small community — 105 recorded sales on file, most recently in 2024 — too few for its own price trend. Here is the market around it.
Across Hillsborough County, 5,970 homes are active and 2,046 pending (26% under contract).
The housing mix here is 81% villa, 10% single family residence, 7% townhouse.
ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Covington Park Phase 5A specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.
The Covington Park Phase 5A buying strategy.
If we were buying in Covington Park Phase 5A 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 Covington Park Phase 5A.
A single-phase read, not the whole neighborhood
With only 172 homes in this phase, Covington Park Phase 5A is a small enough dataset that outliers can move the numbers more than they would in a larger subdivision. The build window runs from 2005 to 2014, but the median year built landing at 2005 tells you the bulk of the phase leans toward the earlier end of that span, which matters for anyone budgeting around roof age, HVAC systems, or other components tied to build year.
The near-60% homestead share is a detail buyers sometimes skip past. It signals that a real share of these homes are held as non-homestead property, which can mean higher carrying costs on the tax side depending on how long a given owner has held the property. Because MLS data shows no community amenities tied to this section, buyers who assume Covington Park's broader amenity package (if any exists elsewhere in the larger community) applies here should confirm that directly rather than assume it from the phase name alone.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Covington Park Phase 5A. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
A phase this size rewards someone who is actually pulling comps within Phase 5A specifically, not blending it into Covington Park's larger, more amenity-rich sections. We look at build year, homestead status, and square footage together so you understand what you are actually pricing against, and we tell you plainly when a listing's amenity claims don't match what MLS data shows for this phase.
Covington Park Phase 5A in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
- Mandatory HOA — confirm current dues
- Any club/amenity membership is billed separately
Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.
Tools for a Covington Park Phase 5A buy.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Data sources & freshness
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (4 streets, ZIP 33512/33569/33572)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2021 (2 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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