Sun Haven Homes Unit 3
Homes for Sale in St Petersburg, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Sun Haven Homes Unit 3 is a large, older St Petersburg pocket — 1,253 homes with a median build year of 1958 and stock spanning 1924 to 2024. With a median around 1,248 square feet, this is a market of compact, mostly mid-century houses, and that means condition and updates drive price far more than any headline number. A renovated home and a tired original on the same street can sell worlds apart, so treat the median as a starting reference, not a comp.
About 71% of homes here carry a homestead exemption, which points to a base of longer-term ownership rather than heavy investor churn. For a buyer, that tends to mean fewer flip-quality listings and more variation in how homes have been maintained. For a seller, the wide age range and small footprints reward honest pricing to condition — the updated houses set the pace, and everything else is measured against them.
Sun Haven Homes Unit 3 right now
🟢 Still climbing. The trailing-12-month median ($402K) is up 8.2% from the prior 12 months ($372K). With about a dozen 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 Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 15. Confidence: Medium (10 and 17 sales in the two windows).
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Updated July 15, 2026 · Live data: Stellar MLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Sun Haven Homes Unit 3 market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $402K ($307 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 5 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is up 8% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (10 closings in the current window).
Sun Haven Homes Unit 3 is a community of 3,482 homes in St Petersburg, Pinellas County, built between 1924 and 2024 (median 1959.0), with a median living area of about 1,338 square feet. 71% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
This is a sizable, established St Petersburg neighborhood of predominantly compact mid-century homes, with a long build range that lets newer construction sit alongside houses approaching a century old.
Who Sun Haven Homes Unit 3 is best for.
Best for
- Buyers comfortable with a compact floor plan who prioritize location over size
- Renovation-minded buyers ready to add value to an older home
- Long-horizon owners drawn to an established, high-homestead neighborhood
Probably not for
- Buyers needing significantly more than roughly 1,250 square feet
- Anyone wanting a strictly turnkey home with zero deferred maintenance
- Investors hunting a high-volume flip market rather than owner-occupied stock
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending July 15 of each year, from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($402K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($372K) IS the +8.2% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 25 sales each (10 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size, and thin markets swing on single closings. Based on Stellar MLS data distributed by MLS GRID for the period %s through %s. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
The Sun Haven Homes Unit 3 buying strategy.
If we were buying in Sun Haven Homes Unit 3 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 Sun Haven Homes Unit 3.
Why condition writes the price
The 1924-to-2024 build span is the story here. A median year of 1958 tells you the core of the neighborhood is mid-century, but the tails matter: there are prewar homes and brand-new builds under the same subdivision name. That spread creates a genuinely wide range in systems, roofs, and finishes, and price follows those realities more than location alone.
At roughly 1,248 square feet median, floor plans run small by modern standards, so the biggest value swings come from what an owner has done to the home — updated kitchens and baths, newer roof and mechanicals, or a thoughtful addition. Buyers should budget for inspection findings on the older stock; sellers should document every upgrade, because it is the clearest way to separate a home from the median.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Sun Haven Homes Unit 3. 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 Sun Haven Homes Unit 3 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 (8.1). Basis: Recent Direction +8.2% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 71% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 98.8% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a neighborhood this varied, a single median can mislead you in both directions. We read each home on its own terms — age, footprint, and what has actually been updated — and price or negotiate against comparable condition rather than a blended average. That is the difference between paying for a renovation you are not getting and overlooking a well-kept house that quietly earns its number.
Sun Haven Homes Unit 3 in 15 seconds.
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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 Sun Haven Homes Unit 3 buy.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 15, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (13 streets, ZIP 33709/33710)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2004 (168 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 Stellar MLS 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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