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.
Deer Chase right now
🟢 Buyer-leaning market. 24.0 months of supply and 0% of the inventory already under contract give buyers above-average negotiating leverage.Why it matters: months of supply is how long today's inventory would last at today's sales pace; under-contract share is the portion of homes for sale that already have a buyer.Momentum Research analysis of realMLS records, as of August 21, 2026. Confidence: Low (2 active and pending listings, 1 closed sales in 12 months).
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Updated August 21, 2026 · Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Deer Chase sits in the St. Johns County side of St. Augustine, a market where inventory in a single community can be quiet for stretches — so much of the story here is about the specific home in front of you rather than a busy sales feed.
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.
The setting & the homes.
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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 too small for its own price trend, so here is the market around it.
In ZIP 32086, 170 homes are on the market and 18% are under contract — a slower corner of St. Augustine.
Across St. Johns County, 1,849 homes are active and 860 pending (32% under contract).
ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Deer Chase specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.
Housing distress & ownership in Deer Chase, St. Augustine
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 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 2026-08-22, priced high to low. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Tap any home to ask about it.
Deer Chase 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.
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.
Use your leverage. With inventory sitting, there is room to negotiate on anything dated or overpriced and to ask for repairs or a rate buydown.
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
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Tools for a Deer Chase buy.
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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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Frequently Asked Questions
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | realMLS, refreshed twice daily (last: August 21, 2026) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-08-18 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2016 (12 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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