Lake Of The Woods Sec 05 Twnhs
Homes for Sale in Fern Park, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
This is a townhome community of 150 homes built between 1978 and 1984, and that vintage does most of the work in setting price. At a median of $304,000 and roughly $174 per square foot across a median 1,721 living square feet, what you pay is driven less by location premium and more by condition — an updated interior versus an original one is the real spread here, not floor plan or address.
The market posture is soft. Prices are down 13.1% year over year, and the median home is taking about 41 days to sell. That combination tells a seller to price to the current market, not last year's, and it tells a buyer there is room to negotiate and time to inspect. With 68% of homes homesteaded as owner-occupied, most sellers here are moving on their own timeline rather than dumping, so deals get made but not at fire-sale terms.
Lake Of The Woods Sec 05 Twnhs right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($304K) is down 13.1% from the prior 12 months ($350K). With about 3 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 Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 15. Confidence: Medium (6 and 7 sales in the two windows).
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Updated July 15, 2026 · Live data: Stellar MLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
Lake Of The Woods Sec 05 Twnhs right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($304K) is down 13.1% from the prior 12 months ($350K). With about 3 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 Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 15. Confidence: Medium (6 and 7 sales in the two windows).
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Updated July 15, 2026 · Live data: Stellar MLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Lake Of The Woods Sec 05 Twnhs market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $304K ($174 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 42 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 13% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (6 closings in the current window).
Lake Of The Woods Sec 05 Twnhs is a community of 150 homes in Fern Park, Seminole County, built between 1978 and 1984 (median 1979.0), with a median living area of about 1,721 square feet. 68% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Lake Of The Woods Sec 05 Twnhs is a small, established townhome pocket in Fern Park, Seminole County — a place to buy square footage and a settled community rather than new construction, with pricing that rewards buyers willing to read condition carefully.
Who Lake Of The Woods Sec 05 Twnhs is best for.
Best for
- Buyers targeting a mid-$300s townhome who want space over newness and will hold for the medium to long term
- Value hunters comfortable budgeting for updates on an original-condition unit in exchange for a lower entry
- Owner-occupants who want an established, settled community rather than an active development
Probably not for
- Short-term buyers hoping to resell quickly, given the 13.1% year-over-year decline
- Anyone who wants move-in-ready with no deferred maintenance and no vintage systems to manage
- Buyers set on new construction or contemporary floor plans
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 ($304K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($350K) IS the -13.1% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 7 sales each (6 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 Lake Of The Woods Sec 05 Twnhs buying strategy.
If we were buying in Lake Of The Woods Sec 05 Twnhs 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 Lake Of The Woods Sec 05 Twnhs.
Condition is the price
With every home in this section built in a narrow window and a median build year of 1979, the differences between listings come down to what previous owners did or did not do. Kitchens, baths, roofs, HVAC, and windows are where the value lives. Two units of the same 1,721-square-foot footprint can trade well apart depending on how much deferred maintenance a buyer inherits.
The soft year-over-year move and a median around 41 days on market mean nothing is selling itself. Sellers who prep and price realistically transact; those anchored to older comps sit. Buyers should budget for updates on original units and treat the median price of $304,000 as a midpoint, not a ceiling or a floor — the range is condition-driven.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Lake Of The Woods Sec 05 Twnhs. 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 Lake Of The Woods Sec 05 Twnhs 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 3 factors (6.0). Basis: Recent Direction -13.1% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 68% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 97.5% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a condition-driven, softening market like this one, the deal is won on inspection and pricing discipline — not on hype. We help sellers position against the current 41-day reality instead of stale comps, and we help buyers separate cosmetic updates from the structural and mechanical items that actually move value in homes of this vintage.
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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 (3 streets, ZIP 32730)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2015 (30 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.
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 ($304K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($350K) IS the -13.1% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 7 sales each (6 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.
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 (3 streets, ZIP 32730)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2015 (30 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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