Tavares Lake Frances Estates Unit 02
Homes for Sale in Tavares, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
This is an older, established pocket in Tavares — homes span from the early 1970s to 2020, with the middle of the pack built around 1984. At a median of roughly 1,248 square feet, these are modest-footprint homes, which means condition and updates, not size, do most of the work in setting price. The spread here is wide precisely because a renovated 1980s home and an untouched one can sit blocks apart.
With a homestead share above 77%, most of these 220 homes are owner-occupied rather than rentals, so turnover tends to be measured. We have no closings in the current window to read, which means pricing has to lean on condition and comparable history rather than a hot streak of recent sales. Sellers should expect scrutiny on updates; buyers should underwrite for the age of systems.
Tavares Lake Frances Estates Unit 02 right now
🟡 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($156K) is down 4.9% from the prior 12 months ($164K). 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: High (31 and 16 sales in the two windows).
What's unique here: the median sale price is about 58% below the typical Lake County sale ($156K vs $370K, trailing 12 months, Stellar MLS records).
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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
Tavares Lake Frances Estates Unit 02 market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $156K ($120 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 47 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 (31 closings in the current window).
Tavares Lake Frances Estates Unit 02 is a community of 448 homes in Tavares, Lake County, built between 1965 and 2021 (median 1984.0), with a median living area of about 1,234 square feet. 76% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Tavares Lake Frances Estates Unit 02 is a settled, owner-occupied neighborhood of about 220 mostly compact single-family homes in Lake County, where the age range from 1972 to 2020 tells you to judge each house on its own condition.
Who Tavares Lake Frances Estates Unit 02 is best for.
Best for
- Buyers seeking a modest-footprint home who value a settled, low-turnover street
- Renovation-minded buyers willing to update an older home to build equity through condition
- Owner-occupants planning to stay put and homestead rather than flip
Probably not for
- Buyers who need substantially more than 1,300 square feet of living space
- Anyone wanting a turnkey, current-construction home with no update work
- Investors counting on a high volume of quick resales or heavy rental inventory
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 ($156K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($164K) IS the -4.9% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 31 sales each (31 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size. Based on Stellar MLS data distributed by MLS GRID for the period %s through %s. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
The Tavares Lake Frances Estates Unit 02 buying strategy.
If we were buying in Tavares Lake Frances Estates Unit 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 Tavares Lake Frances Estates Unit 02.
An older stock where condition rules
The defining fact here is age and size: a median build year around 1984 and a median under 1,300 square feet. That combination points to homes with original or partially updated systems — roofs, HVAC, electrical, plumbing — that vary house to house. A buyer's inspection matters more than usual, and a seller who has recently updated big-ticket items has a genuine story to tell.
The high homestead share signals stability rather than churn. That can mean fewer listings at any given moment and homes that have been lived in and maintained over long stretches. It also means the occasional newer build, closer to 2020, will stand apart from the 1980s baseline and price accordingly.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Tavares Lake Frances Estates Unit 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 Tavares Lake Frances Estates Unit 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 3 factors (5.1). Basis: Recent Direction -4.9% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 76% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 89.4% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a neighborhood this condition-driven with no recent closings to anchor a price, guessing is the enemy. We pull comparable history, weigh the age of the systems in front of you, and price or offer on what the house actually is — not on a headline median. For sellers, that means positioning recent updates credibly; for buyers, it means underwriting the older stock with eyes open.
Tavares Lake Frances Estates Unit 02 in 15 seconds.
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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 (10 streets, ZIP 32778)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2014 (127 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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