Placido Bayou Unit 1
Homes for Sale in St Petersburg, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Placido Bayou Unit 1 is a small, tightly defined pocket of 39 homes built in a narrow window from 1984 to 1989, with the median vintage landing in 1987. When the housing stock is this uniform in age and the median home sits around 1,861 square feet, price is driven less by square footage and more by condition and updates. A home that has been renovated will separate itself sharply from one still carrying its original systems and finishes, so expect a wide spread rather than a tidy per-foot number.
The other number that matters here is the homestead share: roughly 85% of these homes are homesteaded. That tells you this is an owner-occupied, low-turnover pocket, and turnover-limited communities tend to trade thin. Sellers benefit from scarcity when a listing does come up; buyers should be patient, because you may wait for the right home rather than choose among several at once.
Placido Bayou Unit 1 right now
🟡 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($766K) is down 2.5% from the prior 12 months ($785K) and up 186% since 2012. With about 19 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 July 15. Confidence: High (36 and 27 sales in the two windows).
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Updated July 15, 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
Placido Bayou Unit 1 market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $766K ($395 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 57 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 2% from the prior 12 months and up 186% since 2012, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (36 closings in the current window).
Placido Bayou Unit 1 is a community of 685 homes in St Petersburg, Pinellas County, built between 1925 and 2024 (median 1990), with a median living area of about 2,085 square feet. 84% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
This is a compact, established St Petersburg community of just 39 homes, all dating to the mid-to-late 1980s, where the day-to-day story is condition and updates rather than floor plan variety.
Who Placido Bayou Unit 1 is best for.
Best for
- Buyers targeting an established St Petersburg pocket who can wait for the right home to list
- Buyers comfortable budgeting for updates on a mid-1980s home
- Long-hold owners who value a stable, low-turnover setting over resale liquidity
Probably not for
- Buyers who need immediate selection across multiple active listings
- Buyers wanting new construction or a wide range of floor plans and sizes
- Buyers seeking a quick flip who need a deep, active comp set to price against
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending July 15 of each year, from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($766K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($785K) IS the -2.5% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 50 sales each (36 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size. Based on Stellar MLS data distributed by MLS GRID for the period %s through %s. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
The Placido Bayou Unit 1 buying strategy.
If we were buying in Placido Bayou Unit 1 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 Placido Bayou Unit 1.
A small, uniform pocket
With only 39 homes and a build range spanning just 1984 to 1989, Placido Bayou Unit 1 offers little architectural variety and little inventory. The median living area of about 1,861 square feet points to homes of similar scale, so the meaningful differences between listings come down to how each one has been maintained and updated over nearly four decades.
Because roughly 85% of the homes are homesteaded, listings are infrequent. That works in a seller's favor on timing but demands realistic pricing, since a limited comp set makes any single sale a strong reference point. For buyers, the practical takeaway is to budget for the renovation gap between an updated home and one that is not, and to be ready to move when a home that fits surfaces.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Placido Bayou Unit 1. 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 Placido Bayou Unit 1 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 (6.8). Basis: Long-Term Appreciation +186% since 2012; Recent Direction -2.5% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 84% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 90.3% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a 39-home community with low turnover and a thin comp set, pricing and timing are everything. We track this pocket closely, know how condition separates one 1987 home from the next, and will tell you plainly when a listing is priced to its updates and when it is not.
Placido Bayou Unit 1 in 15 seconds.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 15, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (41 streets, ZIP 33703/33705/33707)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2004 (324 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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