Hillcrest
Homes for Sale in Daytona Beach, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Price in Hillcrest is driven by condition and vintage, not by a tidy price band. With a median build year of 1957 and homes going back as far as 1920, what you pay tracks how much updating a house has already absorbed. The median sits at $210,000 and roughly $144 per square foot, but the stock is old enough and small enough — a median around 1,150 living square feet — that two homes on the same block can price very differently based on renovation work alone.
The market posture here is slow and negotiable. A median of 154 days on market is long by any measure, and a heat score of 40 tells you buyers have time and leverage. Year-over-year the median is up 2.9%, so this is not a falling market — it is a patient one. Sellers who price to condition and expect a real marketing window will do fine; sellers who chase a number will sit.
Hillcrest right now
🟡 Still climbing. The trailing-12-month median ($210K) is up 2.9% from the prior 12 months ($204K) and up 580% since 2012. 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 DBAMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 12. Confidence: Medium (9 and 7 sales in the two windows).
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Updated July 12, 2026 · Live data: DBAMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Hillcrest market snapshot (as of July 12, 2026): the median sale price is about $210K ($144 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 154 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is up 3% from the prior 12 months and up 580% since 2012, computed from record-level DBAMLS closed sales (9 closings in the current window).
Hillcrest is a community of 1,051 homes in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, built between 1920 and 2024 (median 1957), with a median living area of about 1,150 square feet. 48% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Hillcrest is an older, small-footprint pocket of Daytona Beach in Volusia County where the housing is aging in place and turnover is unhurried. The long-run appreciation since 2012 has been dramatic, but the current pace is measured and condition-sensitive.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending July 12 of each year, from record-level DBAMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($210K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($204K) IS the +2.9% one-year change.
Windows contain 3 to 15 sales each (9 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size, and thin markets swing on single closings. © 2026 Daytona Beach Area Association of REALTORS®, Inc. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
The real cost & risk here
Before the list price, the Florida math the portals skip. These are Volusia County typicals — your exact home, flood zone, and insurance quote will vary, so verify each before you offer.
Check it for your address: look up your flood zone (FEMA) · insurance by county · true-cost calculator · Volusia County scorecard.
County typicals from Momentum’s Florida housing data (Zillow & Realtor.com aggregates, Census, FRED), updated monthly; insurance modeled. Flood zone is property-specific — always confirm via FEMA.
12% of homes for sale in ZIP 32114 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 (2026-07-11).
An older, slow-turning inner-city pocket
With about 1,051 homes and a homestead share just under half, roughly half of Hillcrest is owner-occupied and the rest is not — a mix that shows up in the range of condition you will tour. The median vintage of 1957 and a build range spanning 1920 to 2024 means you will find genuinely old bones next to occasional new construction, and the difference in systems, layout, and finish is where negotiation lives.
The since-2012 figure — up 580% — is the headline that needs context. That reflects a recovery off a very low post-crash base, not a promise about the next cycle. What matters today is the 154-day median and the modest 2.9% year-over-year move: this is a market where a well-prepared buyer can take time, and where a seller has to earn the price through condition and presentation rather than momentum.
Why work with Momentum here
In a market this condition-driven and this slow to turn, the money is made in the inspection and the negotiation, not the listing photos. We read the age of a home's systems against the median vintage, price to what a house actually is rather than what the block hopes it is, and set a realistic timeline so neither side is surprised by a long window.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | DBAMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 12, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (12 streets, ZIP 32114/32117/32118/32119/32124/32720)) |
| Under-contract shares | DBAMLS records, as of 2026-07-11 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2001 (211 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 DBAMLS 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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