Plantation Estates Unit 3
Homes for Sale in Brandon, FL
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Plantation Estates Unit 3 prices around a median of $286,250, with a median price per square foot of $252.81 on a median living area of roughly 1,790 square feet. With a median year built of 1970 and a range stretching from 1925 to 2022, this is a mixed-vintage pocket — condition and updates do more to set individual price tags here than square footage alone, so buyers should expect a wide spread in finish level from one listing to the next even at similar sizes.
A median of just over 30 days on market signals a steady, unhurried pace rather than a bidding-war environment. That gives buyers room to have homes inspected properly and negotiate on condition, while sellers with an updated or well-maintained property still have a reasonable window to find the right offer without needing to chase the market down.
The 60-Second Overview
Plantation Estates Unit 3 market snapshot (as of July 13, 2026): the median sale price is about $286K ($253 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 30 days on market for closed sales.
Plantation Estates Unit 3 is a community of 227 homes in Brandon, Hillsborough County, built between 1925 and 2022 (median 1970.0), with a median living area of about 1,790 square feet. 68% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Plantation Estates Unit 3 is an established Brandon subdivision of 227 homes spanning nearly a century of construction, from 1925 to 2022, giving the area a genuinely varied housing stock rather than a single-era look.
Who Plantation Estates Unit 3 is best for.
Best for
- Buyers targeting a median price point near $286,250 in Hillsborough County who are willing to weigh condition over age.
- Buyers comfortable evaluating homes individually, given the near century-wide range of construction years.
- Buyers who want a steadier, non-competitive pace, reflected in a median 30-day market time.
Probably not for
- Buyers who want a subdivision built entirely within one architectural era.
- Buyers expecting organized community amenities, since none are identified from current MLS listings.
- Buyers who want a single consistent price-per-square-foot standard across every listing rather than case-by-case variation.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending July 13 of each year, from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($286K) IS the median in the snapshot above.
Windows contain 0 to 3 sales each (3 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 %s through %s. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
The Plantation Estates Unit 3 buying strategy.
If we were buying in Plantation Estates Unit 3 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 Plantation Estates Unit 3.
A mixed-vintage market, priced house by house
The story in this Brandon subdivision is dispersion, not uniformity. A median year built of 1970 sits in the middle of a range that runs from 1925 up to 2022, which means shoppers here are comparing homes built in genuinely different eras of construction, materials, and layout conventions — not just different square footages. That makes a walk-through and a close look at recent updates more important than leaning on the median alone.
A homestead share of 67.7% points to a base of longer-term ownership in the area, which typically means listings turn over as owners make a move rather than as part of heavy investor cycling. Combined with a median 30-day marketing period and three years of closings behind the current snapshot, the data reads as a community with steady, incremental turnover rather than sharp swings — useful context for both pricing a listing and setting expectations on how quickly a well-priced home moves.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Plantation Estates Unit 3. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
In a subdivision where homes built in 1925 sit near homes built in 2022, pricing off the wrong comp is easy to do. We pull the closing history for this specific pocket of Brandon, weigh it against the individual home's age and condition, and give you a number grounded in what has actually sold here — not a countywide average.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 13, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (3 streets, ZIP 33511)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2021 (6 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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