Spencer Trace
Homes for Sale in Jacksonville, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
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Spencer Trace is a compact, built-out community of 95 homes raised between 1986 and 1999, with the median home dating to 1987. That vintage matters more than anything else here: price is driven less by location and more by condition. A house that has had its systems, roof, kitchen, and baths updated will sell for a meaningful premium over one still wearing its original finishes, and the spread between the two can be wide.
For sellers, the read is simple — condition is your lever, so document what you have replaced and stage honestly. For buyers, this is a place where a careful inspection earns its keep; the difference between a turnkey home and a project is where the real negotiation lives. With no active price range to lean on, treat the median as your anchor and adjust from there based on what the specific house has and hasn't had done.
Figures in this note are as of July 12, 2026. The live market numbers elsewhere on this page update nightly and are newer.
The 60-Second Overview
Spencer Trace is a small, fully established Jacksonville neighborhood in Duval County where homes cluster around 2,001 square feet — enough room to matter without stepping into estate territory. It is a settled community, not a new-construction play.
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.
The setting & the homes.
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Who Spencer Trace is best for.
Best for
- Buyers seeking around 2,000 square feet in an established Jacksonville setting
- Owner-occupants comfortable budgeting for updates on an older home
- Buyers who value a stable, mostly owner-held community over turnover
Probably not for
- Anyone set on new construction or contemporary floor plans
- Buyers who want a wide selection of price points and layouts
- Investors expecting a high concentration of rental-ready inventory
The market around Spencer Trace
Spencer Trace is too small for its own price trend, so here is the market around it.
In ZIP 32244, 323 homes are on the market and 24% are under contract — a steady corner of Jacksonville.
Across Duval County, 4,391 homes are active and 1,538 pending (26% under contract).
ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Spencer Trace specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.
Housing distress & ownership in Spencer Trace, Jacksonville
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. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
The Spencer Trace buying strategy.
If we were buying in Spencer Trace 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 Spencer Trace.
A condition-driven resale market
The homestead share here sits at roughly 76%, which tells you most of these homes are owner-occupied rather than held as rentals. That tends to translate into a more stable, less churned street feel, and it means inventory moving through the market is often the product of a genuine life change rather than an investor flip.
With everything built in a roughly thirteen-year window and a median living area right at 2,001 square feet, floor plans and lot sizes don't vary wildly. That makes comparables relatively clean — the variable you're really pricing is how much updating a given home has received since the 1980s and 90s.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Spencer Trace. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
In a market this driven by condition, the value comes from reading the house, not the headline. We walk the systems and finishes with you, line up realistic comparables from a tight pool of similar-vintage homes, and price — or negotiate — off what has actually been updated rather than a round-number guess.
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | realMLS, refreshed twice daily (last: October 21, 2026) |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR assessment roll (street-list match (2 streets, ZIP 32244)) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-10-20 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2002 (14 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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