Fort Peyton Forest
Homes for Sale in St. Augustine, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
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Fort Peyton Forest is a small St. Augustine pocket in St. Johns County, and with only a one-closing window in this snapshot, there is almost no recent sales record to lean on. That thin volume matters: it means price here is set home-by-home on condition, lot, and finishes rather than by a deep comp set. Treat any single sale as a data point, not a trend.
For a buyer, that argues for patience and independent valuation work rather than assuming the last number defines the next one. For a seller, it means pricing has to be built from the ground up on the specifics of your home and current St. Johns County demand, not from a busy local comp history that simply is not there yet.
Figures in this note are as of July 12, 2026. The live market numbers elsewhere on this page update nightly and are newer.
The 60-Second Overview
Fort Peyton Forest market snapshot (as of November 12, 2026): the median sale price is about $361K ($261 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 131 days on market for closed sales.
Fort Peyton Forest is a community of 63 homes in St. Augustine, St. Johns County, built between 1984 and 2023 (median 1988), with a median living area of about 1,566 square feet. 77% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Fort Peyton Forest sits in St. Johns County within reach of St. Augustine, in a low-turnover corner where listings come to market infrequently and each one tends to stand on its own merits.
The setting & the homes.
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Who Fort Peyton Forest is best for.
Best for
- Buyers who want a quiet St. Johns County setting near St. Augustine and are willing to value a home on its own merits
- Long-hold buyers who are not counting on frequent nearby resales to benchmark their purchase
- Sellers prepared to price from home-specific detail rather than a busy comp history
Probably not for
- Buyers who rely on a deep recent-sales record to justify an offer
- Investors needing predictable, frequent turnover to model returns
- Anyone wanting a fast, high-liquidity market with many active listings to compare
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending November 12 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($361K) IS the median in the snapshot above.
Windows contain 0 to 3 sales each (3 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size, and thin markets swing on single closings. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
25% of homes for sale in ZIP 32086 are already under contract (under contract ÷ under contract + active listings) — a read on how much of the available inventory buyers have already claimed. Source: MLS data (2026-11-12).
Fort Peyton Forest Market Scorecard
Fort Peyton Forest is currently a balanced market..
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Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily. Market metrics only; these describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
Fort Peyton Forest on the map.
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The Fort Peyton Forest buying strategy.
If we were buying in Fort Peyton Forest 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 Fort Peyton Forest.
A thin-data market to read carefully
The defining feature here is scarcity of transactions. With a single closing in the current window, there is no reliable spread to quote and no established price range to anchor to. That is not a knock on the community; it is a reality of small, tightly held neighborhoods where homes change hands rarely.
The practical effect is that value is condition-driven and negotiation-driven. Two homes in Fort Peyton Forest can price very differently based on updates, lot, and timing, and a buyer or seller who understands that will do better than one waiting for a clean market average that this pocket simply does not generate.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Fort Peyton Forest. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
In a low-volume pocket like this, the comp file will not do the work for you, so we build valuations from the specifics of the home and current St. Johns County demand rather than a shallow sales history. That means telling you plainly when a single recent number should and should not shape your price or your offer.
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | realMLS, refreshed twice daily (last: November 12, 2026) |
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending November 12, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR assessment roll (street-list match (2 streets, ZIP 32086)) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-11-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2012 (16 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 realMLS 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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