FRANCELLA PARK
Homes for Sale in ST PETERSBURG, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Price in Francella Park is driven by condition and vintage, not by any single template. With a median build year of 1956 and stock stretching from 1905 all the way to 2024, what you pay per foot tracks how much of the house has already been redone. The median sits at $330,000, and at roughly $310 per square foot on a median footprint near 1,350 square feet, the premium here is compact, walkable-scale St Petersburg housing rather than raw size.
The posture is mixed and worth reading carefully. A median of 9 days on market says well-prepared listings still move quickly, but the year-over-year median is down 17.5%, and a heat score of 40 points to a market that has cooled from its peak. For buyers, that combination means less competition than the fast DOM suggests, with more room to negotiate on homes that linger. For sellers, speed still exists, but only for correctly priced, move-in-ready product; the days of naming your number are gone.
FRANCELLA PARK right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($330K) is down 17.5% from the prior 12 months ($400K). With about 3 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 August 2. Confidence: Low (3 and 4 sales in the two windows).
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Updated August 2, 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
FRANCELLA PARK market snapshot (as of August 2, 2026): the median sale price is about $330K ($310 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 9 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 18% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (3 closings in the current window).
FRANCELLA PARK is a community of 2,219 homes in ST PETERSBURG, Pinellas County, built between 1905 and 2024 (median 1956.0), with a median living area of about 1,350 square feet. 72% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Francella Park is an older, well-established pocket of St Petersburg where the housing is smaller-footprint and highly variable in age, so two homes a block apart can price very differently depending on how much has been updated. A high homestead share of 72% signals a stable, owner-occupied core rather than a churn of short-term holds.
Who FRANCELLA PARK is best for.
Best for
- Long-term owner-occupants seeking a stable, established St Petersburg location near the mid-$300s median
- Buyers with a renovation budget who can add value to an older home rather than pay for someone else's finishes
- Value-focused buyers willing to target listings that have lingered and negotiate against a softening median
Probably not for
- Buyers who need large, new-construction square footage on a single predictable floor plan
- Sellers expecting last year's pricing given the 17.5% year-over-year decline
- Short-horizon flippers counting on quick appreciation in a market with a heat score of 40
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending August 2 of each year, from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($330K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($400K) IS the -17.5% 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 2004 through 2026. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
32% of homes for sale in ZIP 33710 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 (2026-08-01).
The FRANCELLA PARK buying strategy.
If we were buying in FRANCELLA PARK 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 FRANCELLA PARK.
Reading condition over comps
With more than 2,200 homes spanning 1905 to 2024, this is not a subdivision with a handful of floor plans you can comp cleanly. The median vintage of 1956 means most of what trades is mid-century or older, and the real question on any given house is what has been touched: roof, systems, kitchens, and whether additions were permitted. That variability is why the single median price tells you less here than in a newer, uniform community — read each property on its own condition, not on the street average.
The down year-over-year median paired with a nine-day median DOM is the tension to watch. It tells us the best-prepared listings clear fast while everything else sits and eventually adjusts. That gap is where negotiation happens. A homestead share above seven in ten owners suggests turnover is measured, so inventory is not flooding the market — but the pricing discipline required to sell quickly is real.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in FRANCELLA PARK. 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 FRANCELLA PARK 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 (5.0). Basis: Recent Direction -17.5% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 72% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 94.2% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a community where price hinges on condition and vintage rather than a clean set of comps, the value we add is walking each property with you and separating the cosmetic from the structural — what the roof, systems, and any additions actually mean for your number. With the median off 17.5% year over year but strong listings still clearing in about nine days, we help sellers price for the market that exists today and help buyers find the homes that have been sitting long enough to negotiate.
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Recent Developments in Francella Park
Development, infrastructure, retail, and school activity affecting Francella Park, tracked by our team and summarized from public reporting and official sources, with links to the original coverage. Last updated August 2026.
- July 2026Infrastructure
St. Pete approves temporary downtown dock for Tampa Bay ferry
The St. Petersburg City Council approved a temporary ferry dock on Bayshore Boulevard near the Vinoy in downtown St. Petersburg under a three-year contract costing about 324,200 dollars. Hubbard's Marina will operate cross bay service between downtown St. Petersburg and the Tampa Convention Center, with two vessels running year round. Service is expected to begin in October or November.
What it may mean for the marketEstablishes a temporary downtown dock and cross bay ferry connection, adding a new transit option and waterfront infrastructure serving the downtown St. Petersburg market. The site is about 3 miles northeast of Francella Park.
Source: FOX 13 Tampa Bay - July 2026Development
St. Pete advances housing plan for nine vacant city lots
The St. Petersburg City Council unanimously approved a first reading of an ordinance to place a measure on the November 3 ballot that would remove nine vacant city lots in Methodist Town from the city's Charter Park and Waterfront Map. The change would allow up to 41 units of affordable or workforce housing, with four lots planned for single family homes and five larger parcels for multifamily housing. The lots have held park designations since 1984 but have remained vacant.
What it may mean for the marketAdvances a plan to convert nine vacant city lots into new single family and multifamily housing, adding to local housing inventory. Placing the parcels on the ballot could open long dormant land for residential construction. The project is about 3 miles northeast of Francella Park, elsewhere in Pinellas County.
Source: St Pete Catalyst - July 2026Development
Blake-Related team selected to redevelop 86-acre Historic Gas Plant District
St. Petersburg selected a bid led by Blake Investment Partners, with the Related Group as co-developer, to redevelop the 86-acre Historic Gas Plant District at the Tropicana Field site. The roughly 8.1 billion dollar mixed use plan calls for more than 3,600 income-restricted residential units, a 13-acre central park, and office, retail, hotel and civic space over an estimated 20-year buildout. The developers plan to purchase about 58 acres while the city retains roughly one third.
What it may mean for the marketAdds a large mixed use district with thousands of new residential units, a central park, and office, retail, hotel and civic space to the downtown St. Petersburg market. Redevelopment of the Tropicana Field site reshapes the surrounding property landscape and expands housing supply. The site is about 2 miles north of Francella Park.
Source: Florida YIMBY
Summaries reflect public reporting and official sources linked above as of the dates shown. Project details, timelines, and approvals can change. Commentary on potential market effects is general observation, not investment advice or a prediction for any specific property. For the freshest items across the whole region, see This Week in Northeast Florida.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 2, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (7 streets, ZIP 33710/33713)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-08-01 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2004 (55 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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