Emerald Island Resort
Homes for Sale in Kissimmee, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Emerald Island Resort is a short-term-rental community first, and that reality drives price more than square footage does. With a homestead share under 8%, the vast majority of these 717 homes are held as vacation or income properties, so condition, furnishing, and rental readiness move the needle as much as the median $511,600 or the $189.92 per square foot. A turnkey, rental-active home and a tired one can carry very different prices at the same size.
The posture right now is patient. A median of just over 80 days on market and a heat score of 53 point to a balanced market that leans neither strongly to buyers nor sellers. Values are up 6.6% year over year, so this is not a soft market — but with only 8 recent closings in the window, pricing is thin and each sale carries weight. Sellers should expect to hold out for the right buyer; buyers have room to be selective and to underwrite the numbers carefully.
Emerald Island Resort right now
🟡 Still climbing. The trailing-12-month median ($512K) is up 6.6% from the prior 12 months ($480K). With about 6 sales a year, a single closing can swing this number, so read the level and the decade, not one year's move.Momentum Research, record-level Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 13. Confidence: Low (8 and 5 sales in the two windows).
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Updated July 13, 2026 · Live data: Stellar MLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Emerald Island Resort market snapshot (as of July 13, 2026): the median sale price is about $512K ($190 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 81 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is up 7% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (8 closings in the current window).
Emerald Island Resort is a community of 717 homes in Kissimmee, Osceola County, built between 2002 and 2006 (median 2004.0), with a median living area of about 2,178 square feet. 8% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
This is a built-out resort community from the 2002–2006 era, with a median home around 2,178 square feet built in 2004. It functions largely as a rental market rather than a primary-residence enclave, which shapes both who competes for these homes and how they trade.
Who Emerald Island Resort is best for.
Best for
- Investors targeting a turnkey short-term-rental property with a budget centered near the mid-$500s
- Second-home buyers who want a vacation base in a built-out 2000s-era resort community
- Patient buyers comfortable with an 80-day-plus market who can be selective and underwrite carefully
Probably not for
- Buyers seeking a primary-residence neighborhood where most homes are owner-occupied
- Anyone who needs a fast, liquid resale given the thin recent closing activity
- Budgets that assume newer construction or wide architectural variety beyond the 2002–2006 stock
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending July 13 of each year, from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($512K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($480K) IS the +6.6% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 21 sales each (8 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size, and thin markets swing on single closings. Based on Stellar MLS data distributed by MLS GRID for the period %s through %s. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
The Emerald Island Resort buying strategy.
If we were buying in Emerald Island Resort 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 Emerald Island Resort.
A rental-driven market, not a bedroom community
The homestead share tells the story: with under 8% of homes claiming a homestead exemption, Emerald Island Resort is overwhelmingly an investment and vacation market. That means demand tracks the short-term-rental economy — occupancy, nightly rates, and the appeal of the community's amenities — more than it tracks the usual primary-residence drivers. Buyers here are underwriting an asset, and the median price of $511,600 needs to be read through that lens.
The housing stock is homogeneous by design, built tightly between 2002 and 2006 with a median year of 2004. That narrows the spread you'd normally see from age, so the real price variation comes from condition, updates, and whether a home comes furnished and rental-ready. Because the closing window is thin — just 8 recent sales — a single well- or poorly-priced comp can distort the picture, and pricing a home here demands more judgment than a spreadsheet.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Emerald Island Resort. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Momentum Buy Score.
Our proprietary 0 to 10 read across the factors that decide how a home in Emerald Island Resort buys, holds, and resells. Momentum Research; not an appraisal.
Momentum Intelligence Scores are our proprietary, qualitative assessment on a 0 to 10 scale, built from the record-level market data on this page. They are a framework for comparing communities, not a guarantee of future value and not advice on a specific home; unlike an automated value estimate they do not price your home, they grade the community on evidence you can inspect. Composite is the plain average of the 3 factors (5.0). Basis: Recent Direction +6.6% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 8% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 94.9% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
A resort-rental market rewards analysts, not optimists. With a thin closing window and prices that hinge on condition and rental readiness rather than a clean per-square-foot rule, we price from the specifics of your home and the handful of comps that actually apply — not a headline average. On the buy side, we help you underwrite the asset honestly, factoring in the 80-plus-day marketing reality and what a balanced heat score means for your negotiating position.
Emerald Island Resort in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
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- 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 Emerald Island Resort buy.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 13, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (13 streets, ZIP 34747)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2006 (80 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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