Gateway Sub
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Price here is driven almost entirely by condition and vintage, not by a uniform product. With a median build year of 1968 and a span running from 1922 all the way to 2024, Gateway Sub is a patchwork of original older homes, updated ones, and the occasional new build. The median sits at $260,550, or about $214 a square foot on a median footprint near 1,314 square feet, but that single number hides a wide spread between untouched older stock and renovated or newer product.
The market posture is fast and cheap-money-optional: a median of just 2.5 days on market tells you well-priced homes move almost immediately. But the year-over-year median is down 15.5%, so speed of sale is not the same as strength of price. For buyers, that means being ready to act but disciplined on value. For sellers, it means condition and pricing to the current market — not last year's — is what gets you a quick, clean close.
GATEWAY SUB right now
🟡 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($235K) is down 1.3% from the prior 12 months ($238K). With about 2 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 7 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
Gateway Sub right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($261K) is down 15.5% from the prior 12 months ($308K). With about 2 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: Low (4 and 4 sales in the two windows).
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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
Gateway Sub market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $261K ($214 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 3 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 16% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (4 closings in the current window).
Gateway Sub is a community of 266 homes in Tampa, Hillsborough County, built between 1922 and 2024 (median 1968.0), with a median living area of about 1,314 square feet. 25% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Gateway Sub is a compact, older Tampa pocket of 266 homes where sales close quickly but prices have softened over the past year. The homestead share near 25% points to a meaningful non-owner-occupied presence, which matters for anyone weighing this as a primary residence versus an investment.
Who Gateway Sub is best for.
Best for
- Value-focused buyers comfortable underwriting an older home's condition and systems
- Investors seeking a lower entry point in a fast-moving Tampa submarket
- Buyers who can act decisively in a market where homes sell in days
Probably not for
- Buyers who need turnkey, newer construction with consistent quality
- Anyone expecting to negotiate slowly on a well-priced listing
- Buyers uneasy about a market showing a double-digit year-over-year price decline
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 ($261K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($308K) IS the -15.5% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 5 sales each (4 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 Gateway Sub buying strategy.
If we were buying in Gateway Sub 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 Gateway Sub.
An older Tampa pocket where condition sets the number
The housing stock is the story. A century-wide build range and a 1968 median mean two homes on the same street can be very different assets — one original, one rebuilt or newly constructed. That variance is why the median is best read as a midpoint, not a benchmark; expect to underwrite each home on its own condition, systems, and updates rather than the neighborhood average.
With only about a quarter of homes homesteaded, a large share of this inventory is held as something other than an owner's primary residence. That can mean more turnover and more as-is listings, which rewards buyers who can evaluate an older home realistically and act fast in a market where the median home sells in well under a week.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Gateway Sub. 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 Gateway Sub 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 (4.9). Basis: Recent Direction -15.5% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 25% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 100.0% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a market this fast and this condition-driven, the value is in knowing which of two similarly priced homes is actually the better buy — and pricing a listing to the current market instead of last year's. We read the individual home, not just the median, and we move at the speed a 2.5-day market demands.
Gateway Sub in 15 seconds.
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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 (6 streets, ZIP 33612)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2012 (26 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.
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 ($235K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($238K) IS the -1.3% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 7 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 2012 through 2026. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
28% of homes for sale in ZIP 33612 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).
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 (6 streets, ZIP 33612/33712)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-08-01 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2012 (28 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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