Placid Lakes
Homes for Sale in Lake Placid, FL
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Homes For Sale Right Now in Placid Lakes
Live MLS inventory for Placid Lakes. Every active listing, what is under contract right now, and the last 12 months of closed sales, refreshed twice a day. Closed comps beat an algorithm's guess every time.
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Pending · 94 daysActive and pending Placid Lakes listings as of 2026-11-13, priced high to low. Based on Stellar MLS data distributed by MLS GRID for the period 2015 through 2026. Tap any home to ask about it.
Price in Placid Lakes is driven by condition and the individual home, not by any community premium. With a median around $350,000 and a median of roughly $194 per square foot on about 1,900 square feet, you're paying for the house itself. The housing stock spans from the mid-1950s to 2023, so two homes at similar prices can be decades apart in age and updating. Read each listing on its own merits.
The posture right now favors patient buyers. The median home sits about 105 days on market, and prices are off 7.9% year over year. That combination means sellers who price to yesterday's market will wait, and buyers have room to negotiate on homes that have lingered. With only 7 closings in the window, individual sales carry outsized weight, so treat any single comp with caution.
Figures in this note are as of October 26, 2026. The live market numbers elsewhere on this page update nightly and are newer.
Placid Lakes right now
🟡 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($350K) is down 7.9% from the prior 12 months ($380K). With about 3 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 (7 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
Placid Lakes market snapshot (as of August 2, 2026): the median sale price is about $350K ($194 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 105 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 8% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (7 closings in the current window).
Placid Lakes is a community of 762 homes in Lake Placid, Highlands County, built between 1956 and 2023 (median 1987.0), with a median living area of about 1,900 square feet. 29% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Placid Lakes is a spread-out community of about 762 homes in Lake Placid, where the wide range of build years means the real variable is a given home's age and condition, not the address.
The setting & the homes.
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Who Placid Lakes is best for.
Best for
- Buying to hold, where a long time horizon outweighs a soft year-over-year trend
- Buyers who want more square footage for the money and will do their homework on condition
- Buyers who value a quiet, spread-out setting without shared amenity fees
Probably not for
- Needing a quick, liquid resale in a fast-moving market
- Wanting a maintenance-light, newer-build home without checking each listing's vintage
- Seeking a community with a clubhouse, pool, or organized amenities
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 ($350K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($380K) IS the -7.9% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 8 sales each (7 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 2015 through 2026. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
18% of homes for sale in ZIP 33852 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).
Placid Lakes Market Scorecard
Placid Lakes is currently a balanced market., and homes go under contract in about 44 days.
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Live data: Stellar MLS, refreshed twice daily. Market metrics only; these describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
Placid Lakes on the map.
Every active, pending, and recently sold home, plotted. Toggle the layers and tap a home for the details.
Listing locations from Stellar MLS. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The Placid Lakes buying strategy.
If we were buying in Placid Lakes 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 Placid Lakes.
A condition-driven market, not a premium one
No community amenities surface in the current MLS listings, so there's no shared clubhouse or pool pulling values up or down. That keeps the focus squarely on the individual property: its vintage, its updates, its lot. With a median year built around 1987 and a range stretching from 1956 to 2023, expect a genuine mix, and budget your inspection attention accordingly.
The homestead share sits under 30%, which tells you a meaningful portion of these homes are not owner-occupied primary residences. Pair that with a long median days on market and a softening year-over-year price, and the picture is a slower, less competitive market than Florida's hotter metros. That is an opportunity for an unhurried buyer and a reality check for a seller.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Placid Lakes. 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 Placid Lakes 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 3 factors (3.9). Basis: Recent Direction -7.9% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 29% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 92.0% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
A thin closing window and a wide span of build years make this a market where one bad comp can mislead you. We read each home against its actual age and condition rather than the headline median, and we price and negotiate with the long days-on-market and softening trend fully in view.
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | Stellar MLS, refreshed twice daily (last: November 13, 2026) |
| Community market stats | Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 2, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR assessment roll (street-list match (14 streets, ZIP 33852)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-08-01 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2015 (36 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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