Fairview 1St Add
Homes for Sale in Tampa, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Fairview 1st Add is an older Tampa plat with a wide age spread — homes date back to 1923 with the most recent build landing in 2024, and the median build year of 1957 tells you the core of the neighborhood is a mid-century base with infill and renovation layered on top. That range means condition and vintage, not lot size or floor plan, tend to drive what a given house is worth here. Two houses on the same block can be structurally worlds apart depending on whether they've been updated.
With homestead exemptions filed on about two-thirds of the parcels (67.1%), this reads as a community where a majority of owners have settled in rather than churned through as rentals or flips. That's a useful signal for a buyer: turnover is likely driven by life events more than investor activity, which can mean less competition from bulk buyers but also fewer listings at any given time. No community amenities are identified from current MLS data, so this isn't a neighborhood being sold on shared facilities — it's about the individual house and its lot.
Who Fairview 1St Add is best for.
Best for
- Buyers who want an established Tampa address and are willing to budget for renovation work on an older structure.
- Buyers targeting a mid-size home near 2,000 square feet without paying for amenity infrastructure.
- Buyers comfortable doing detailed due diligence on build year and condition rather than relying on a uniform-vintage block.
Probably not for
- Buyers who want a newer build guaranteed as the neighborhood standard rather than the exception.
- Buyers who prioritize shared community amenities like pools, clubhouses, or organized recreation.
- Buyers wanting a turnkey process with minimal inspection surprises across a uniform housing stock.
The market around Fairview 1St Add
Fairview 1St Add is a small community — 5 recorded sales on file, most recently in 2022 — too few for its own price trend. Here is the market around it.
Across Hillsborough County, 5,970 homes are active and 2,046 pending (26% under contract).
Homes here are single family residence.
ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Fairview 1St Add specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.
The Fairview 1St Add buying strategy.
If we were buying in Fairview 1St Add 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 Fairview 1St Add.
A century of construction under one plat name
The build-year spread here — 1923 to 2024 — is wider than most Tampa communities of comparable size, and the median of 1957 puts the typical home solidly in mid-century territory. That matters practically: a buyer touring this neighborhood should expect real variance in electrical, plumbing, and roof age from one address to the next, and should treat inspection findings as neighborhood-normal rather than a red flag specific to one house. It also means renovation and new construction sit side by side with untouched original stock, so comparable sales require care — pulling the wrong comp from across the street can badly mislead a valuation.
At a median 2,004 square feet of living space, homes here skew toward a workable mid-size footprint rather than compact starter units or oversized builds. Combined with no identified community amenities in current MLS listings, the value proposition is the house and the individual lot, not shared recreation infrastructure. That keeps carrying costs simpler — no HOA amenity fees to underwrite — but it also means anyone buying here should evaluate the property on its own condition and yard, not on a promised clubhouse or pool that isn't part of the deal.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Fairview 1St Add. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
A plat with a century of construction history needs someone who reads permit records and renovation scope as carefully as the listing photos. We pull build-year and condition context before we let a buyer fall in love with a house, and we price listings against true like-for-like comps rather than whatever sold last on the street — which matters more in a mixed-vintage neighborhood like this one than almost anywhere else in Tampa.
Fairview 1St Add in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
- Mandatory HOA — confirm current dues
- 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 Fairview 1St Add buy.
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Data sources & freshness
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (2 streets, ZIP 33609)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2006 (7 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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