OAKLEY PLACE
Homes for Sale in ELLENTON, FL
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Market Heat
With only a two-closing window to work from, Oakley Place doesn't give us a deep sales record to lean on, so treat any read here as directional rather than definitive. In a small St Cloud community like this, price is set less by a broad comp set and more by the condition and specifics of the individual home that trades — updates, lot, and layout do more of the work than any neighborhood-wide trend.
For buyers, that thin data cuts both ways: you have room to argue value on a home-by-home basis, but you also can't assume the last sale sets the number for the next one. For sellers, presentation and condition are your leverage. The takeaway is to underwrite the specific house in front of you, not a headline figure.
OAKLEY PLACE right now
🟢 Still climbing. The trailing-12-month median ($466K) is up 22.8% from the prior 12 months ($379K) and up 211% since 2012. With about 6 sales a year, a single closing can swing this number, so read the level and the decade, not one year's move.Momentum Research, record-level Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 2. Confidence: Medium (6 and 6 sales in the two windows).
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Updated August 2, 2026 · Live data: Stellar MLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
OAKLEY PLACE market snapshot (as of August 2, 2026): the median sale price is about $466K ($187 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 130 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is up 23% from the prior 12 months and up 211% since 2012, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (6 closings in the current window).
OAKLEY PLACE is a community of 241 homes in ELLENTON, Manatee County, built between 1938 and 2024 (median 2006), with a median living area of about 2,042 square feet. 63% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Oakley Place is a small residential pocket in St Cloud, Osceola County, and with a limited recent closing record it behaves like a market where each individual sale carries a lot of weight.
Who OAKLEY PLACE is best for.
Best for
- Buyers who want a smaller St Cloud community and will underwrite the specific home rather than a market average
- Sellers with an updated, well-presented home ready to leverage condition in a low-inventory setting
- Long-horizon buyers who plan to hold and aren't chasing a quick, comp-driven flip
Probably not for
- Buyers who need a large recent-sales dataset before committing
- Anyone expecting a defined price band and predictable per-foot pricing
- Short-term buyers counting on rapid resale in a thinly traded community
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending August 2 of each year, from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($466K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($379K) IS the +22.8% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 16 sales each (6 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size, and thin markets swing on single closings. Based on Stellar MLS data distributed by MLS GRID for the period 2007 through 2026. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
16% of homes for sale in ZIP 34222 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 (2026-08-01).
The OAKLEY PLACE buying strategy.
If we were buying in OAKLEY PLACE 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 OAKLEY PLACE.
A thin-data St Cloud pocket
The defining feature of Oakley Place right now is scarcity of transactions, not any single price story. When a community trades this infrequently, the usual signals — days on market trends, price-per-foot bands, absorption — are noisy at best. That's not a knock on the community; it's a reason to do the work parcel by parcel.
Practically, this means condition-driven pricing. Two homes in the same community can settle at meaningfully different numbers depending on renovations, lot position, and finish. Anyone quoting you a tidy range is guessing. We'd rather show you what the specific home supports and where it sits relative to the broader St Cloud market.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in OAKLEY PLACE. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Momentum Buy Score.
Our proprietary 0 to 10 read across the factors that decide how a home in OAKLEY PLACE buys, holds, and resells. Momentum Research; not an appraisal.
Momentum Intelligence Scores are our proprietary, qualitative assessment on a 0 to 10 scale, built from the record-level market data on this page. They are a framework for comparing communities, not a guarantee of future value and not advice on a specific home; unlike an automated value estimate they do not price your home, they grade the community on evidence you can inspect. Composite is the plain average of the 4 factors (7.1). Basis: Long-Term Appreciation +211% since 2012; Recent Direction +22.8% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 63% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 88.1% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a low-volume community like Oakley Place, the value of a local broker is judgment, not just data. We can tell you when a comp is really a comp, when a listing is priced on hope, and when to widen the search into the surrounding St Cloud market to sanity-check a number. That's the difference between paying for a house and paying for a headline.
OAKLEY PLACE in 15 seconds.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 2, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (4 streets, ZIP 34222/34771/34772)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-08-01 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2007 (108 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 Stellar 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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