KEY COLONY BEACH
Homes for Sale in Key Colony, FL
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Market Heat
Key Colony Beach sits inside the Florida Keys city of Key Colony, Monroe County — a small, incorporated island community where nearly every lot is water-adjacent or a short walk from it. The median price of $895,000 reflects that geography above all else: land scarcity and direct or near-direct water access drive values here far more than interior finishes or square footage. With a median living area of 1,470 square feet and a median build year of 1983, what you are paying for is the site, not the structure. Condition and water frontage create a wide spread in actual transaction prices around that median.
The current market posture demands attention. A market heat score of 30 signals buyer-favorable conditions, and the median days on market of 115 confirms that homes are sitting. The year-over-year price shift of -32.7% is a significant move and should not be dismissed as noise — even accounting for the small sample of 11 closings in the measurement window, it indicates that sellers who priced for the peak are being repriced by the market. The long-term picture remains intact: values are up 132% since 2012. But buyers entering now should negotiate from the data, not from the prior cycle's sentiment.
KEY COLONY BEACH right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($895K) is down 32.7% from the prior 12 months ($1.33M) and up 132% since 2012. With about 18 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 floridakeys closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 27. Confidence: Medium (11 and 10 sales in the two windows).
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Updated July 27, 2026 · Live data: floridakeys, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
KEY COLONY BEACH market snapshot (as of July 27, 2026): the median sale price is about $895K, and a median 115 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 33% from the prior 12 months and up 132% since 2012, computed from record-level floridakeys closed sales (11 closings in the current window).
KEY COLONY BEACH is a community of 855 homes in Key Colony, Monroe County, built between 1958 and 2024 (median 1983), with a median living area of about 1,470 square feet. 21% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Key Colony Beach is a self-contained island city within the Florida Keys where the inventory of 855 homes is bounded by water on all sides, making new supply structurally constrained — yet the current slowdown shows that scarcity alone does not prevent price correction when demand softens and days on market stretch past three months.
Who KEY COLONY BEACH is best for.
Best for
- Buyers with a long hold horizon who want a bounded, supply-constrained Florida Keys address and can tolerate near-term price uncertainty in exchange for location permanence.
- Second-home or vacation-property buyers with strong liquidity who have stress-tested their budget against Monroe County insurance premiums and are not relying on rental income to cover carrying costs.
- Buyers targeting a specific water-access lot or dock situation and willing to wait out a 115-day market cycle to find the right asset rather than settling for an interior property.
Probably not for
- Buyers who need to resell within a short window — the combination of thin annual closings and a declining price trend makes a quick exit at a target number highly uncertain.
- Budget-constrained buyers whose offer ceiling is near the current median — at a median of $895,000 on 1,470 square feet in a market still finding its floor, there is limited margin for error on renovation costs or insurance surprises.
- Buyers expecting strong rental income to offset ownership costs — the non-homestead majority already competes in that rental pool, and Monroe County short-term rental regulations add another operational variable that must be verified at the parcel level before purchase.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending July 27 of each year, from record-level floridakeys closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($895K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($1.33M) IS the -32.7% one-year change.
Windows contain 10 to 37 sales each (11 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size, and thin markets swing on single closings. Listing data provided by Florida Keys MLS, Inc. Information is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed by the MLS to be accurate. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
The KEY COLONY BEACH buying strategy.
If we were buying in KEY COLONY BEACH 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 KEY COLONY BEACH.
Reading the Keys Market Honestly
The homestead exemption rate of 21% is the single most clarifying data point in this snapshot. Roughly four in five properties are not primary residences — they are investment holdings, vacation properties, or second homes. That ownership profile shapes everything: sellers are often not under pressure from job changes or life transitions the way primary-residence sellers are, which can make negotiation slower and more emotional. It also means the buyer pool skews toward those with liquidity and flexibility, not buyers dependent on a specific closing date or financing contingency ladder.
The housing stock spans 1958 to 2024, with a median build year of 1983. That means a meaningful portion of the inventory carries older construction that may predate modern hurricane-resistant building codes — a direct cost variable in both insurance and potential renovation. Monroe County is among the highest-cost insurance markets in the state, and that carrying cost is not captured in the purchase price but is very real in the total cost of ownership. Buyers should underwrite insurance quotes before making an offer, not after.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in KEY COLONY BEACH. 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 KEY COLONY BEACH 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 4 factors (4.2). Basis: Long-Term Appreciation +132% since 2012; Recent Direction -32.7% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 21% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 94.5% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
A 115-day median days on market and a year-over-year price decline of nearly a third mean that offer strategy, not list price, determines outcomes here. Momentum brings Northeast Florida transactional discipline to a Keys market where many listings are handled by agents who benefit from long listing periods — we work to close the gap between ask and value efficiently, and we will tell you plainly when a specific property's age, flood zone, or insurance exposure makes the math not work.
KEY COLONY BEACH 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 KEY COLONY BEACH buy.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | floridakeys closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 27, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (16 streets, ZIP 33051)) |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2003 (285 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 floridakeys 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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