Highland Acres
Homes for Sale in St. Simons Island, GA
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Photo courtesy of Alli Sweat, South + East Properties · via scout
Highland Acres is pricing on land and location, not on a lifestyle package. With no community amenities showing up in current MLS listings, the value here is coming from the St. Simons Island address and the lot itself, and the median price per square foot of $387.12 reflects that — buyers are paying for the ground under the house as much as the house.
The market posture right now is patient rather than urgent. A median days-on-market of 73 tells you these homes are sitting through a full negotiation cycle, not moving on first showings. That gives buyers room to work terms, and it means sellers who price against comparable condition — not against hope — are the ones who close.
Highland Acres right now
🟡 Balanced market. 4.0 months of supply and 0% of the inventory already under contract put buyers and sellers on roughly even footing.Why it matters: months of supply is how long today's inventory would last at today's sales pace; under-contract share is the portion of homes for sale that already have a buyer.Momentum Research analysis of scout records, as of August 31, 2026. Confidence: Low (1 active and pending listings, 3 closed sales in 12 months).
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Updated August 31, 2026 · Live data: scout, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Highland Acres market snapshot (as of August 31, 2026): the median sale price is about $721K ($387 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), a median 73 days on market for closed sales, and 4.0 months of supply, a balanced market.
Highland Acres sits in Glynn County within St. Simons Island, priced at a median of $721,200 with no listed community amenities — this is a location-and-lot play rather than an amenity-driven purchase.
The setting & the homes.
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Who Highland Acres is best for.
Best for
- Buying primarily for the St. Simons Island location and willing to evaluate each home on its individual condition and lot.
- Comfortable with a longer negotiation window, given a median time on market of 73 days.
- Working with an agent to vet a thin recent-sales sample before setting price expectations.
Probably not for
- Expecting a defined slate of community amenities, since none are currently identified in MLS listings.
- Needing a fast, competitive-offer transaction timeline in a market currently averaging just over two months on market.
- Wanting a tightly standardized price-per-square-foot product across the community rather than lot-by-lot variation.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending August 31 of each year, from record-level scout closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($721K) IS the median in the snapshot above.
Windows contain 0 to 6 sales each (3 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size, and thin markets swing on single closings. Listing data provided by ScoutMLS® (Golden Isles Association of REALTORS®). The data is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed to be accurate by ScoutMLS. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
100% of homes for sale in ZIP 31522 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 (2026-08-30).
Highland Acres Market Scorecard
Highland Acres is currently a balanced market. About 4.0 months of supply, a median asking price of $895,000, and homes go under contract in about 53 days.
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Live data: scout, refreshed twice daily. Market metrics only; these describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
Housing distress & ownership in Highland Acres
Who owns here, how much is not owner-occupied, and how much for-sale inventory is under distress.
Source: Momentum Realty Research. Ownership & parcels from the FL DOR 2025 tax roll; distress from MLS active-listing status/remarks; price from MLS closed sales. Listing data provided by the Golden Isles Association of REALTORS® / ScoutMLS. Information is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed by the MLS to be accurate. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Homes For Sale Right Now in Highland Acres
Live MLS inventory for Highland Acres. Every active listing, what is under contract right now, and the last 12 months of closed sales, refreshed twice a day. Closed comps beat an algorithm's guess every time.
Active and pending Highland Acres listings as of 2026-08-31, priced high to low. Listing data provided by ScoutMLS® (Golden Isles Association of REALTORS®). The data is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed to be accurate by ScoutMLS. Tap any home to ask about it.
Highland Acres on the map.
Every active, pending, and recently sold home, plotted. Toggle the layers and tap a home for the details.
Listing locations from scout. Map data © OpenStreetMap, tiles © CARTO.
The Highland Acres buying strategy.
If we were buying in Highland Acres 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 Highland Acres.
What the numbers are actually saying
The median price per square foot of $387.12 against a median sale price of $721,200 points to homes that vary in size and condition rather than a uniform product line. Without a shared amenity package to normalize value, individual lot quality, square footage, and renovation status are doing more of the pricing work than they would in a planned or amenity-rich community.
Recent activity here is thin — the snapshot reflects a closings window of just 3 transactions, so any single sale can swing the read on price or pace. That is not a red flag on its own, but it means a buyer or seller should treat the median as a directional number, not a precise appraisal, and lean on a current comparable analysis before setting an offer or a list price.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Highland Acres. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
In a community with a small sample of recent closings and no standardized amenities to anchor value, pricing strategy depends on reading individual comparables correctly rather than leaning on a community-wide formula. We track the Highland Acres data closely enough to tell you when a listed price is supported by recent activity and when it is an outlier, on both the buy and sell side.
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HOA, CDD & Fees
- HOA status not on record. Verify any dues before you offer
- 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 Highland Acres buy.
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Selling here is won on condition and pricing to real comps, not an automated estimate. The right number comes from closed Highland Acres sales matched to your home.
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | scout, refreshed twice daily (last: August 31, 2026) |
| Community market stats | scout closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 31, 2026 |
| Under-contract shares | scout records, as of 2026-08-30 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 1996 (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 scout 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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