Tavares Mobile Home Estates
Homes for Sale in Tavares, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Price here is driven by condition and age, not square footage alone. With a median build year of 1970 and stock stretching from 1920 all the way to 2024, two homes at the same $120,000 median can be very different purchases — one a dated original, one a recent replacement. The median around $124.75 per square foot and a compact 960-square-foot median tell you this is a small-footprint market where updates and mechanicals matter more than room count.
The posture right now favors a patient buyer. A median of 104 days on market is slow, and prices are down 14.3% year over year, so sellers should expect to compete on condition and pricing rather than wait for a bid. Buyers have room to negotiate and time to inspect. Note the shallow closings window — only three recent closings — so treat the median as a directional read, not a precise gauge.
Tavares Mobile Home Estates right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($120K) is down 14.3% from the prior 12 months ($140K). With about 3 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 (3 and 7 sales in the two windows).
What's unique here: the median sale price is about 68% below the typical Lake County sale ($120K 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 Mobile Home Estates market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $120K ($125 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 104 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 14% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (3 closings in the current window).
Tavares Mobile Home Estates is a community of 199 homes in Tavares, Lake County, built between 1920 and 2024 (median 1971), with a median living area of about 950 square feet. 46% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Tavares Mobile Home Estates is a small-footprint community in Lake County where the spread between a 1920s-era structure and a 2024 build is wide; the median masks a lot of variation, so condition is the whole story.
Who Tavares Mobile Home Estates is best for.
Best for
- Buyers with a modest budget who want a compact home and are prepared to inspect age and systems closely
- Patient buyers who can use a slow, negotiable market to their advantage
- Buyers comfortable evaluating a wide age range and pricing strictly on condition
Probably not for
- Buyers who need quick liquidity or a fast resale
- Buyers wanting larger square footage or newer-only construction without exception
- Buyers who want to price off a clean median and skip a thorough condition review
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 ($120K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($140K) IS the -14.3% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 7 sales each (3 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 Tavares Mobile Home Estates buying strategy.
If we were buying in Tavares Mobile Home Estates 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 Mobile Home Estates.
Reading a market where condition is everything
With 161 homes and a build range that spans more than a century, this is not a place to shop by the median alone. The median year built of 1970 and a median living area near 960 square feet point to modest, older stock, but the presence of homes as new as 2024 means age and updates account for most of the price you'll pay. Verify the structure, the age of the roof and systems, and any recent replacement before anchoring to a number.
The market signals reinforce caution and opportunity in equal measure. Days on market at 104 is long, and the 14.3% year-over-year decline means momentum is with buyers. A homestead share of roughly 47% tells you a little under half of these homes carry a homestead exemption — a useful clue about owner-occupancy versus other holding patterns, and worth confirming parcel by parcel.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Tavares Mobile Home Estates. 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 Mobile Home Estates 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 (2.3). Basis: Recent Direction -14.3% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 46% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 80.7% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a market this condition-driven and this thinly traded, the median tells you almost nothing on its own. We walk the actual structure, pull the parcel and homestead status, and price against comparable age and condition rather than a headline figure — so you don't overpay on a slow-moving listing or underprice a genuinely updated one.
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HOA, CDD & Fees
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- 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.
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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 (13 streets, ZIP 32778)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2007 (38 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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