Matanzas Shores
Homes for Sale in St. Augustine, FL

Matanzas Shores is a coastal community in St. Johns County near St. Augustine, where the appeal is location and lifestyle more than volume — inventory tends to be thin, so each listing has to be read on its own terms.

realMLS (Northeast Florida) sales records identify 7 homes in Matanzas Shores that have changed hands since 2014, built between 1967 and 2002 (median 1988), with a median living area of about 3,126 sq ft and a typical 4-bedroom, 3-bath layout; 86% 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 167 qualified sales in Matanzas Shores across 2024–2025 (105 in 2024, 62 in 2025), median $475,000 — 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.

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

In ZIP 32080, 236 homes are on the market and 12% are under contract — a slower corner of St. Augustine.

Across St. Johns County, 1,909 homes are active and 863 pending (31% under contract).

In ZIP 32080 (St. Augustine), 402 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $518K ($343/sq ft), down 2.4% year over year, with a median 47 days on market. Right now 147 active and 26 pending listings put supply at about 4.4 months — a balanced market. See the live ZIP 32080 housing market and the St. Johns County market.

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

The variables that matter most in Matanzas Shores are the ones you can see and touch: how close a home sits to the ocean, its exposure and orientation, the level of interior updating, and the state of the exterior and systems in a salt-air environment. Coastal homes carry maintenance realities — corrosion, wear, insurance considerations — and those show up in price faster than any broad market trend.

Because this is a smaller coastal pocket rather than a high-turnover subdivision, comparable sales can be sparse and dated. That puts a premium on interpreting the few relevant transactions correctly instead of averaging noise. A well-maintained, updated unit in the right position can command real attention; a deferred-maintenance property will sit until the price reflects the work it needs.

In a thin-inventory coastal community, the work is in the details — reading the true condition behind a listing, understanding the salt-air maintenance and insurance picture, and pricing to what actually sold rather than what someone hopes. We tell you when a Matanzas Shores property is worth chasing and when the number does not match the home, and we will say so plainly.