Southshire
Homes for Sale in Orlando, FL

Southshire is a compact, long-established enclave inside Orlando where a median build year of 1974 and a footprint reaching back to 1920 mean you are buying into a mature streetscape, not a new-construction tract. The median home runs about 1,606 square feet, so these are modest-to-midsize homes rather than sprawling floor plans.

Stellar MLS sales records identify 17 homes in Southshire that have changed hands since 2011, built between 1973 and 2004 (median 1973), with a median living area of about 1,582 sq ft and a typical 3-bedroom, 2-bath layout; 100% are single-family homes. Source: Stellar MLS closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community.

County records show 6 qualified sales in Southshire across 2024–2025 (4 in 2024, 2 in 2025), median $378,000 — the last recorded sale per parcel on the Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll, independent of the MLS.

Pre-construction details are compiled from public records, builder announcements and builder listings, and are subject to change without notice; figures are deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Momentum Research figures are our own analysis. This page describes homes, pricing and community attributes, not residents.

Southshire is too small for its own price trend, so here is the market around it.

In ZIP 32812, 158 homes are on the market and 29% are under contract — a steady corner of Orlando.

Across Orange County, 5,774 homes are active and 1,755 pending (23% under contract).

In ZIP 32812 (Orlando), 98 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $389K ($227/sq ft), down 3.4% year over year, with a median 32 days on market. Right now 28 active and 10 pending listings put supply at about 3.4 months — a healthy market. See the live ZIP 32812 housing market and the Orange County market.

ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Southshire specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.

The year-built range from 1920 to 2023 is unusual for a neighborhood this size. It tells you Southshire has been infilled and rebuilt over generations, so two adjacent homes can differ by decades in age, systems, and construction style. Roof, plumbing, electrical, and HVAC age matter enormously here; the inspection will tell you more about value than the address will.

At a median of 1,606 living square feet, the housing stock skews toward efficient rather than expansive. The homestead share sits at roughly 66 percent, which points to a base of owner-occupants rather than a heavily rented block. That mix, combined with the small home count, tends to keep turnover measured.

In a 71-home market with a hundred-year build range, comps are thin and condition is everything. We price and evaluate off the specifics of the actual house — its age, its systems, its renovations — not a neighborhood average that would mislead you either direction. That is the difference between overpaying for cosmetics and passing on a solid home priced for its bones.