the Tides Jacksonville
Homes for Sale in Jacksonville, FL
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The Tides is a small, tightly-defined pocket in Jacksonville: just 13 homes, all built in a narrow window between 2006 and 2009. When a community is this uniform in age and this compact, price is driven less by wide differences in square footage and more by condition and updates. With a median living area around 1,536 square feet, you are comparing homes that are broadly similar on paper, which means the kitchen, the roof, the flooring, and the mechanicals do the real work in separating one sale from the next.
For a seller, that uniformity is leverage if your home shows well and a liability if it does not, because buyers can easily anchor to a comparable unit down the street. For a buyer, the small footprint of the community means inventory is thin and turnover is limited; when something comes up, you should be ready to move and to underwrite condition carefully rather than assume every home here is equal.
The 60-Second Overview
The Tides is a compact Duval County community of 13 homes built in a short 2006-to-2009 span, so the housing stock is consistent in vintage and modest in size, with a median around 1,536 square feet.
Pre-construction details are compiled from public records, builder announcements and builder listings, and are subject to change without notice; figures are deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Momentum Research figures are our own analysis. This page describes homes, pricing and community attributes, not residents.
Who the Tides Jacksonville is best for.
Best for
- Owner-occupant buyers seeking a modestly sized primary residence and willing to wait for the right listing
- Buyers who value a consistent-vintage, low-turnover community over a large, varied inventory
- Buyers prepared to scrutinize condition and updates, since homes here are similar in size but not in shape
Probably not for
- Buyers needing to move quickly who cannot tolerate thin, sporadic inventory
- Buyers wanting significantly more than roughly 1,536 square feet of living space
- Investors seeking a rental-heavy community, given the high owner-occupancy here
The market around the Tides Jacksonville
the Tides Jacksonville is too small for its own price trend, so here is the market around it.
In ZIP 32256, 368 homes are on the market and 28% are under contract — a steady corner of Jacksonville.
Across Duval County, 3,938 homes are active and 1,658 pending (30% under contract).
ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not the Tides Jacksonville specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.
Housing distress & ownership in The Tides, Jacksonville
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.
The the Tides Jacksonville buying strategy.
If we were buying in the Tides Jacksonville 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 Tides Jacksonville.
A small, owner-held pocket
The most telling number here is the homestead share: roughly 92 percent of homes carry a homestead exemption. In practical terms, this is a primarily owner-occupied community rather than an investor or rental-heavy one, which tends to correlate with homes that are maintained for the long haul and a resale pool that turns over slowly.
That has two edges. Low turnover means limited choice and, when a home does list, less direct competition on the block at any given moment. It also means comparable sales data is naturally sparse in a community this size, so pricing leans harder on the specifics of the individual home and its updates than on a deep bench of recent closings.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in the Tides Jacksonville. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
In a 13-home community with thin turnover and few directly comparable sales, the value of local reading is high. We help buyers underwrite condition rather than assume every home of similar size is worth the same, and we help sellers position against the handful of relevant comparables instead of a generic citywide average.
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HOA, CDD & Fees
- HOA status not on record. Verify any dues before you offer
- Any club/amenity membership is billed separately
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Data sources & freshness
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-09-08 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2006 (74 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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