Emerald Island Resort Ph 4
Homes for Sale in Kissimmee, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Emerald Island Resort Ph 4 is a resort-zoned pocket of 362 homes near Kissimmee, and the numbers tell you this is a short-term-rental market first and a residence market second. The homestead share sits at roughly 8%, so the overwhelming majority of these homes are held as income or vacation property. That single fact shapes everything about how they trade: buyers here are underwriting nightly rates and occupancy, not commute times.
Price is driven by size and condition more than address. With a median just over 3,170 square feet built between 2002 and 2006, these are large homes now two decades old, and the ones that show best are the ones that have been kept furnished, updated, and rental-ready. At a median of $530,000 and about $186 per square foot, with a year-over-year move of 2.9%, this is a steady, not surging, market. The headline metric to respect is days on market: a median of 198 days means homes here sit. Sellers who price to the median and market patiently do fine; those chasing a number get a long, quiet listing.
Emerald Island Resort Ph 4 right now
🟡 Still climbing. The trailing-12-month median ($530K) is up 2.9% from the prior 12 months ($515K). With about 1 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 (5 and 3 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 Ph 4 market snapshot (as of July 13, 2026): the median sale price is about $530K ($186 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 198 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is up 3% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (5 closings in the current window).
Emerald Island Resort Ph 4 is a community of 362 homes in Kissimmee, Osceola County, built between 2002 and 2006 (median 2004), with a median living area of about 3,172 square feet. 8% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
This is a resort community of large, early-2000s homes where most inventory is held for short-term rental rather than full-time living — which means it should be evaluated as an income property as much as a house.
Who Emerald Island Resort Ph 4 is best for.
Best for
- Investors targeting a large short-term-rental property and comfortable underwriting occupancy and management
- Buyers with a flexible timeline who can use the long market time to negotiate on condition and price
- Purchasers wanting a spacious, early-2000s home who value size and turnkey furnishing over new construction
Probably not for
- Buyers who need to resell quickly, given a market that routinely takes months to clear
- Anyone seeking a primarily owner-occupied setting rather than a rental-dominated resort community
- Budget-driven buyers looking for a small, low-maintenance home rather than 3,000-plus square feet to operate
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 ($530K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($515K) IS the +2.9% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 5 sales each (5 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 Ph 4 buying strategy.
If we were buying in Emerald Island Resort Ph 4 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 Ph 4.
A rental market wearing a neighborhood's clothes
The defining number here is the roughly 8% homestead share. When more than nine in ten homes are non-owner-occupied, you are buying into an operating market: furnishings convey, management arrangements matter, and comparable sales reflect turnkey rental condition far more than curb appeal. A stripped or dated home and a fully-outfitted, booking-ready one at the same square footage are not the same asset, even if they sit next door.
The 198-day median on market is the other fact buyers should sit with. In this community, patience is not a red flag — it is the norm, and it gives a disciplined buyer real negotiating room. It also warns sellers against pricing on hope. The homes are uniform in vintage (2002 to 2006) and generous in size (median north of 3,170 square feet), so differentiation comes down to updates, condition, and how the property performs as a rental, not to lot lottery or new construction shine.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Emerald Island Resort Ph 4. 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 Ph 4 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 (4.1). Basis: Recent Direction +2.9% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 8% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 92.0% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
A resort-rental market rewards specificity. We help buyers underwrite these homes as the income assets most of them are — reading condition, furnishings, and realistic marketing time against a 198-day median — and we help sellers price to what actually closes instead of what they wish it would. Our read on this community is grounded in its snapshot, not in optimism.
Emerald Island Resort Ph 4 in 15 seconds.
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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 (4 streets, ZIP 00000/34744/34747)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2010 (14 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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