Ortona
Homes for Sale in Moore Haven, FL

Ortona is a small, low-volume pocket of Moore Haven in Glades County, with a housing stock spanning original 1959 construction through homes built as recently as 2024 and a median build year of 1988 — meaning any two listings here can differ substantially in age, systems, and condition.

Florida Gulf Coast MLS sales records identify 19 homes in Ortona that have changed hands since 2012, built between 1961 and 2023 (median 1999), with a median living area of about 1,500 sq ft and a typical 3-bedroom, 2-bath layout. Source: Florida Gulf Coast MLS closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community.

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.

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

In ZIP 33471, 20 homes are on the market and 25% are under contract — a steady corner of Moore Haven.

Across Glades County, 25 homes are active and 6 pending (19% under contract).

In ZIP 33471 (Moore Haven), 172 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $285K ($190/sq ft), down 4.5% year over year, with a median 94 days on market. Right now 114 active and 14 pending listings put supply at about 8.0 months — a soft market. See the live ZIP 33471 housing market and the Glades County market.

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

At 178 homes total, Ortona is not a high-turnover community, and the current data reflects that — a handful of closings driving the reported trend line. The median living area of 1,681.5 square feet lines up with a modest, workable home size, but with the build-year range running from 1959 to 2024, buyers will find everything from original-condition older homes to comparatively new construction under the same community name, which is the real driver of the wide price-per-square-foot spread.

Just under half of homes here (44.9%) carry a homestead exemption, indicating a meaningful share of the housing stock is held as second homes, rentals, or non-primary residences rather than owner-occupied. That mix matters for a buyer reading resale comps or a seller gauging competing inventory — it is not a uniform owner-occupied block. No community amenities are identified in current MLS listings, so any pool, clubhouse, or shared facility claims should be verified directly rather than assumed.

In a market this thin, the comps that exist need careful reading rather than a quick average — we walk through which of the six recent closings are genuinely comparable to a given home before anyone anchors on a number, and we verify amenity and condition claims directly rather than relying on listing copy.