Leisure Acres
Homes for Sale in Clearwater, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Price in Leisure Acres is driven by condition and vintage, not by a uniform product. With a median year built of 1964 and a stock that stretches from 1920 all the way to 2024, two homes on the same street can be worlds apart — one an original mid-century layout, the next a full rebuild. That spread is why the median sits at $490,450 and roughly $313 per square foot: you are paying for what has been done to the house, not for a cookie-cutter floor plan.
The current posture favors a patient buyer. A median of 96 days on market is slow, and prices are off 3.7% year over year, so there is room to negotiate and no reason to rush. Sellers should read the same numbers as a cue to price to condition from day one — the market here is not rewarding optimism, and overpriced listings will sit.
Leisure Acres right now
🟡 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($490K) is down 3.7% from the prior 12 months ($509K). 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 13. Confidence: Medium (8 and 6 sales in the two windows).
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Updated July 13, 2026 · Live data: Stellar MLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
Leisure Acres right now
🟡 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($490K) is down 3.7% from the prior 12 months ($509K). 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 13. Confidence: Medium (8 and 6 sales in the two windows).
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Updated July 13, 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
Leisure Acres market snapshot (as of July 13, 2026): the median sale price is about $490K ($313 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 96 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 4% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (8 closings in the current window).
Leisure Acres is a community of 234 homes in Clearwater, Pinellas County, built between 1920 and 2024 (median 1964.0), with a median living area of about 1,736 square feet. 70% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Leisure Acres is a small, established Clearwater pocket of 234 homes where the housing stock — and therefore the pricing — is defined by a century-wide range of build years. The share of homestead ownership, just over 70%, points to a settled area rather than an investor churn.
Who Leisure Acres is best for.
Best for
- Buyers with a renovation budget who want to add value to an older home
- Patient buyers willing to use the slow pace and soft pricing as leverage
- Long-hold owner-occupants comfortable in a settled, established area
Probably not for
- Buyers who need to close quickly and can't wait out a 96-day market
- Anyone wanting a large home, given the modest ~1,735 sq ft median
- Buyers seeking uniform, move-in-ready new construction with predictable pricing
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending July 13 of each year, from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($490K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($509K) IS the -3.7% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 8 sales each (8 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 Leisure Acres buying strategy.
If we were buying in Leisure Acres 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 Leisure Acres.
A condition-driven market, not a spec-home tract
The defining fact here is age and variation. A median build year of 1964 inside a 1920–2024 range means you will walk through untouched originals, mid-century homes with partial updates, and ground-up new construction — sometimes within a block. The median living area of about 1,735 square feet is modest, so square footage alone won't tell you much; what a house has had done to it will move the number far more.
That variation is the opportunity and the homework. With a median around $313 per square foot and a soft year-over-year trend, the price you should pay depends entirely on the specific home's systems, roof, and finish level. Comps have to be read carefully because the pool is uneven, and the slow 96-day pace gives you time to inspect properly before committing.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Leisure Acres. 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 Leisure Acres 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 -3.7% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 70% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 93.9% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
A market this uneven — century-wide build range, a wide condition spread, and a soft price trend — is exactly where a generic comp pull leads you astray. We read each listing against its actual condition and vintage rather than the neighborhood average, and with homes sitting a median of 96 days, we know where the negotiating leverage actually is on a given property.
Leisure Acres in 15 seconds.
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Tools for a Leisure Acres buy.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 13, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (4 streets, ZIP 33756/33770/33771)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2012 (33 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 13 of each year, from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($490K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($509K) IS the -3.7% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 8 sales each (8 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 13, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (4 streets, ZIP 33756/33770/33771)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2012 (33 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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