Gardens The Condo
Homes for Sale in Seminole, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Gardens The Condo is a settled early-1970s condominium community in Seminole, and price here is driven less by location than by condition and interior updates. With a median around $160,000 and roughly $125 per square foot across units built between 1972 and 1977, the spread between an original unit and a renovated one can be wide. Read each listing on its own condition, not the community average.
The current posture favors buyers. Prices are down 19% year over year, the median unit is taking about 60 days to sell, and the market heat score of 25 points to a slow, unhurried pace. Sellers should price to the current data and expect negotiation; buyers have time to inspect, compare, and walk away.
Gardens The Condo right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($160K) is down 19.0% from the prior 12 months ($198K). With about a dozen 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 15. Confidence: High (17 and 18 sales in the two windows).
What's unique here: the median sale price is about 59% below the typical Pinellas County sale ($160K vs $390K, trailing 12 months, Stellar MLS records).
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Updated July 15, 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
Gardens The Condo market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $160K ($125 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 60 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 19% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (17 closings in the current window).
Gardens The Condo is a community of 231 homes in Seminole, Pinellas County, built between 1972 and 1977 (median 1973), with a median living area of about 1,130 square feet. 51% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
This is a small, stable condo community of 231 homes with a median size near 1,130 square feet, where owner-occupancy runs just over half the units. Expect a limited but steady flow of listings rather than a fast-moving market.
Who Gardens The Condo is best for.
Best for
- Buyers with a modest budget seeking an entry into Pinellas County condo ownership near the $160,000 median
- Renovation-minded buyers willing to update an original 1970s unit and capture the condition premium
- Investors comfortable with condo association rental rules and a patient resale timeline
Probably not for
- Buyers who want new or newer construction and low-maintenance modern systems
- Sellers who need a quick exit rather than a 60-day-plus marketing period
- Anyone counting on rapid appreciation, given the recent year-over-year decline
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending July 15 of each year, from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($160K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($198K) IS the -19.0% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 24 sales each (17 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 Gardens The Condo buying strategy.
If we were buying in Gardens The Condo 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 Gardens The Condo.
A condition-driven condo market
Every home here dates to a narrow window in the 1970s, with a median build year of 1973, so the building stock is uniform in age. That makes updates the differentiator: kitchens, baths, flooring, HVAC, and windows will separate one asking price from the next far more than square footage will. The $125-per-square-foot median is a starting reference, not a rule.
With only 17 closings in the window and about 60 days to sell at the median, this is a thin, patient market. Buyers should factor condo association finances, reserves, and any assessment history into the total cost, since those carry real weight on a building of this vintage. The owner-occupancy share of roughly 51% suggests a stable ownership base alongside a rental presence worth checking against association rules.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Gardens The Condo. 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 Gardens The Condo 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 (2.1). Basis: Recent Direction -19.0% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 51% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 84.0% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a slow, condition-driven condo market like this, the money is made in the details: reading the association's finances, judging what an update is actually worth, and pricing or offering against real closings rather than hope. We work the Stellar data on Gardens The Condo directly and will tell you plainly when a unit's numbers or a building's balance sheet do not support the ask.
Gardens The Condo 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 Gardens The Condo buy.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 15, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (11 streets, ZIP 33777)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2014 (141 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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