Tropical Shores Manor
Homes for Sale in Tavares, FL

Tropical Shores Manor is a small, established pocket of 127 homes in Tavares, Lake County, spanning decades of construction from postwar builds through recent infill. The high homestead share — about two-thirds of homes — points to a stable, owner-occupied core rather than an investor churn.

Stellar MLS sales records identify 37 homes in Tropical Shores Manor that have changed hands since 2009, built between 1957 and 2006 (median 1974), with a median living area of about 1,256 sq ft and a typical 3-bedroom, 2-bath layout; 100% are single-family homes. Source: Stellar MLS closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community.

County records show 6 qualified sales in Tropical Shores Manor across 2024–2025 (5 in 2024, 1 in 2025), median $403,000 — the last recorded sale per parcel on the Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll, independent of the MLS.

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.

Tropical Shores Manor is too small for its own price trend, so here is the market around it.

In ZIP 32778, 343 homes are on the market and 18% are under contract — a slower corner of Tavares.

Across Lake County, 3,234 homes are active and 1,077 pending (25% under contract).

In ZIP 32778 (Tavares), 713 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $330K ($183/sq ft), down 4.9% year over year, with a median 69 days on market. Right now 131 active and 35 pending listings put supply at about 4.4 months — a balanced market. See the live ZIP 32778 housing market and the Lake County market.

ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Tropical Shores Manor specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.

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Zoned schools reflect the assignments reported on recent Tropical Shores Manor listings and can change; always confirm with Lake County Public Schools for a specific address.

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The defining trait here is age spread. A median year built of 1971 sits inside a range that opens in 1945 and runs to 2021, which tells you the community has been filled in over time rather than dropped in all at once. Practically, that means varied lot layouts, varied systems, and varied levels of renovation from one street to the next.

The homestead share — roughly 66% — is meaningful. It signals a neighborhood held largely by owner-occupants, which tends to correlate with maintained homes and slower turnover. Combined with the compact median size near 1,290 square feet, this reads as a right-sized, established community rather than a build-out playground.

In a pocket where condition sets price and the housing stock ranges across seven-plus decades, the value is in reading each home correctly. We walk the systems, weigh the updates that actually move a number, and price against real condition rather than a blanket per-foot assumption. That discipline matters more here than in a uniform subdivision.

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