Temple Terrace
Estates Homes for Sale

Temple Terrace Estates market snapshot (as of June 25, 2026): the median sale price is about $436K ($246 per sq ft), with homes averaging 60 days on market and 3.1 months of supply, a balanced market. Based on 47 recent closings in live Stellar MLS data.

Temple Terrace Estates is the historic core of the City of Temple Terrace, in Hillsborough County's 33617 ZIP, northeast of Tampa near the University of South Florida. Public sources describe a neighborhood planned in the 1920s as one of the first Mediterranean-Revival golf-course communities in the United States, incorporated as a city in 1925.

The character is the draw: public sources describe a golf course designed by the early architect Tom Bendelow, with the original 1922 clubhouse, rolling landscape, mature sand live oaks, and Hillsborough River views in places, with the golf course later listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The City of Temple Terrace is a Tree City USA with its own services.

Homes here span many vintages, from original 1920s residences and mid-century homes to renovated and rebuilt homes, so condition and the systems vary widely, and that is where value is won or lost. There is no Community Development District in a neighborhood of this age, and the Temple Terrace country club is a separate, optional membership cost.

For buyers who want historic character, mature trees, and a golf-course setting minutes from USF and Tampa, Temple Terrace Estates is a distinctive option. The work is reading the specific home's condition and systems, the lot and any river-adjacency, and the character premium honestly before you fall for the curb appeal.