El Cerro
Homes for Sale in Tampa, FL

El Cerro market snapshot (as of September 12, 2026): the median sale price is about $390K ($286 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 11 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 29% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (3 closings in the current window).

In ZIP 33607 (Tampa), 241 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $440K ($300/sq ft), up 8.0% year over year, with a median 57 days on market. Right now 76 active and 22 pending listings put supply at about 4.5 months — a balanced market. See the live ZIP 33607 housing market and the Hillsborough County market.

Stellar MLS sales records identify 59 homes in El Cerro that have changed hands since 2004, built between 1903 and 2025 (median 1959), with a median living area of about 1,300 sq ft and a typical 3-bedroom, 2-bath layout; 93% are single-family homes. Source: Stellar MLS closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community.

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.

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