SERENITY AT DUNE ALLEN
Homes for Sale in Santa Rosa Beach, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
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Price here is driven by newness and build quality more than by any shared amenity package. The median home was built in 2020, the housing stock runs all the way from 1949 to 2024, and there is nothing identified in current MLS listings by way of community amenities. That means you are paying for the house itself — its vintage, its condition, its square footage around the 2,405 median — not for a gate, a pool, or a clubhouse. Expect a wide spread in outcomes because the range of build years is so broad.
The current posture favors patient buyers. The median list-to-close clock is sitting at 65 days, and prices are down 24.2% year over year off what had been a long climb — up 243% since 2012. With 9 active listings against 9 closings in the window, this is a thin, slow market where a well-priced, well-presented home still moves but overreaching sellers sit. Buyers have room to negotiate; sellers need to price to today, not to last year.
SERENITY AT DUNE ALLEN right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($925K) is down 24.2% from the prior 12 months ($1.22M) and up 243% since 2012. With about 4 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 emeraldcoast closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 25. Confidence: Low (9 and 4 sales in the two windows).
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Updated July 25, 2026 · Live data: emeraldcoast, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
SERENITY AT DUNE ALLEN market snapshot (as of July 25, 2026): the median sale price is about $925K, and a median 65 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 24% from the prior 12 months and up 243% since 2012, computed from record-level emeraldcoast closed sales (9 closings in the current window).
SERENITY AT DUNE ALLEN is a community of 103 homes in Santa Rosa Beach, Walton County, built between 1949 and 2024 (median 2020), with a median living area of about 2,405 square feet. 13% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Serenity at Dune Allen is a small coastal pocket in Santa Rosa Beach — roughly 103 homes — where the appeal is the house and the location rather than any built-in community amenity. With only about 13% of homes carried as homestead, this reads as a second-home and rental-leaning enclave.
The setting & the homes.
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Who SERENITY AT DUNE ALLEN is best for.
Best for
- Second-home or coastal buyers with budgets near the mid-$900s who value newer construction over shared amenities
- Value-seekers willing to negotiate in a soft, slow market and hold for the long term
- Buyers comfortable underwriting a specific home's condition and vintage rather than relying on a neighborhood average
Probably not for
- Buyers who require an amenity package — pool, gate, clubhouse — as part of the deal
- Anyone needing quick liquidity or a fast resale, given the thin sales count and 65-day median
- Buyers seeking a near-term appreciation play after the 24.2% year-over-year decline
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending July 25 of each year, from record-level emeraldcoast closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($925K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($1.22M) IS the -24.2% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 9 sales each (9 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size, and thin markets swing on single closings. Listing data provided by the Emerald Coast Association of REALTORS®. Information is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed by the MLS to be accurate. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
SERENITY AT DUNE ALLEN Market Scorecard
SERENITY AT DUNE ALLEN is currently a balanced market., a median asking price of $1,400,000, and homes go under contract in about 110 days.
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Live data: emeraldcoast, refreshed twice daily. Market metrics only; these describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
Homes For Sale Right Now in SERENITY AT DUNE ALLEN
Live MLS inventory for SERENITY AT DUNE ALLEN. Every active listing, what is under contract right now, and the last 12 months of closed sales, refreshed twice a day. Closed comps beat an algorithm's guess every time.
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Pending · 10 daysActive and pending SERENITY AT DUNE ALLEN listings as of 2026-07-25, priced high to low. Listing data provided by the Emerald Coast Association of REALTORS®. Information is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed by the MLS to be accurate. Tap any home to ask about it.
SERENITY AT DUNE ALLEN on the map.
Every active, pending, and recently sold home, plotted. Toggle the layers and tap a home for the details.
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Schools
- Walton County Public Schools
- Verify the zoned schools by address
- Magnet and choice options may be available
- Van R Butler · Elementary
- Emerald Coast · Middle
- South Walton · High
Zoned schools reflect the assignments reported on recent SERENITY AT DUNE ALLEN listings and can change; always confirm with Walton County Public Schools for a specific address.
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The SERENITY AT DUNE ALLEN buying strategy.
If we were buying in SERENITY AT DUNE ALLEN 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 SERENITY AT DUNE ALLEN.
A condition-driven market, not an amenity one
The defining feature of this community is the age spread. A range from 1949 to 2024 with a 2020 median tells you two things: most of what trades is newer construction, but there is genuine older stock mixed in. That gap is where price divergence lives. Two homes of similar size can be worlds apart on price depending on vintage, renovation level, and proximity to the beach — and because there is no amenity story to lean on, condition and location carry the full weight of value.
The median at $925,000 sits against a 24.2% year-over-year decline, which is the single most important number for anyone transacting right now. Combine that with a 65-day median days-on-market and a razor-thin 9 active / 9 closed count, and you have a market that punishes optimistic pricing. The long-term picture — 243% since 2012 — shows the area has appreciated substantially over a decade, but that is history, not a forecast.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in SERENITY AT DUNE ALLEN. 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 SERENITY AT DUNE ALLEN 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 (4.1). Basis: Long-Term Appreciation +243% since 2012; Recent Direction -24.2% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 13% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 92.4% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a low-volume market with a wide age range and a meaningful year-over-year pullback, comps are easy to misread and headline medians can mislead. We underwrite each home on its own vintage, condition, and position rather than the neighborhood average — and we will tell you plainly when a listing is priced to last year instead of this one. With so few active and closed sales, getting the read right on a single property matters more than usual.
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HOA, CDD & Fees
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- 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.
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | emeraldcoast, refreshed twice daily (last: July 25, 2026) |
| Community market stats | emeraldcoast closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 25, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (8 streets, ZIP 32459)) |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2012 (42 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 emeraldcoast 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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