Taft
Homes for Sale in Orlando, FL
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Taft is an older, small-home market where price is driven more by condition and lot than by any consistent product type. The median home was built in 1985, but the stock runs all the way from 1910 to 2024, so what you actually pay tracks whether you are buying something recently renovated or something that needs work. A median around $344,250 on roughly 1,152 square feet, with median price per square foot near $273, tells you the smaller footprints carry a real cost per foot.
The current posture is fast-moving but softening on price. Median days on market sits at about 6.5 — homes that are priced right are trading almost immediately — yet year-over-year is down 10.6%. For sellers, that means demand is there but the number has to be honest; stale pricing gets punished. For buyers, the speed means you need financing and a plan in place before you tour, because hesitation costs you the well-priced ones.
Taft right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($344K) is down 10.6% from the prior 12 months ($385K). With about 2 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: Low (4 and 3 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
Taft right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($344K) is down 10.6% from the prior 12 months ($385K). With about 2 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: Low (4 and 3 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
Taft market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $344K ($273 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 7 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 11% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (4 closings in the current window).
Taft is a community of 739 homes in Orlando, Orange County, built between 1910 and 2024 (median 1985.0), with a median living area of about 1,152 square feet. 41% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Taft is a compact Orange County pocket inside Orlando with 739 homes and a wide age range, where the median footprint is modest and the real variable is condition rather than a uniform build era.
Who Taft is best for.
Best for
- Buyers targeting a modest footprint who are comfortable evaluating older systems and updates
- Buyers ready to move quickly with financing lined up in a fast-turning market
- Investors comfortable in a market where a large share of homes are non-homesteaded
Probably not for
- Buyers needing substantial square footage from a single home
- Buyers who want a uniform, one-vintage neighborhood with predictable pricing
- Buyers who need a slow, low-pressure timeline to decide
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 ($344K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($385K) IS the -10.6% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 6 sales each (4 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 Taft buying strategy.
If we were buying in Taft 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 Taft.
A condition-driven small-home market
With a build range spanning 1910 to 2024 and a median year built of 1985, Taft is not a single-vintage subdivision. You will find early-century houses next to recent construction, and that mix is the whole story on price: the median of $344,250 is a midpoint across very different levels of updating, not a going rate for a standard house. Read each listing on its own bones — roof, systems, and how much of the work is already done.
The homestead share sits near 41%, meaning a meaningful portion of the homes here are not owner-occupied primary residences. That matters for buyers weighing a primary purchase against the rest of the field, and it shapes how you interpret any given block. Pair that with a small median living area of about 1,152 square feet, and this reads as a market of efficient homes rather than large ones.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Taft. 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 Taft 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 (5.7). Basis: Recent Direction -10.6% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 41% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 99.5% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
A median of 6.5 days on market means the difference between winning and losing a well-priced home is your readiness, not your enthusiasm. We help you separate a fair number from an optimistic one in a market where condition varies wildly house to house, and we keep you moving fast on the right ones without overpaying into a year that is down 10.6%.
Taft in 15 seconds.
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Tools for a Taft 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 (11 streets, ZIP 32824)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2005 (35 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.
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 ($344K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($385K) IS the -10.6% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 6 sales each (4 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.
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 (11 streets, ZIP 32824)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2005 (35 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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