Sunset Beach Unit 5
Homes for Sale in Treasure Island, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Sunset Beach Unit 5 is a barrier-island pocket of Treasure Island where the housing stock itself does the talking. A build range stretching from 1901 to 2024, with a median year built of 1957, means the 401 homes here span original beach cottages, mid-century construction, and full teardown-rebuilds sitting side by side. That spread is the single biggest driver of price dispersion in this community — condition and vintage matter more than location within the unit, since almost every lot has comparable beach proximity.
With roughly a third of homes carrying a homestead exemption, a clear majority of this inventory turns over as non-primary or investment property, which keeps more of the market in play at any given time than you would see in a typical exemption-heavy suburb. No community amenities are identified from current MLS listings, so buyers should not assume a clubhouse, pool, or HOA-run rec structure comes with the deed — verify anything of that kind lot-by-lot rather than assuming it applies unit-wide.
Who Sunset Beach Unit 5 is best for.
Best for
- Buyers prioritizing a specific home's build quality and condition over a shared amenity package
- Investment-minded buyers comfortable with a market where non-homestead ownership is common
- Buyers wanting flexibility to choose between an original-era structure and a recently rebuilt home on the same street
Probably not for
- Buyers who want a managed community with on-site recreational amenities
- Buyers uncomfortable evaluating condition and system age on a home-by-home basis
- Buyers seeking a uniform build era rather than a century-wide mix of construction
The market around Sunset Beach Unit 5
Sunset Beach Unit 5 is a small community — 13 recorded sales on file, most recently in 2014 — too few for its own price trend. Here is the market around it.
Across Pinellas County, 6,909 homes are active and 1,852 pending (21% under contract).
Homes here are single family residence.
ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Sunset Beach Unit 5 specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.
The Sunset Beach Unit 5 buying strategy.
If we were buying in Sunset Beach Unit 5 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 Sunset Beach Unit 5.
A century of building on one barrier island
The 1901-to-2024 build range is the defining fact of this community. It means a buyer touring Sunset Beach Unit 5 will see everything from a century-plus original structure to a home finished in the last two years, often on adjacent lots. The median year built of 1957 puts the typical home at mid-century vintage, which usually means original systems have been through at least one full replacement cycle by now — worth confirming on any specific listing before assuming otherwise.
At a median living area of 2,142 square feet, homes here run larger than a typical beach bungalow, suggesting this unit has seen its share of additions and rebuilds over the decades rather than staying frozen at original footprint. Combined with the homestead share sitting near a third, the picture is a market with meaningful investment and second-home turnover, and with no listed community amenities, whatever draws a buyer here is the home and the island setting itself, not a shared recreation package.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Sunset Beach Unit 5. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
In a unit spanning more than a century of construction with no amenity package to standardize expectations, the diligence is entirely in the individual home — age of systems, permit history on any rebuild, and how a given lot's condition stacks against the median. We walk that comparison line by line rather than pricing off unit-wide averages.
Sunset Beach Unit 5 in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
- Mandatory HOA — confirm current dues
- 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.
Tools for a Sunset Beach Unit 5 buy.
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Data sources & freshness
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (2 streets, ZIP 33706)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2014 (5 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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