Ethel Park
Homes for Sale in Winter Park, FL

Ethel Park is a 182-home pocket of Winter Park where the inventory ranges from turn-of-the-century structures to brand-new construction, so the label matters far less than the individual house. A homestead share of about two-thirds points to a stock held more by long-term owners than by turnover.

Stellar MLS sales records identify 15 homes in Ethel Park that have changed hands since 2004, built between 1925 and 2020 (median 1959), with a median living area of about 2,951 sq ft and a typical 4-bedroom, 3-bath layout; 100% 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.

County records show 19 qualified sales in Ethel Park across 2024–2025 (12 in 2024, 7 in 2025), median $1.18M — the last recorded sale per parcel on the Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll, independent of the MLS.

Pre-construction details are compiled from public records, builder announcements and builder listings, and are subject to change without notice; figures are deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Momentum Research figures are our own analysis. This page describes homes, pricing and community attributes, not residents.

Ethel Park is too small for its own price trend, so here is the market around it.

In ZIP 32789, 239 homes are on the market and 23% are under contract — a steady corner of Winter Park.

Across Orange County, 5,774 homes are active and 1,755 pending (23% under contract).

In ZIP 32789 (Winter Park), 390 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $635K ($396/sq ft), up 7.6% year over year, with a median 39 days on market. Right now 91 active and 26 pending listings put supply at about 5.2 months — a balanced market. See the live ZIP 32789 housing market and the Orange County market.

ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Ethel Park specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.

The defining fact here is age spread. A median build year of 1959 sits inside a range that opens in 1901 and runs to 2024, which tells you the neighborhood has absorbed generations of building without being flattened and rebuilt wholesale. That is a double-edged reality: character and mature lots on one hand, older systems and deferred maintenance risk on the other. A serious inspection is not optional in a market this old.

With roughly 66 percent of homes homesteaded, this is not a high-churn corner of Winter Park. Owners tend to stay, which keeps inventory tight and makes any single listing more consequential. Combine that with a reporting window showing no recent closings, and both sides should expect price discovery to happen deal by deal rather than off a deep comp set.

In a neighborhood where the housing stock ranges over more than a century and recent closings are thin, generic pricing tools fall down. We underwrite each Ethel Park home on its own condition, vintage, and lot, tell you plainly where the renovation dollars did or did not land, and set expectations honestly when the comp trail is short.

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