Sandy Pines
Homes for Sale in St. Augustine, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
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Sandy Pines is a thin data set right now: this snapshot is built on just 4 closings, with a median price of $306,000 and a median of $252.79 per square foot. With volume that low, the year-over-year swing of up 42.3% says more about which few homes traded than about a broad repricing of the community — treat it as a signal to watch, not a trend to bank on.
Zero active listings means there is nothing to walk through today. Median days on market of just over 74 sits well above a brisk pace, which — paired with the light closing count — points to a market that moves in fits and starts rather than on a steady cadence. Sellers should expect buyers to take their time; buyers should expect to wait for something to actually come up before they can act.
Sandy Pines right now
🟢 Still climbing. The trailing-12-month median ($306K) is up 42.3% from the prior 12 months ($215K). 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 realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 5. Confidence: Low (4 and 3 sales in the two windows).
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Updated August 5, 2026 · Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Sandy Pines market snapshot (as of August 5, 2026): the median sale price is about $306K ($253 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 75 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is up 42% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (4 closings in the current window).
Sandy Pines is a St. Johns County community in St. Augustine currently showing no active MLS inventory, with recent pricing built on a small handful of closings rather than a deep, continuously-refreshed dataset.
The setting & the homes.
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Who Sandy Pines is best for.
Best for
- A buyer targeting a purchase price near the mid-$300s who can move quickly once a listing appears.
- A seller comfortable with a longer marketing runway, given a median days-on-market of roughly 74 days.
- Someone who wants a St. Johns County address and is fine watching the market for weeks before something comes up.
Probably not for
- A buyer who wants to tour multiple active listings this week — there is currently no active inventory here.
- Anyone relying on a fast, high-volume comp set — the current pricing picture rests on only 4 closings.
- A seller expecting a quick sale timeline; the recent median days-on-market runs well past a month.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending August 5 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($306K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($215K) IS the +42.3% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 5 sales each (4 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size, and thin markets swing on single closings. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
The real cost & risk here
Before the list price, the Florida math the portals skip. These are St. Johns County typicals — your exact home, flood zone, and insurance quote will vary, so verify each before you offer.
Check it for your address: look up your flood zone (FEMA) · insurance by county · true-cost calculator · St. Johns County scorecard.
County typicals from Momentum’s Florida housing data (Zillow & Realtor.com aggregates, Census, FRED), updated monthly; insurance modeled. Flood zone is property-specific — always confirm via FEMA.
35% of homes for sale in ZIP 32095 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).
Sandy Pines Market Scorecard
Sandy Pines is currently a balanced market..
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Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily. Market metrics only; these describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
Housing distress & ownership in Sandy Pines, St. Augustine
Who owns here, how much is not owner-occupied, and how much for-sale inventory is under distress.
Source: Momentum Realty Research. Ownership & parcels from the FL DOR 2025 tax roll; distress from MLS active-listing status/remarks; price from MLS closed sales. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Based on Stellar MLS data distributed by MLS GRID for the period August 2026 through August 2026. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Sandy Pines on the map.
Every active, pending, and recently sold home, plotted. Toggle the layers and tap a home for the details.
Listing locations from realMLS. Map data © OpenStreetMap, tiles © CARTO.
Schools
- St. Johns County Public Schools
- Verify the zoned schools by address
- Magnet and choice options may be available
- St. Augustine High School (St. Johns County School District); verify by address · High
- Sebastian Middle School; verify by address · Middle
- R.B. Hunt Elementary School; verify by address · Elementary
Zoned schools reflect the assignments reported on recent Sandy Pines listings and can change; always confirm with St. Johns County Public Schools for a specific address.
Buying with schools in mind? We can confirm the exact zoned schools for any Sandy Pines address.
The Sandy Pines buying strategy.
If we were buying in Sandy Pines 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 Sandy Pines.
A market with no listings on the board
The headline numbers here — a $306,000 median price and $252.79 median price per square foot — come from a closings window of only 4 sales. That is enough to establish a data point, not enough to establish a pattern. A market heat score of 39 backs that up: this reads as a cooler, slower-moving posture rather than a competitive one.
The median days on market of roughly 74.5 days reinforces that read — homes here have generally taken longer than a fast-clearing market would show. No specific community amenities are identified in the current MLS listings for Sandy Pines, so buyers evaluating lifestyle features should confirm directly what is or is not on site rather than assuming.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Sandy Pines. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
With zero active listings and a small closings sample, Sandy Pines is exactly the kind of market where a generic search alert will not cut it — you need someone watching for a new listing the moment it hits and who can put a thin sales history in honest context instead of overselling a 42.3% year-over-year number that is really a function of low volume.
Sandy Pines in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
- Mandatory HOA — confirm current dues
- Any club/amenity membership is billed separately
Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.
Tools for a Sandy Pines buy.
Free calculators to pressure-test the real cost before you tour.
Selling here is won on condition and pricing to real comps, not an automated estimate. The right number comes from closed Sandy Pines sales matched to your home.
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | realMLS, refreshed twice daily (last: August 5, 2026) |
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 5, 2026 |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-08-01 |
| Schools | 2025-26 district assignments + FLDOE school grades; verify with the district |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2001 (47 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 realMLS 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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