Lellman Heights 1St Sec
Homes for Sale in St Petersburg, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Price here is driven by condition and size, not by a uniform product. The housing stock spans more than a century, from 1919 to 2024, on a median footprint around 1,160 square feet, and the median sits at $247,500, or roughly $239 a foot. That per-foot figure tells you the land and location carry real weight in this part of St Petersburg, so a renovated small home and a tired larger one can land closer together than you'd expect. Expect a wide spread and read every listing on its own merits.
Posture right now is fast and thin. A median of just 4 days on market against only 5 closings in the window signals that what is priced right moves almost immediately, but the sample is small enough that any single sale can swing the numbers. The year-over-year change is down 24.7%, which on this closing count is noisy rather than a clean trend. Sellers who price to condition are getting quick answers; buyers need to be pre-approved and ready to move the day something lands.
Lellman Heights 1St Sec right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($248K) is down 24.7% from the prior 12 months ($328K). 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: Low (5 and 4 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
Lellman Heights 1St Sec market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $248K ($239 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 4 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 25% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (5 closings in the current window).
Lellman Heights 1St Sec is a community of 733 homes in St Petersburg, Pinellas County, built between 1919 and 2024 (median 1954), with a median living area of about 1,160 square feet. 57% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Lellman Heights 1St Sec is a compact, older pocket of St Petersburg where about 733 homes range from postwar cottages to recent builds, and just over half carry a homestead exemption, pointing to a core of long-term owner occupants rather than pure turnover.
Who Lellman Heights 1St Sec is best for.
Best for
- Buyers targeting a modest footprint who will underwrite an older home on its condition and systems
- Owner-occupants planning to hold, drawn to a pocket with a majority-homestead core
- Renovation-minded buyers who can act quickly when a priced-right listing appears
Probably not for
- Buyers who need large square footage and new-construction consistency
- Anyone unwilling to budget for updates on postwar-era systems and finishes
- Buyers who need weeks to arrange financing in a market that moves in days
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 ($248K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($328K) IS the -24.7% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 10 sales each (5 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 Lellman Heights 1St Sec buying strategy.
If we were buying in Lellman Heights 1St Sec 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 Lellman Heights 1St Sec.
A century of housing stock on small lots
With a build range from 1919 to 2024 and a median year built of 1954, this is a neighborhood you evaluate house by house. The median living area near 1,160 square feet keeps most homes modest in scale, so additions, updated systems, and permit history matter more here than square-footage bragging rights. The $239 median per-square-foot figure reflects a location premium as much as the structures themselves.
The market heat score of 64 and a 4-day median on market describe a place that transacts quickly when priced honestly, but the 5-sale closing window means one outlier reshapes the averages. Treat the median price of $247,500 as a center of gravity, not a ceiling or a floor, and let inspection findings and finish level set your expectations on any specific address.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Lellman Heights 1St Sec. 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 Lellman Heights 1St Sec 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 (5.2). Basis: Recent Direction -24.7% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 57% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 100.0% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a thin, fast market built on century-spanning stock, the risk is misreading a single sale as a trend or overpaying for cosmetics over condition. We underwrite each home on its own age, systems, and permit trail, price sellers to move at the 4-day pace this pocket rewards, and get buyers positioned to act the day the right listing appears.
Lellman Heights 1St Sec 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 (7 streets, ZIP 33714)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2005 (44 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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