The Glades
Homes for Sale in Middleburg, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
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The Glades is a tightly defined pocket in Middleburg built over a short window around the turn of the millennium, and that consistency is what actually drives price here. With a median right around $385,000 and homes clustered near 2,000 square feet, what separates one closing from the next is condition, updates, and lot, not vintage — nearly every roof, system, and floor plan started life in the same few years. Price the finishes, not the fantasy.
The market posture is measured, not frantic. A heat score of 28 and a median of 22 days on market say this is a place where well-prepared listings move at a reasonable clip and buyers still have room to inspect, negotiate, and walk away. Sellers should not expect a bidding war to paper over deferred maintenance; buyers should not expect to steal anything, either. It is a fair, functional market that rewards preparation on both sides.
The Glades right now
🟡 Balanced market. 4.0 months of supply and 0% of the inventory already under contract put buyers and sellers on roughly even footing.Why it matters: months of supply is how long today's inventory would last at today's sales pace; under-contract share is the portion of homes for sale that already have a buyer.Momentum Research analysis of realMLS records, as of August 21, 2026. Confidence: Low (1 active and pending listings, 3 closed sales in 12 months).
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Updated August 21, 2026 · Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
The Glades market snapshot (as of August 21, 2026): the median sale price is about $385K ($188 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), a median 22 days on market for closed sales, and 4.0 months of supply, a balanced market.
The Glades is a community of 52 homes in Middleburg, Clay County, built between 1999 and 2003 (median 2001.0), with a median living area of about 2,006 square feet. 86% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
The Glades is a small, cohesive Clay County community of roughly 52 homes built between 1999 and 2003, where an owner-occupant share near 87% keeps turnover low and the housing stock uniform in age.
The setting & the homes.
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Who The Glades is best for.
Best for
- Owner-occupants budgeting around the mid-$380s who value a stable, established neighborhood over the newest build
- Buyers who want a single-story-era, roughly 2,000-square-foot home and are willing to pay for updated condition
- Long-hold buyers comfortable with low turnover and a small, cohesive community
Probably not for
- Buyers set on new construction or the latest floor plans and finishes
- Investors looking for high rental churn, given the very high owner-occupant share
- Shoppers who need a large menu of active listings to compare at any given time
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending August 21 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($385K) IS the median in the snapshot above.
Windows contain 0 to 4 sales each (3 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size, and thin markets swing on single closings. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
28% of homes for sale in ZIP 32068 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 (2026-08-18).
The Glades Market Scorecard
The Glades is currently a balanced market. About 4.0 months of supply, a median asking price of $368,900, and homes go under contract in about 8 days.
Go deeper: ZIP market scorecard · county scorecard · true cost calculator · affordability calculator.
Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily. Market metrics only; these describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
Housing distress & ownership in The Glades, Middleburg
Who owns here, how much is not owner-occupied, and how much for-sale inventory is under distress.
Source: Momentum Realty Research. Ownership & parcels from the FL DOR 2025 tax roll; distress from MLS active-listing status/remarks; price from MLS closed sales. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Homes For Sale Right Now in The Glades
Live MLS inventory for The Glades. Every active listing, what is under contract right now, and the last 12 months of closed sales, refreshed twice a day. Closed comps beat an algorithm's guess every time.
Active and pending The Glades listings as of 2026-08-21, priced high to low. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Tap any home to ask about it.
The Glades on the map.
Every active, pending, and recently sold home, plotted. Toggle the layers and tap a home for the details.
Listing locations from realMLS. Map data © OpenStreetMap, tiles © CARTO.
The The Glades buying strategy.
If we were buying in The Glades 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 The Glades.
A uniform-vintage pocket where condition is the whole story
When a community is built in a four-year span, the usual variables flatten out. Floor plans repeat, square footage lands in a narrow band near the 2,005-foot median, and the median price-per-foot of about $188 gives you a clean benchmark to test any given listing against. That makes The Glades unusually easy to underwrite: a home asking well above that per-foot figure had better show it in the kitchen, the roof, or the yard.
The high owner-occupant share — close to 87% homesteaded — tells you inventory is thin and held for the long term rather than churned by investors. Combined with a median near three weeks on market, that means when the right home does come up, you want your financing and inspection team ready. This is not a community where a dozen comparable listings sit waiting.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in The Glades. 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 The Glades 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 (7.0). Basis: Liquidity & Demand 4.0 months of supply; Owner Commitment 86% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 94.6% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
Because The Glades is so uniform in age and size, the real work is reading condition against that steady $385,000 median and roughly $188-per-foot baseline — spotting where a seller has earned a premium and where a price is riding on nothing but a fresh coat of paint. We price and negotiate off the actual comps in this pocket, not a broad Middleburg average, and with inventory this thin we keep clients ready to move when the right listing lands.
The Glades in 15 seconds.
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | realMLS, refreshed twice daily (last: August 21, 2026) |
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 21, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (2 streets, ZIP 32068)) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-08-18 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2007 (36 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 realMLS 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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