Holly Hill
Homes for Sale in Hawthorne, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
With only 14 homes in the current MLS snapshot, Holly Hill in Hawthorne (Putnam County) is a thin, small-inventory pocket rather than a deep market. What actually sets value here is age and footprint, not amenities: homes span 1968 through 2021, with a median build year of 1996.5, so a buyer can find anything from an original-era build to a recently constructed home within the same 14-listing pool. Median living space sits at 1,180 square feet, a compact, consistent size across the inventory.
Just 25% of homes carry a homestead exemption, meaning most of the properties here are not being claimed as a primary residence — a market posture buyers and sellers should factor into pricing expectations and timeline. No community amenities are identified in the current MLS listings, so this reads as a fundamentals-only market: the value proposition is the house, the lot, and the build year, not a clubhouse or shared amenity package.
Who Holly Hill is best for.
Best for
- A buyer prioritizing land and structure over any shared amenity package.
- A buyer flexible on build era, comfortable comparing an original-era home against a newer build within the same small pocket.
- An investor or secondary-home buyer, given that only 25% of current inventory carries a homestead exemption.
Probably not for
- A buyer who wants a community built around a shared clubhouse, pool, or gated amenity — none are identified here.
- A buyer who wants a large, deep pool of comparable listings to shop — current inventory is limited to 14 homes.
- A buyer who wants a single, consistent build era — this pocket spans 1968 to 2021.
The market around Holly Hill
Holly Hill is a small community — 10 recorded sales on file, most recently in 2025 — too few for its own price trend. Here is the market around it.
In ZIP 32640, 100 homes are on the market and 16% are under contract — a slower corner of Hawthorne.
Across Putnam County, 520 homes are active and 132 pending (20% under contract).
Homes here are manufactured home.
ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Holly Hill specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.
The Holly Hill buying strategy.
If we were buying in Holly Hill 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 Holly Hill.
A Small, Age-Diverse Pocket in Putnam County
Holly Hill's current MLS inventory is limited to 14 homes, and the build-year spread is unusually wide for a pocket this size — the oldest listing dates to 1968, the newest to 2021, with the median landing at 1996.5. That range means buyers are not shopping a uniform product: two homes on the same street can differ by decades in construction era, which shows up directly in condition, systems, and layout even before square footage is compared. Median living space across the set is 1,180 square feet, a compact and fairly consistent number given how much the build years vary.
The ownership picture adds another layer: only 25% of homes here carry a homestead exemption, so the majority of the current inventory is not held as a primary residence. Combined with the fact that no community amenities are identified in current MLS listings, Holly Hill functions as a bare-fundamentals market — pricing and demand here trace back to the house and the lot itself, not to a shared pool, gate, or clubhouse that might otherwise anchor value in a larger community.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Holly Hill. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
A 14-home inventory with a build-year spread from 1968 to 2021 is not a market you can price off a simple average — the gap between an original-era home and a 2021 build is real, and Momentum's read starts by sorting listings by age and condition rather than treating this as one uniform pocket. With only a quarter of homes homestead-exempted and no shared amenities to lean on, getting the fundamentals-only pricing right here takes a broker who is looking at each listing on its own terms, not a neighborhood-wide comp average.
Holly Hill in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
- Mandatory HOA — confirm current dues
- 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 Holly Hill buy.
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The real cost & risk here
Before the list price, the Florida math the portals skip. These are Alachua 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 · Alachua 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.
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Data sources & freshness
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (2 streets, ZIP 32640)) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2008 (5 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 realMLS 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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