Dukes Lake
Homes for Sale in Mascotte, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Dukes Lake is a small, established pocket of Mascotte with 138 homes and a build window running from 2003 to 2021, though the median year built of 2005 tells you most of the stock dates to the community's original build-out rather than recent infill. With a median living area of 2,234 square feet, these are mid-size single-family homes, and condition and updates from that original construction era will do more to set price than anything else in the neighborhood.
The homestead share here sits at 71.7 percent, which points to a market where most owners have filed for homestead exemption rather than holding the property as a rental or second home. For buyers, that generally means less turnover pressure and a steadier resale pattern. For sellers, it means your competition is largely other long-held, lived-in homes, not investor-flipped inventory, so presentation and documented updates matter more than a quick cosmetic refresh.
Who Dukes Lake is best for.
Best for
- Buyers looking for a mid-size, single-family home in an established Mascotte community without amenity fees to factor in.
- Buyers comfortable with a smaller, limited-inventory market where the right home may take patience to surface.
- Buyers prioritizing a stable, owner-occupied resale pattern over new-construction options.
Probably not for
- Buyers who want on-site amenities like a pool, clubhouse, or organized recreational facilities.
- Buyers seeking a large, actively building community with frequent new listings to choose from.
- Buyers who need brand-new construction rather than a home from the community's 2003–2021 build range.
The market around Dukes Lake
Dukes Lake is a small community — 15 recorded sales on file, most recently in 2025 — too few for its own price trend. Here is the market around it.
Across Lake County, 3,176 homes are active and 1,107 pending (26% under contract).
The housing mix here is 94% single family residence, 6% ?.
ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Dukes Lake specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.
The Dukes Lake buying strategy.
If we were buying in Dukes Lake 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 Dukes Lake.
A 2005-era community with steady ownership
With only 138 homes total and a median year built of 2005, Dukes Lake reads as a single, cohesive build phase rather than a community still adding new construction, even though a handful of homes stretch as late as 2021. That narrow footprint means inventory here is naturally limited at any given time, and buyers should expect to move when something surfaces rather than assuming a deep, revolving pool of listings.
No community amenities are identified from current MLS listings, so this is a neighborhood to evaluate on the homes themselves and their location in Lake County rather than on shared recreational features. The median living area of 2,234 square feet suggests these are solidly sized homes for the area, and with most owners holding homestead status, the housing stock tends to reflect long-term occupancy rather than rapid resale cycling.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Dukes Lake. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
In a community this size, with no shared amenities to compare and a build era spanning nearly two decades, pricing a home correctly means understanding which specific updates and configurations set one 2005-built house apart from another. We track that detail at the listing level rather than relying on neighborhood averages alone, which matters when the entire market is 138 homes.
Dukes Lake 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 Dukes Lake buy.
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Data sources & freshness
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (3 streets, ZIP 34753)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2005 (7 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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