PLANT KEY COLONY
Homes for Sale in Plantation Key, FL
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Market Heat
Plant Key Colony sits in Plantation Key, Monroe County — the Florida Keys — where land scarcity, water access, and coastal construction costs set a permanent floor under values. The median price of $1,642,500 is not a number driven by finishes or square footage alone; at a median of 1,464 square feet of living space, you are paying heavily for location, lot type, and whatever water access or elevation the individual parcel offers. Pricing spreads wide across this community depending on those variables, so condition and site characteristics move individual transactions significantly above or below the median.
Year-over-year, the median has climbed 52.8 percent — a sharp move for any market. Since 2012 the cumulative gain stands at 381 percent, which tells you how much this corridor has repriced over a decade-plus of compressed Keys inventory. A market heat score of 51 puts the current posture roughly at equilibrium — not a seller's sprint, not a buyer's clearance. At a median of 71 days on market, well-priced homes move in roughly ten weeks, but overpriced listings will sit. Buyers have time to be deliberate; sellers still need to be realistic on price.
PLANT KEY COLONY right now
🟢 Still climbing. The trailing-12-month median ($1.64M) is up 52.8% from the prior 12 months ($1.08M) and up 381% since 2012. With about 20 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 floridakeys closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 27. Confidence: High (18 and 20 sales in the two windows).
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Updated July 27, 2026 · Live data: floridakeys, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
PLANT KEY COLONY market snapshot (as of July 27, 2026): the median sale price is about $1.64M, and a median 71 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is up 53% from the prior 12 months and up 381% since 2012, computed from record-level floridakeys closed sales (18 closings in the current window).
PLANT KEY COLONY is a community of 604 homes in Plantation Key, Monroe County, built between 1948 and 2024 (median 1982), with a median living area of about 1,464 square feet. 44% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Plant Key Colony is a 604-home community in Plantation Key with a building stock that spans 1948 to 2024 and a median build year of 1982, meaning buyers will encounter everything from mid-century concrete block to recent construction — each carrying very different insurance, maintenance, and code-compliance profiles for a coastal Monroe County address.
Who PLANT KEY COLONY is best for.
Best for
- Buyers with a budget comfortably above the $1,642,500 median who understand that individual parcel attributes — not bedroom count — drive the final number, and who can fund Keys-specific insurance costs without strain.
- Long-term hold buyers seeking a coastal Monroe County property who have the patience for 71-day-plus transaction timelines and the financial depth to carry a non-primary-residence asset through insurance and regulatory cycles.
- Buyers who have already worked with a Monroe County attorney, understand FEMA flood zone implications, and are targeting specific lot types — canal, bay, or elevated — rather than shopping the neighborhood broadly.
Probably not for
- Buyers expecting a straightforward transaction at or near the median without deep site-level due diligence; the wide pricing dispersion makes median-based assumptions a real financial risk.
- Buyers who need immediate occupancy or a fast close; a 71-day median days on market and Monroe County's permitting environment both argue against compressed timelines.
- Buyers whose maximum budget sits at or below the median of $1,642,500 with little flexibility, since transaction costs, insurance, and any needed remediation in an aging building stock can move the effective acquisition cost materially.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending July 27 of each year, from record-level floridakeys closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($1.64M) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($1.08M) IS the +52.8% one-year change.
Windows contain 15 to 34 sales each (18 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size, and thin markets swing on single closings. Listing data provided by Florida Keys MLS, Inc. Information is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed by the MLS to be accurate. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
The PLANT KEY COLONY buying strategy.
If we were buying in PLANT KEY COLONY 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 PLANT KEY COLONY.
What the numbers behind the median are actually telling you
A median living area of 1,464 square feet paired with a median price in the mid-$1.6 millions signals that this market prices location and land attributes — canal frontage, bay exposure, dock rights, lot elevation — far above interior square footage. Buyers expecting to negotiate price based on bedroom count or kitchen condition will find those levers relatively weak here; site characteristics dominate. That also means two homes listed within weeks of each other can differ dramatically in price without either being mispriced.
The homestead exemption share of 43.8 percent indicates that a meaningful portion of the community's homes are held as non-primary residences — seasonal use, investment, or short-term rental inventory. That structural fact shapes resale liquidity: when carrying costs rise or rental regulations shift, a segment of ownership has an exit motive. Combined with 71-day median days on market, the current environment rewards buyers who have done precise due diligence on individual parcels rather than treating any price near the median as automatically fair.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in PLANT KEY COLONY. 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 PLANT KEY COLONY 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 (7.3). Basis: Long-Term Appreciation +381% since 2012; Recent Direction +52.8% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 44% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 92.0% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
Monroe County transactions carry layers that most Northeast Florida buyers have not navigated before: FEMA flood zone classifications, Keys-specific insurance markets, septic-to-sewer transition requirements, and Monroe County's ROGO permit system all affect value and use in ways that never appear in a listing price. Momentum brings disciplined transaction management to a market where the paperwork and regulatory environment can quietly cost buyers more than any negotiated concession — and we will tell you plainly when a specific parcel's profile does not match your goals.
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HOA, CDD & Fees
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | floridakeys closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 27, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (9 streets, ZIP 33036/33070)) |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2006 (387 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 floridakeys 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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