Lyon Oaks
Homes for Sale in Jacksonville, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
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Lyon Oaks is an older, established Jacksonville pocket where the homes date from 1960 through 2016 and the median build sits around 1970. With that kind of age spread, price here is driven far more by condition and updates than by square footage alone. The median home runs a little under 1,900 sqft, so what separates one sale from the next is usually the work that has or hasn't been done inside.
The high homestead share — roughly three out of four homes — tells you this is a hold-and-live-in area rather than a churn of investor flips. For a seller, that means fewer directly comparable listings competing at once. For a buyer, it means you should expect a wide spread in condition and price your offer to the specific house, not to a neighborhood average.
The setting & the homes.
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Who Lyon Oaks is best for.
Best for
- Long-term owner-occupants who want an established, low-turnover setting and plan to stay
- Buyers willing to budget for updates on an older home in exchange for a mid-sized floor plan
- Value-minded buyers who will inspect carefully and price to a specific house rather than an average
Probably not for
- Buyers set on new or near-new construction with no interest in mid-century stock
- Investors looking for a high-volume flip market rather than an owner-occupied hold area
- Anyone needing a large footprint well above the roughly 1,891 sqft median
The market around Lyon Oaks
Lyon Oaks is a small community — 5 recorded sales on file, most recently in 2025 — too few for its own price trend. Here is the market around it.
In ZIP 32207, 144 homes are on the market and 31% are under contract — a fast-moving corner of Jacksonville.
Across Duval County, 2,814 homes are active and 1,188 pending (30% under contract).
Homes here are single family residence.
ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Lyon Oaks specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.
Homes For Sale Right Now in Lyon Oaks
Live MLS inventory for Lyon Oaks. Every active listing, what is under contract right now, and the last 12 months of closed sales, refreshed twice a day. Closed comps beat an algorithm's guess every time.
Active and pending Lyon Oaks listings as of 2026-07-14, priced high to low. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Tap any home to ask about it.
The Lyon Oaks buying strategy.
If we were buying in Lyon Oaks 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 Lyon Oaks.
An age spread that rewards inspection
The build range from 1960 to 2016 is unusually broad for a single community, and the median year built near 1970 means the housing stock leans older. Practically, that puts systems — roof, HVAC, plumbing, electrical — at the center of your due diligence. Two homes at a similar size can trade very differently depending on whether those items have been addressed.
The median living area of roughly 1,891 sqft points to functional, middle-sized floor plans rather than sprawling new-build footprints. If you want turnkey, you'll pay for it; if you're comfortable taking on updates, the older end of the range is where the value work usually lives.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Lyon Oaks. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
In a neighborhood this condition-driven, the median tells you almost nothing about the house in front of you. We price and evaluate on the specifics — age of systems, quality of updates, and how a given home stacks against the handful of genuinely comparable sales — so you're not overpaying for a project or underestimating a renovated one.
Lyon Oaks in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
- Mandatory HOA — confirm current dues
- Any club/amenity membership is billed separately
Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.
Tools for a Lyon Oaks buy.
Free calculators to pressure-test the real cost before you tour.
Selling here is won on condition and pricing to real comps, not an automated estimate. The right number comes from closed Lyon Oaks sales matched to your home.
Price it to the comps and condition, not an automated estimate.
If you are thinking about selling in Lyon Oaks, the right list price comes from recent comparable sales matched to your home's condition and location, not an automated estimate.
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30% of homes for sale in ZIP 32207 are already under contract (under contract ÷ under contract + active listings) — a read on how much of the available inventory buyers have already claimed. Source: MLS data (2026-07-18).
The real cost & risk here
Before the list price, the Florida math the portals skip. These are Duval County typicals — your exact home, flood zone, and insurance quote will vary, so verify each before you offer.
Check it for your address: look up your flood zone (FEMA) · insurance by county · true-cost calculator · Duval County scorecard.
County typicals from Momentum’s Florida housing data (Zillow & Realtor.com aggregates, Census, FRED), updated monthly; insurance modeled. Flood zone is property-specific — always confirm via FEMA.
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | realMLS, refreshed twice daily (last: July 14, 2026) |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (2 streets, ZIP 32207)) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2003 (22 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 realMLS 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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