Sunset Hills Add 02
Homes for Sale in TARPON SPRINGS, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Sunset Hills Add 02 spans well over a century of construction, from homes built in 1901 through new construction as recent as 2024. That range is the single biggest price driver here: two homes on the same street can differ enormously in age, systems, and finish level, and the median year built of 1976 only tells you where the middle of that spread sits, not what any one listing will look like. Condition and renovation history matter more than location within the community.
With no community amenities identified from current MLS listings, this is not a place buyers pay for a clubhouse or pool network — it's a straight real estate play on the home, the lot, and the block. A high homestead share (72.4%) suggests most owners here are living in the property as a primary residence rather than holding it as a rental or second home, which tends to support steadier turnover and better-kept housing stock over time, though it also means fewer investor-driven price concessions.
Sunset Hills Add 02 right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($470K) is down 29.4% from the prior 12 months ($665K) and up 157% since 2012. With about 6 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 August 2. Confidence: Low (14 and 3 sales in the two windows).
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Updated August 2, 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
Sunset Hills Add 02 market snapshot (as of August 2, 2026): the median sale price is about $470K ($234 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 56 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 29% from the prior 12 months and up 157% since 2012, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (14 closings in the current window).
Sunset Hills Add 02 is a community of 1,426 homes in TARPON SPRINGS, Pinellas County, built between 1901 and 2024 (median 1975.0), with a median living area of about 2,066 square feet. 71% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
A 447-home Tarpon Springs neighborhood in Pinellas County built out across more than a century, with a median home size of 2,183 square feet and no formal amenity package — value here comes from the house itself, not shared infrastructure.
Who Sunset Hills Add 02 is best for.
Best for
- Buyers comfortable evaluating a home on its individual condition and update history rather than a community-wide standard.
- Buyers who want a Pinellas County location without paying for shared amenities they won't use.
- Buyers targeting a mid-size home footprint near the 2,183 sq ft median in an established, non-rental-heavy area.
Probably not for
- Buyers who want amenity-backed community infrastructure like a pool, clubhouse, or planned recreation.
- Buyers who prefer a single-era subdivision where every home shares roughly the same age and systems.
- Buyers unwilling to budget for condition-driven variance between an early-1900s home and recent construction on the same block.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending August 2 of each year, from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($470K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($665K) IS the -29.4% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 17 sales each (14 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 2004 through 2026. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
22% of homes for sale in ZIP 34689 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 (2026-08-01).
The Sunset Hills Add 02 buying strategy.
If we were buying in Sunset Hills Add 02 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 Hills Add 02.
A neighborhood built in layers, not phases
Most planned communities get built in a handful of years and age together. Sunset Hills Add 02 didn't — construction here stretches from 1901 to 2024, meaning early 20th-century homes sit within blocks of recent builds. The median year built of 1976 places the typical home in a mid-century construction era, but that median masks real variety: pre-war original-lot homes, mid-century ranches, and newer infill are all part of the same 447-home footprint.
That layering means due diligence has to happen at the individual-home level. Roof age, electrical and plumbing updates, and renovation history will vary far more than they would in a subdivision built in a five-year window. At a median 2,183 square feet, homes here run to a reasonably sized footprint, but square footage alone won't tell you what you're buying — the build era does.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Sunset Hills Add 02. 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 Sunset Hills Add 02 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 4 factors (5.1). Basis: Long-Term Appreciation +157% since 2012; Recent Direction -29.4% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 71% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 91.2% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a community with this much construction-era spread and no amenity baseline to anchor comparisons, pricing a home correctly means reading individual condition and update history against the right set of comparable sales — not leaning on a community-wide number that doesn't exist. That's the kind of block-by-block read Momentum does for Tarpon Springs and the surrounding Pinellas County market.
Sunset Hills Add 02 in 15 seconds.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 2, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (20 streets, ZIP 34689/34698)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-08-01 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2004 (114 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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