El Cerro
Homes for Sale in Tampa, FL

El Cerro market snapshot (as of September 20, 2026): the median sale price is about $388K ($286 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 35 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 30% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (4 closings in the current window).

In ZIP 33607 (Tampa), 55 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $449K ($294/sq ft), down 11.0% year over year, with a median 53 days on market. Right now 42 active and 9 pending listings. See the live ZIP 33607 housing market and the Hillsborough County market.

County records show 76 qualified sales in El Cerro across 2024–2025 (45 in 2024, 31 in 2025), median $416,000 — the last recorded sale per parcel on the Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll, independent of the MLS.

El Cerro is a community of 1,137 homes in Tampa, Hillsborough County, built between 1900 and 2024 (median 1955), with a median living area of about 1,413 square feet. 48% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).

El Cerro is an in-town Tampa pocket of roughly 1,148 homes where turn-of-the-century houses sit alongside new construction, so two listings a block apart can be a full renovation era apart. With just under half the homes homesteaded, it reads as a mix of long-term owners and turnover stock.

The defining fact here is the build range: 1900 to 2024, with the middle of the pack landing around 1955. That tells you the housing stock is genuinely varied — original older homes, mid-century structures, and scattered new builds. The median square footage near 1,413 points to modest footprints rather than sprawling floor plans, so buyers should expect to weigh charm and location against space, and to underwrite renovation cost carefully. The single median price of $390,000 is a midpoint across that range, not a ceiling or a starting point.

The 29.1% year-over-year decline is the number to sit with. A drop that size usually reflects a shift in what's trading — more entry-condition or smaller homes closing, fewer of the renovated ones — as much as any straight-line loss of value, and it rests on a short three-closing window, so treat it as a directional signal rather than a precise gauge. Pair it with an 11-day median DOM and a heat score of 48 and the takeaway is consistent: sharp pricing sells fast, but the market is no longer paying up for optimism.

A market this varied by vintage and condition is exactly where a generic price-per-foot estimate misleads you. We underwrite each home on its own terms — age, footprint, and what's actually been updated — so sellers price to the fast-moving reality and buyers know when a low year-over-year read is a real opening versus a mix-shift mirage. On a small closing window, judgment matters more than averages, and that's the work we do.