Lake Carroll Cove
Homes for Sale in Tampa, FL

Lake Carroll Cove is a mature, low-turnover pocket in Tampa where the housing stock is generously sized and highly variable in age, so two homes with the same footprint can be very different buys. With most owners holding homestead exemptions, listings tend to be deliberate rather than frequent.

Stellar MLS sales records identify 30 homes in Lake Carroll Cove that have changed hands since 2007, built between 1994 and 1999 (median 1996), with a median living area of about 3,050 sq ft and a typical 4-bedroom, 3-bath layout; 97% are single-family homes. Source: Stellar MLS closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community.

County records show 6 qualified sales in Lake Carroll Cove across 2024–2025 (4 in 2024, 2 in 2025), median $420,000 — the last recorded sale per parcel on the Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll, independent of the MLS.

Pre-construction details are compiled from public records, builder announcements and builder listings, and are subject to change without notice; figures are deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Momentum Research figures are our own analysis. This page describes homes, pricing and community attributes, not residents.

Lake Carroll Cove is too small for its own price trend, so here is the market around it.

In ZIP 33612, 168 homes are on the market and 23% are under contract — a steady corner of Tampa.

Across Hillsborough County, 6,324 homes are active and 1,810 pending (22% under contract).

In ZIP 33612 (Tampa), 68 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $330K ($240/sq ft), up 67.0% year over year, with a median 47 days on market. Right now 68 active and 13 pending listings. See the live ZIP 33612 housing market and the Hillsborough County market.

ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Lake Carroll Cove specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.

Across 103 homes, the build range from 1936 to 2014 means this is not a tract of interchangeable floor plans. You will find early- and mid-century construction sitting near far newer builds, and the median year of 1994 lands the center of gravity in the era of larger, single-family footprints. The practical takeaway: inspect for the systems and updates appropriate to each home's actual age, because averages hide a lot here.

A homestead share near 84% signals a community held by long-term owner-occupants rather than investors or short-term holders. That typically means fewer homes come to market in any given stretch, and the ones that do have often been lived in and maintained on the owner's own timeline. Combine that with the large median living area and you have a place where the buying decision is really a condition-and-renovation decision.

In a low-turnover market with no recent closings to lean on, pricing and negotiation come down to condition-adjusted judgment, not a quick pull of comps. We underwrite each home against its actual vintage and updates, help you separate a genuine renovation from cosmetic staging, and set expectations honestly on appraisal risk when trade data is thin.