Highland Hills South
Homes for Sale in Lakeland, FL

Highland Hills South market snapshot (as of August 2, 2026): the median sale price is about $520K ($202 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 33 days on market for closed sales.

In ZIP 33813 (Lakeland), 243 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $400K ($201/sq ft), down 2.6% year over year, with a median 48 days on market. Right now 8 active and 1 pending listings put supply at about 6.0 months - a buyer's market. See the live ZIP 33813 housing market and the Polk County market.

Highland Hills South is a community of 49 homes in Lakeland, Polk County, built between 2003 and 2008 (median 2004), with a median living area of about 3,526 square feet. 90% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).

A compact, early-2000s enclave of larger homes in Lakeland where turnover is rare and the house itself - not shared amenities - carries the value. Expect to wait for the right listing rather than shop a wide field.

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The defining trait here is scale. A median of about 3,526 square feet puts these among the more generously sized homes you will find at this price point in Polk County, and the 2003 - 2008 construction window means systems and finishes are of a consistent era - modern enough to avoid dated bones, old enough that updates and roof age are worth checking on any individual home. Because there is no amenity structure, there is also no HOA amenity cost baked into the value; what you are underwriting is the structure and the lot.

Inventory is the constraint. With no active listings at this snapshot and a homestead share near 90%, homes change hands infrequently, and when they do they move in a bit over a month. That makes the median price a useful anchor but a thin one - individual outcomes will swing on condition, so both sides should expect pricing conversations to turn on updates, roof and system age, and recent finish work rather than a deep bench of comparable sales.

In a community this quiet, the hard part is getting in front of the right home before it is gone and pricing it correctly when comps are scarce. We track this specific pocket, know which homes have been updated since their mid-2000s build, and can tell you quickly whether a given listing is priced on its condition or on hope. For sellers, the same scarcity is leverage - if the house is dialed in and the comps are built carefully.