Deer Chase
Homes for Sale in St. Augustine, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Photo courtesy of KELLER WILLIAMS ST JOHNS · via realMLS
Deer Chase is a small St. Johns County community in St. Augustine, and the honest starting point is that we have no closings in the current window. That means there is no recent price data to anchor a read on — no median, no days-on-market, no absorption. Anything we told you about pricing today would be invented, and we won't do that.
For a buyer, thin activity cuts both ways: fewer listings to choose from, but also less competition and more room to negotiate on the homes that do surface. For a seller, it means pricing has to lean on individual home condition and the broader St. Johns County backdrop rather than a run of comparable Deer Chase sales. In a data-light community, the work is in the comps you build by hand, not the ones a dashboard hands you.
The setting & the homes.
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Deer Chase
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Who Deer Chase is best for.
Best for
- Buyers set on the St. Augustine / St. Johns County area who will wait for the right individual home
- Patient purchasers who value negotiating leverage over a wide selection
- Owners planning to hold, who aren't relying on frequent nearby sales to track value
Probably not for
- Buyers who need a large, active pool of listings to choose from right now
- Anyone who wants recent on-street comps before committing to a number
- Sellers who need to move quickly and expect a deep, ready buyer pool for this specific community
The market around Deer Chase
Deer Chase is a small community — 5 recorded sales on file, most recently in 2025 — too few for its own price trend. Here is the market around it.
In ZIP 32086, 152 homes are on the market and 21% are under contract — a steady corner of St. Augustine.
Across St. Johns County, 1,921 homes are active and 1,005 pending (34% under contract).
Homes here are single family residence.
ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Deer Chase specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.
Homes For Sale Right Now in Deer Chase
Live MLS inventory for Deer Chase. 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 Deer Chase listings as of 2026-07-14, priced high to low. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Tap any home to ask about it.
Schools
- St. Johns County Public Schools
- Verify the zoned schools by address
- Magnet and choice options may be available
- Osceola · Elementary
- Gamble Rogers · Middle
- Pedro Menendez · High
Zoned schools reflect the assignments reported on recent Deer Chase listings and can change; always confirm with St. Johns County Public Schools for a specific address.
Buying with schools in mind? We can confirm the exact zoned schools for any Deer Chase address.
The Deer Chase buying strategy.
If we were buying in Deer Chase 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 Deer Chase.
Reading a quiet community
With no closings recorded in the current window, Deer Chase is what we'd call a low-signal market. That is not a red flag on its own — plenty of well-held small communities simply don't turn over often — but it does change how you value a home here. Price gets set by the condition, layout, and lot of the individual property, and by what's selling in comparable St. Augustine and St. Johns County neighborhoods, not by a stack of on-street sales.
Practically, that raises the value of hands-on analysis. Buyers should expect to underwrite a home on its own merits and lean on county-wide comparables. Sellers should expect the same discipline: a defensible list price built from the ground up, and patience if the buyer pool for this specific community is small on any given month.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Deer Chase. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
When a community has no recent closings to lean on, the brokerage that does the manual comp work wins the negotiation. We build valuations from comparable St. Johns County sales, walk the specific home for condition, and tell you plainly when the data is too thin to support a number — rather than papering over the gap with a guess.
Deer Chase 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 Deer Chase buy.
Free calculators to pressure-test the real cost before you tour.
Selling here is won on condition and pricing to real comps, not an automated estimate. The right number comes from closed Deer Chase sales matched to your home.
Price it to the comps and condition, not an automated estimate.
If you are thinking about selling in Deer Chase, the right list price comes from recent comparable sales matched to your home's condition and location, not an automated estimate.
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20% of homes for sale in ZIP 32086 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 (2026-07-18).
The real cost & risk here
Before the list price, the Florida math the portals skip. These are St. Johns County typicals — your exact home, flood zone, and insurance quote will vary, so verify each before you offer.
Check it for your address: look up your flood zone (FEMA) · insurance by county · true-cost calculator · St. Johns County scorecard.
County typicals from Momentum’s Florida housing data (Zillow & Realtor.com aggregates, Census, FRED), updated monthly; insurance modeled. Flood zone is property-specific — always confirm via FEMA.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | realMLS, refreshed twice daily (last: July 14, 2026) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2016 (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 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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