Imperial Mobile Terrace Sub
Homes for Sale in Tavares, FL
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Imperial Mobile Terrace Sub is a manufactured-home community where price is driven almost entirely by the individual unit rather than the land underneath it. With a median year built of 1968 and living space landing around 1,083 square feet, condition and age of the structure do more to set value here than location or finish level. The median price of $98,500 and median price per square foot of $127.83 reflect a market priced for the home itself, not for square footage premiums or upgrades.
A median of 148 days on market is long by most standards, and that tells you this is not a community where listings move fast or get bid up. Sellers should expect a patient process and price realistically from the start. Buyers get room to take their time, negotiate, and be selective, since there is little competitive urgency built into this market right now.
The 60-Second Overview
Imperial Mobile Terrace Sub market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $98K ($128 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 148 days on market for closed sales.
Imperial Mobile Terrace Sub is a community of 201 homes in Tavares, Lake County, built between 1925 and 2023 (median 1968.0), with a median living area of about 1,083 square feet. 59% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Imperial Mobile Terrace Sub is a 201-home manufactured housing community in Tavares where structures range from homes built in 1925 through as recent as 2023, giving the neighborhood a wide spread of ages and conditions rather than one uniform housing stock.
Who Imperial Mobile Terrace Sub is best for.
Best for
- Buyers prioritizing a lower purchase price over square footage or amenities
- Buyers willing to budget time and inspection effort for an older manufactured home
- Buyers comfortable with a compact footprint around 1,083 square feet as a primary or secondary residence
Probably not for
- Buyers wanting a recently built structure as the baseline, given the median year built of 1968
- Buyers expecting on-site community amenities or shared recreational features
- Buyers needing a fast-moving market, given a current median of 148 days on market
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 ($98K) IS the median in the snapshot above.
Windows contain 0 to 4 sales each (4 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 Imperial Mobile Terrace Sub buying strategy.
If we were buying in Imperial Mobile Terrace Sub 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 Imperial Mobile Terrace Sub.
Age, Size, and What They Mean for Price
The defining fact about this community is its age range: homes here span from 1925 to 2023, but the median year built of 1968 means most of the stock is decades old. Combined with a median living area of just 1,083 square feet, this is a market of modest-footprint homes where the year of construction and the condition of the unit matter more than typical comparable-sales logic. Two homes on the same street can carry very different values depending entirely on how each has been maintained or updated.
A homestead share of 59.2% indicates a solid majority of homes here are owner-occupied under Florida's homestead exemption, with a meaningful share not carrying that exemption. No community amenities are identified from current MLS listings, which means buyers should treat this as a straightforward housing market rather than one built around shared recreational features. At a median 148 days on market, current listings are not moving quickly, which gives buyers leverage on price and terms if they are willing to do their own due diligence on individual unit condition.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Imperial Mobile Terrace Sub. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
Manufactured home transactions carry their own paperwork, financing, and inspection considerations that differ from standard site-built sales, and with a housing stock ranging from 1925 to 2023 vintage in this community, knowing what to check on an individual unit matters. We track how long listings actually sit here, at a current median of 148 days, so we can help sellers price to move and help buyers know when they have real negotiating room.
Imperial Mobile Terrace Sub in 15 seconds.
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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 (4 streets, ZIP 32778)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2015 (15 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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