Russell Park
Homes for Sale in St Petersburg, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Price in Russell Park is doing something you can see in the numbers: a median around $293,750 sitting on a high per-square-foot figure of roughly $356. That combination tells you condition and quality of finish drive value here more than raw size does. Small, well-kept homes command real dollars per foot, and the spread between move-in-ready and needs-work is wide.
The current posture favors a patient buyer. With a median of about 73 days on market and a heat score of 22, this is a slow, negotiable market right now, not a bidding-war setting. Sellers should price to the condition of the house and expect the listing to sit; buyers have time to inspect, walk, and negotiate rather than chase.
Russell Park right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($294K) is down 34.6% from the prior 12 months ($449K) and up 233% since 2012. With about 5 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: Medium (6 and 9 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
Russell Park market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $294K ($356 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 74 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 35% from the prior 12 months and up 233% since 2012, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (6 closings in the current window).
Russell Park is a small St Petersburg pocket in Pinellas County where per-foot values run high but the market moves slowly, so the story is less about the headline median and more about how a specific home shows.
Who Russell Park is best for.
Best for
- Buyers targeting a smaller footprint around the mid-$290s who value finish quality over square footage
- Patient buyers who want negotiating room in a slow-moving market
- Renovators comfortable pricing off condition rather than a blended median
Probably not for
- Buyers who need a large data set of recent sales to feel confident on value
- Sellers expecting a fast, competitive sale at full asking
- Anyone counting on a specific short-term return, which no market data here can promise
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 ($294K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($449K) IS the -34.6% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 11 sales each (6 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 Russell Park buying strategy.
If we were buying in Russell Park 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 Russell Park.
A high-per-foot, slow-turning pocket
Read the two price signals together. The median sale sits near $293,750, but the roughly $356 per square foot is the number that shapes value here. In a market where finish quality carries that much weight, a renovated home and a tired one at similar square footage can land far apart on price, and the closing data behind this snapshot is thin, drawn from just six closings.
That thin sample is a caution, not a knock. The year-over-year median is down 34.6 percent, which in a six-closing window can swing hard on the mix of what actually sold rather than a true market drop. Zoom out and the picture is different: values are up about 233 percent since 2012. Treat any single recent stat as directional, and lean on a house-by-house comparison instead.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Russell Park. 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 Russell Park 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 (5.0). Basis: Long-Term Appreciation +233% since 2012; Recent Direction -34.6% year-over-year; Pricing Power 92.6% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a pocket this small, with only six recent closings and a wide condition-driven spread, averages mislead. We price and negotiate off the specific home in front of us — its finishes, its footprint, its days on market — not off a blended median. With a heat score of 22 and listings sitting around 73 days, there is room to be deliberate, and we will tell you when a house is priced ahead of what its condition supports.
Russell Park in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
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Tools for a Russell Park buy.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 15, 2026 |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2004 (98 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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