Magnolia Preserve
Homes for Sale in St. Johns, FL

Magnolia Preserve is a St. Johns County community where pricing sits well above the broader county norm, and the current inventory picture is unusually tight even for a market already leaning toward sellers.

realMLS (Northeast Florida) sales records identify 147 homes in Magnolia Preserve that have changed hands since 2009, built between 2005 and 2022 (median 2015), with a median living area of about 3,833 sq ft and a typical 5-bedroom, 4-bath layout; 99% are single-family homes. Source: realMLS (Northeast Florida) closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community.

County records show 13 qualified sales in Magnolia Preserve across 2024–2025 (7 in 2024, 6 in 2025), median $1.10M — the last recorded sale per parcel on the Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll, independent of the MLS.

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.

Magnolia Preserve is too small for its own price trend, so here is the market around it.

In ZIP 32259, 613 homes are on the market and 38% are under contract — a fast-moving corner of St. Johns.

Across St. Johns County, 2,096 homes are active and 890 pending (30% under contract).

In ZIP 32259 (St. Johns), 2,140 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $505K ($225/sq ft), down 0.6% year over year, with a median 43 days on market. Right now 449 active and 265 pending listings put supply at about 17.7 months — a buyer's market. See the live ZIP 32259 housing market and the St. Johns County market.

ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Magnolia Preserve specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.

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The $246 per square foot figure, paired with a $964,500 median price, points to a community where buyers are paying for size and finish rather than shopping the entry-level end of the county. There is no published price range behind that median, so each home here should be priced on its own condition and features rather than assumed against a broader band.

With only one active listing against roughly two months of supply, buyers have little to compare and sellers currently hold the leverage. That said, the underlying closings window is just six transactions, which is a small sample to build a pricing strategy on. A single new closing could shift the trend meaningfully, which is why a per-listing valuation matters more here than a countywide average.

Because the closings window behind Magnolia Preserve is only six transactions, pricing this community well takes an agent who is tracking it specifically rather than leaning on countywide averages. Momentum pulls the same MLS closings and current-supply data shown here and applies a hands-on valuation to each listing, since a market this thin can move on a single closing.