Garden Manor Sec 1
Homes for Sale in St Petersburg, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Price here is driven by condition more than square footage. With a median year built of 1959 and stock stretching from 1928 to 2024, you are shopping across nearly a century of construction, and the median sits at $387,250 on a compact median of 1,361 square feet. What you pay per foot — about $315 at the median — reflects whether you are buying an untouched original or something already renovated, so read each listing on its own merits rather than the neighborhood average.
The market posture is balanced, leaning cool. A heat score of 46 and a median 14 days on market say homes that are priced right move quickly, but the year-over-year median is down 13%, so this is not a seller's runaway. Sellers need to price to current comps, not last year's; buyers have room to be selective and to underwrite condition carefully rather than chase.
Garden Manor Sec 1 right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($387K) is down 13.0% from the prior 12 months ($445K). With about 4 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 (8 and 3 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
Garden Manor Sec 1 market snapshot (as of July 13, 2026): the median sale price is about $387K ($315 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 14 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 13% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (8 closings in the current window).
Garden Manor Sec 1 is a community of 484 homes in St Petersburg, Pinellas County, built between 1928 and 2024 (median 1959.0), with a median living area of about 1,361 square feet. 67% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Garden Manor Sec 1 is a small, established St Petersburg pocket of 484 homes where the housing itself spans generations, meaning your search is less about a uniform product and more about matching a specific home's condition and vintage to your plans.
Who Garden Manor Sec 1 is best for.
Best for
- Buyers around the mid-$300s median who value an established location and will scrutinize a home's age and condition
- Renovation-minded buyers willing to trade an older vintage for the right block
- Long-hold owner-occupants comfortable in a low-turnover pocket
Probably not for
- Buyers who require newer construction and modern layouts throughout
- Anyone needing substantially more space than the roughly 1,361-square-foot median
- Short-horizon buyers counting on quick appreciation in a market that's currently down year over year
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 ($387K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($445K) IS the -13.0% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 11 sales each (8 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 Garden Manor Sec 1 buying strategy.
If we were buying in Garden Manor Sec 1 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 Garden Manor Sec 1.
A condition-driven older-Pinellas pocket
The defining trait here is age and variety. The median home dates to 1959, but the range runs from 1928 to 2024, so within a few blocks you can find original mid-century construction alongside recent infill and gut renovations. That spread is why a single price average tells you little — the same median-sized 1,361-square-foot footprint can present very differently depending on systems, roof, and updates.
About two-thirds of homes here are homestead-occupied, which points to an owner-held rather than heavily investor-churned pocket. Combined with a modest closing count in the recent window — eight sales — this is a low-volume market where each comparable carries weight and where mispricing shows up fast in days on market.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Garden Manor Sec 1. 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 Garden Manor Sec 1 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 (6.5). Basis: Recent Direction -13.0% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 67% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 100.0% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a low-volume pocket with a wide vintage range and a median that's softened 13% year over year, the average number is a poor guide. We underwrite each home on condition, systems, and true comparables — not the headline median — so buyers don't overpay for deferred maintenance and sellers price to what is actually clearing today.
Garden Manor Sec 1 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 (4 streets, ZIP 33710)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2014 (57 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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