Martins Grove
Homes for Sale in Tavares, FL

Martins Grove Tavares is a compact, built-out community of 137 homes constructed mainly between 2006 and 2017, with a typical home running around 1,885 square feet. Just over seven in ten homes carry a homestead exemption, pointing to a largely owner-occupied footprint rather than a heavy rental or investor presence.

Stellar MLS sales records identify 33 homes in Martins Grove that have changed hands since 2010, built between 2006 and 2017 (median 2008), with a median living area of about 1,929 sq ft and a typical 4-bedroom, 2-bath layout; 100% are single-family homes. Source: Stellar MLS closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community.

County records show 12 qualified sales in Martins Grove across 2024 - 2025 (9 in 2024, 3 in 2025), median $315,000 - 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.

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

In ZIP 32778, 343 homes are on the market and 18% are under contract — a slower corner of Tavares.

Across Lake County, 3,234 homes are active and 1,077 pending (25% under contract).

In ZIP 32778 (TAVARES), 713 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $330K ($183/sq ft), down 4.9% year over year, with a median 69 days on market. Right now 131 active and 35 pending listings put supply at about 4.4 months - a balanced market. See the live ZIP 32778 housing market and the Lake County market.

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

With zero active listings and zero closings in the current tracking window, Martins Grove is effectively quiet on the MLS right now. That is common in smaller, fully built communities where turnover is naturally slower - there simply are not many households cycling through at any given time. For a buyer, this means patience: the right home may not show up for a while, and when it does, there will not be five others nearby to compare it against directly.

The homestead share of roughly 71% is the more telling number here. It signals that most owners are living in these homes as their primary residence rather than holding them as rentals or second homes, which tends to correlate with steadier upkeep and fewer investor-driven listings. No community amenities are identified in current MLS data, so this reads as a straightforward residential subdivision rather than an amenity-driven one - value here will come down to the home and lot, not a clubhouse or pool.

In a community this small, with no active listings to study, there is no substitute for someone who tracks off-market activity and knows the handful of recent sales in detail. We watch Martins Grove closely enough to flag a new listing the moment it hits, and we can walk a seller through exactly how the build-year and square footage of their specific home stacks up against the rest of the 137 in the absence of a broader comp pool.

Listings in this community report association dues of about $50 per month ($600 a year) - the median AssociationFee across 45 MLS records, normalised to a monthly figure; most are billed monthly. Dues change with budgets and can differ by section or product type; confirm the current figure with the association before you offer. Source: MLS listing records, 2026-09.

Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.