Summerfield
Homes for Sale in Jacksonville, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Summerfield is a smaller, built-out pocket in Jacksonville where homes were delivered between 1985 and 2009, with the middle of the stock landing around 2006. The median sits at $220,000, and at a median of about $176 per square foot on roughly 1,255 square feet, price here is driven far more by condition and updates than by square footage. Two homes of similar size can trade well apart depending on how they've been maintained.
The current posture is soft and slow. Prices are down 4.3% year over year, the median time on market is 83 days, and the heat score of 31 tells you this favors patient buyers. Sellers should price to the current market, not last year's, and expect to negotiate. Buyers have room to be selective and time to do proper diligence.
Summerfield right now
🟡 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($220K) is down 2.0% from the prior 12 months ($224K) and up 134% since 2012. With about 17 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 20. Confidence: Medium (13 and 8 sales in the two windows).
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Updated August 20, 2026 · Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Summerfield market snapshot (as of August 20, 2026): the median sale price is about $220K ($176 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 42 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 2% from the prior 12 months and up 134% since 2012, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (13 closings in the current window).
Summerfield is a compact community of 278 homes built across a roughly two-decade span, where a little over half are owner-occupied and the market is running slow enough to reward a careful, unhurried search.
Who Summerfield is best for.
Best for
- Buyers around the $220,000 median seeking a modest single-story home
- Patient buyers who can wait out a slow market for the right condition
- Long-hold owner-occupants comfortable budgeting for older-system upkeep
Probably not for
- Sellers who need to close quickly against an 83-day median
- Buyers wanting move-in-perfect finishes with no diligence required
- Short-term buyers expecting fast resale in a market down year over year
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending August 20 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($220K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($224K) IS the -2.0% one-year change.
Windows contain 8 to 29 sales each (13 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.
30% of homes for sale in ZIP 32256 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 (2026-08-18).
The Summerfield buying strategy.
If we were buying in Summerfield 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 Summerfield.
Condition is the price story
With a median build year around 2006 and a range starting in 1985, roofs, HVAC, and kitchens vary widely from home to home. That variation is why the per-square-foot figure only tells you so much here at about $176 — the spread between an updated home and a tired one is real. Walk each listing on its own merits and budget for what the systems will need.
An 83-day median time on market and a 4.3% year-over-year dip mean listings are not moving quickly. That is leverage for a buyer willing to wait for the right home and inspect it thoroughly. For a seller, it means presentation and correct pricing matter more than they did a year ago.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Summerfield. 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 Summerfield 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 (7.0). Basis: Long-Term Appreciation +134% since 2012; Recent Direction -2.0% year-over-year; Pricing Power 95.7% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a market this condition-sensitive and this slow, the value is in reading each home correctly rather than trusting the median. We know how Summerfield's older and newer stock differs, where the deferred-maintenance risk hides, and how to price or negotiate against an 83-day clock instead of guessing at it.
Summerfield in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
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- Any club/amenity membership is billed separately
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Tools for a Summerfield buy.
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Selling here is won on condition and pricing to real comps, not an automated estimate. The right number comes from closed Summerfield sales matched to your home.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 20, 2026 |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-08-18 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2002 (362 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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