Emerald Island Resort Ph 5A
Homes for Sale in Kissimmee, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Emerald Island Resort Ph 5A is a short-term-rental-oriented resort community near the Kissimmee attractions corridor, and the pricing reflects that use case more than a typical primary-residence market. With a homestead share around 8%, most of these homes trade as income properties, which is why square footage matters so much: the median home here runs about 3,200 living square feet at a median of $460,000, or roughly $187 per foot. Price is driven by size, layout, and condition — the pool-home, multiple-bedroom configuration that rents well — rather than by land or schools.
The current posture is a soft one. Prices are down about 8% year over year, yet homes are still clearing in a median of 13 days on a thin base of three recent closings. That combination — falling prices but quick sales — tells you buyers are active but disciplined, and sellers who price to the current market are moving. Read the low closing count as a caution: with only a handful of trades, a single motivated or stubborn seller can swing the headline numbers. Buyers have negotiating room; sellers should not chase last year's comps.
Emerald Island Resort Ph 5A right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($460K) is down 8.0% from the prior 12 months ($500K). With about 2 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 (3 and 10 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 5A market snapshot (as of July 13, 2026): the median sale price is about $460K ($187 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 13 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 8% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (3 closings in the current window).
Emerald Island Resort Ph 5A is a community of 265 homes in Kissimmee, Osceola County, built between 2003 and 2005 (median 2005.0), with a median living area of about 3,200 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-rental community rather than a neighborhood of owner-occupants, and the homes are built for that purpose — large floor plans within a gated, amenity-driven setting near the Osceola County attractions corridor.
Who Emerald Island Resort Ph 5A is best for.
Best for
- Investors targeting a large, amenity-supported short-term-rental property who can underwrite to today's softer numbers
- Buyers who want a spacious 2003–2005 home and are willing to weigh condition and furnishings against the per-square-foot median
- Value-focused buyers comfortable negotiating in a down-trending, low-volume market
Probably not for
- Buyers who want a quiet primary-residence street rather than a resort-rental setting
- Buyers who need a firm, well-established comp record before committing
- Buyers seeking a smaller or lower-maintenance home than the roughly 3,200-square-foot norm here
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 ($460K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($500K) IS the -8.0% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 10 sales each (3 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 5A buying strategy.
If we were buying in Emerald Island Resort Ph 5A 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 5A.
A rental-first resort community, priced by the square foot
The 265 homes here were built in a tight window from 2003 to 2005, with a median vintage of 2005, so you are largely comparing homes of the same era and generally the same generous scale. That consistency makes condition and updates the real differentiators. At a median near 3,200 square feet, these are big houses, and the $460,000 median works out to roughly $187 per foot — a number worth carrying with you, because a home priced well above or below that per-foot figure usually tells a story about renovation, furnishings, or deferred work.
Because the homestead share is low, expect most inventory to come to market as turnkey or furnished rental product, and expect operating factors — resort amenities, HOA structure, and short-term-rental eligibility — to matter as much as the house itself. The 8% year-over-year decline suggests the rental-investment segment has cooled from its peak, so underwrite conservatively rather than assuming the last cycle repeats.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Emerald Island Resort Ph 5A. 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 5A 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 (4.2). Basis: Recent Direction -8.0% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 8% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 96.4% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
This is a specialized market: a thin recent-sales record, a rental-driven use case, and pricing that lives or dies on per-square-foot and condition. We read the comps honestly — including the fact that only three homes have closed in the recent window — and we help you separate a genuinely well-priced home from one anchored to stale numbers. Whether you are buying an income property or selling one, we build the pricing case around what is actually clearing today.
Emerald Island Resort Ph 5A 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 (5 streets, ZIP 34747)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2008 (18 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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