TAVARES GROVES AT BAYTREE PH 05
Homes for Sale in TAVARES, FL
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Market Heat
This is a fairly homogeneous pocket of homes built between 2000 and 2017, with the bulk clustered around 2014, so most of the housing stock is modern without being brand-new. With a median living area near 1,609 square feet, price here is driven less by size variation and more by condition, updates, and lot position. Expect a wide spread in outcomes between a maintained, updated home and one that needs work.
Closings have been thin in the current window, so a single sale can move perceived pricing more than it should. For sellers, that means pricing off condition and recent comps rather than headline numbers; for buyers, it means patience and a willingness to underwrite each home on its own merits rather than assuming a neighborhood-wide baseline.
TAVARES GROVES AT BAYTREE PH 05 right now
🟡 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($317K) is down 5.2% from the prior 12 months ($335K). 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 August 2. Confidence: Low (6 and 5 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
TAVARES GROVES AT BAYTREE PH 05 market snapshot (as of August 2, 2026): the median sale price is about $317K ($171 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 74 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 5% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (6 closings in the current window).
TAVARES GROVES AT BAYTREE PH 05 is a community of 369 homes in TAVARES, Lake County, built between 2000 and 2017 (median 2006), with a median living area of about 1,609 square feet. 70% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Tavares Groves At Baytree Ph 05 is a mid-sized community of roughly 210 homes in Tavares, Lake County, built largely in the 2000s and 2010s. With close to three-quarters of homes homesteaded, turnover tends to be measured rather than rapid.
Who TAVARES GROVES AT BAYTREE PH 05 is best for.
Best for
- Primary-residence buyers wanting a home built in the 2000s or 2010s without new-construction pricing
- Buyers comfortable underwriting a single home on its own condition rather than a neighborhood average
- Long-hold owners who value a largely owner-occupied, low-turnover setting
Probably not for
- Buyers needing substantially more than roughly 1,600 square feet of living space
- Shoppers who want a large, active inventory to compare on any given weekend
- Investors chasing quick turnover or a heavy rental base
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 ($317K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($335K) IS the -5.2% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 47 sales each (6 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 2014 through 2026. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
20% of homes for sale in ZIP 32778 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 TAVARES GROVES AT BAYTREE PH 05 buying strategy.
If we were buying in TAVARES GROVES AT BAYTREE PH 05 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 TAVARES GROVES AT BAYTREE PH 05.
A stable, owner-occupied pocket
The homestead share sits near 75%, which tells you most of these homes are primary residences rather than rentals or short-term holds. That generally translates to steadier maintenance and slower inventory turnover — fewer listings hit the market in a given stretch, and the ones that do can vary meaningfully in condition given the 2000-to-2017 build span.
Because the living-area median lands around 1,609 square feet with a tight build window, the homes themselves are relatively comparable on paper. The real differentiators are updates, finishes, and lot. If you are buying, that is where your leverage is; if you are selling, that is where you either capture or lose value.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in TAVARES GROVES AT BAYTREE PH 05. 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 TAVARES GROVES AT BAYTREE PH 05 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 (5.1). Basis: Recent Direction -5.2% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 70% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 90.3% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a community with light closing volume, generic pricing models fall apart fast. We price and negotiate off actual condition and the handful of relevant comps, not a broad average, and we will tell you plainly when a home is worth stretching for and when it is not.
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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 (10 streets, ZIP 32778)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-08-01 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2014 (124 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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