Hill Crest Villas
Homes for Sale in Clearwater, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Hill Crest Villas is a small, condensed community of 40 units built between 1975 and 1980, and the price here is driven far more by unit condition than by anything else. With a median around $99,500 and roughly $166 per square foot on floor plans that median just under 600 living square feet, you are pricing compact, older villas where updates versus original finishes will move the number more than any listing-day optimism.
The market posture is slow and buyer-leaning. A median of 97 days on market, a heat score of 11, and a year-over-year median down 17.9% all point the same direction: sellers should expect patience and realistic pricing, and buyers have room to negotiate rather than chase. With only 8 closings in the window, single sales swing the stats, so treat the median as a starting point and underwrite each unit on its own merits.
Hill Crest Villas right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($100K) is down 17.9% from the prior 12 months ($121K). With about 5 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: Medium (8 and 12 sales in the two windows).
What's unique here: the median sale price is about 74% below the typical Pinellas County sale ($100K 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
Hill Crest Villas market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $100K ($166 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 97 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 18% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (8 closings in the current window).
Hill Crest Villas is a community of 40 homes in Clearwater, Pinellas County, built between 1975 and 1980 (median 1979.0), with a median living area of about 596 square feet. 55% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Hill Crest Villas is a compact, late-1970s villa community in Clearwater with just 40 units, where roughly 55% of homes carry a homestead exemption — a mix that leans owner-occupied but leaves meaningful room for other uses.
Who Hill Crest Villas is best for.
Best for
- Budget-focused buyers wanting a small, low-maintenance villa near the $99,500 median
- Cash or low-leverage buyers comfortable underwriting an older, sub-600-square-foot unit on condition
- Patient buyers who value negotiation room over a fast-moving market
Probably not for
- Buyers needing significant living space or a larger, newer floor plan
- Buyers counting on quick appreciation or a fast, competitive resale
- Buyers who want deep, statistically reliable comparable data before committing
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 ($100K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($121K) IS the -17.9% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 18 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 Hill Crest Villas buying strategy.
If we were buying in Hill Crest Villas 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 Hill Crest Villas.
A small, condition-driven villa pool
This is a low-count community, and that matters. With 40 total units and only 8 closings in the current window, the median price and days-on-market figures are thin — one updated sale or one distressed unit can tilt the whole picture. Anyone reading these numbers should treat them as directional, not precise, and verify against the specific unit and its recent comparable sales.
The building stock is consistent in age and small in footprint, which narrows the variables. On homes this size and this vintage, the biggest swing factors are interior updates, roof and system age at the association level, and monthly fees. Because we do not have a price range here, only the median, the honest read is that condition spread — not square footage — is what separates one unit's value from another's.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Hill Crest Villas. 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 Hill Crest Villas 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 (2.3). Basis: Recent Direction -17.9% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 55% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 80.8% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
A thin-sales, slow-moving market is exactly where local underwriting earns its keep. We read each unit against its actual comparables rather than a blended median, dig into association health and fees, and price to the reality of a 97-day market instead of hope. On the buy side, that means we know where negotiation room actually exists; on the sell side, it means positioning your unit's condition honestly so it does not sit.
Hill Crest Villas in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
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- 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 Hill Crest Villas 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 Hill Crest Villas sales matched to your home.
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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 (36 streets, ZIP 33763)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2014 (76 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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