Lucas Terrace
Homes for Sale in Merritt Island, FL
All 207 homes for sale in Merritt Island, FL · median $475,000 · Brevard County homes for sale
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Lucas Terrace is a community in Merritt Island, Brevard County, FL. Across Merritt Island as a whole, 109 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $450,000, 52 median days on market, with 217 homes for sale today. At that median and Brevard County's FY2025-26 rate of 15.6 mills, annual property tax runs about $7,020 ($6,400 with the full homestead exemption).
Lucas Terrace is a small Merritt Island pocket, and with only a thin trickle of closings in the current window, there is no reliable median to anchor to here. What sets price in a market this small is the individual home: its condition, its updates, and how it stacks up against the handful of comparable sales nearby. Two houses on the same street can trade far apart based on roof age, kitchen, and whether the systems have been touched.
For a buyer, that means underwriting each listing on its own merits rather than a neighborhood average — the average is too noisy to trust with this few sales. For a seller, it means pricing off condition and recent comps, and accepting that a quiet market gives you fewer data points to lean on. Patience and a sharp comp read matter more than any headline number.
Figures in this note are as of July 18, 2026. The live market numbers elsewhere on this page update nightly and are newer.
Nearby homes for sale
No active listings inside Lucas Terrace right now. These are the 6 closest homes on the market, by straight-line distance from the community's center; some may sit just outside its boundary.
Listing data from the MLS feeds named on each listing page; deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Refreshed nightly.
The 60-Second Overview
Lucas Terrace is a modest residential enclave on Merritt Island in Brevard County, with no community amenities identified in the current listings — the draw here is location and the individual house, not shared facilities.
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.
Who Lucas Terrace is best for.
Best for
- Buyers who will scrutinize condition and systems on a per-home basis
- Those wanting a central Merritt Island location without amenity fees
- Patient shoppers willing to wait for the right individual listing
Probably not for
- Buyers who need a pool, gate, or clubhouse on site
- Anyone who wants a deep pool of recent comps to price against
- Shoppers looking for a fast, high-volume market to move quickly
The market around Lucas Terrace
Lucas Terrace is too small for its own price trend, so here is the market around it.
Across Brevard County, 4,089 homes are active and 1,281 pending (24% under contract).
ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Lucas Terrace specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.
The Lucas Terrace buying strategy.
If we were buying in Lucas Terrace 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 Lucas Terrace.
A thin-data Merritt Island pocket
With closings limited to a short recent window and no amenity package to standardize value, Lucas Terrace behaves like a house-by-house market. That is not a knock — smaller Merritt Island streets often trade this way — but it changes how you shop. You are buying a specific structure and its condition, and the spread between a dated home and an updated one can be wide.
Merritt Island's central location in Brevard puts this pocket within reach of the wider Space Coast, and Lucas Terrace sits as a quieter residential setting rather than a facility-driven community. Anyone expecting a pool, gate, or clubhouse should look elsewhere; the value proposition here is the home and where it sits.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Lucas Terrace. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
In a low-volume pocket like this, the median lies and the comps are sparse — so the work is in reading each home's condition against the few sales that actually apply. We underwrite listings individually, tell you when a price is optimistic, and won't pretend a quiet market gives us more certainty than it does.
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | Space Coast MLS, refreshed twice daily (last: November 13, 2026) |
| Under-contract shares | Space Coast MLS records, as of 2026-11-08 |
Verify the primary sources yourself: Florida DOR · U.S. Census · FEMA flood maps · Citizens Property Insurance.
Momentum Research figures are our own analysis of Space Coast 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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