Twin Lakes
Homes for Sale in St. Augustine, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Twin Lakes is pricing at a median of $370,000, or $217.45 per square foot, and that per-square-foot number is really the story here: it tells you value in this community is being set home-by-home, on condition and finish, rather than by a uniform amenity package or a single dominant floor plan. With no community amenities identified in current MLS listings, buyers are paying for the house and the lot, not a lifestyle add-on, which keeps pricing honest but also means comps can swing more than in a heavily amenitized community.
The current posture favors patience on both sides. A median of 53.5 days on market and a market heat score of 45 point to a market that is not rushing anyone into a decision. That said, this window closed on only four transactions, so treat any single data point here as directional, not gospel, and lean on a broker who is watching the live inventory, not just the trailing average.
Twin Lakes right now
🟡 Still climbing. The trailing-12-month median ($355K) is up 1.4% from the prior 12 months ($350K) and up 122% since 2012. With about 5 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 realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 17. Confidence: Low (6 and 4 sales in the two windows).
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Updated August 17, 2026 · Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Twin Lakes market snapshot (as of August 17, 2026): the median sale price is about $355K ($223 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 37 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is up 1% from the prior 12 months and up 122% since 2012, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (6 closings in the current window).
Twin Lakes sits in St. Augustine, St. Johns County, and its recent trading has been thin enough that pricing here rewards a buyer or seller who reads the comps carefully rather than one who trusts a single headline number.
Who Twin Lakes is best for.
Best for
- A buyer looking for St. Johns County value at a $370,000 median without paying a premium for amenities.
- A seller with a home in strong, updated condition who wants that difference reflected in price rather than averaged away.
- A buyer or seller who plans to work closely with an agent on real-time comps given the thin closings volume.
Probably not for
- A buyer who wants a resort-style or heavily amenitized community as part of the purchase.
- A seller who needs a fast, high-heat sale cycle rather than a roughly 53.5-day median timeline.
- Anyone trying to draw firm conclusions from this window's small four-closing sample alone.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending August 17 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($355K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($350K) IS the +1.4% one-year change.
Windows contain 2 to 20 sales each (6 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.
The real cost & risk here
Before the list price, the Florida math the portals skip. These are St. Johns County typicals — your exact home, flood zone, and insurance quote will vary, so verify each before you offer.
Check it for your address: look up your flood zone (FEMA) · insurance by county · true-cost calculator · St. Johns County scorecard.
County typicals from Momentum’s Florida housing data (Zillow & Realtor.com aggregates, Census, FRED), updated monthly; insurance modeled. Flood zone is property-specific — always confirm via FEMA.
29% of homes for sale in ZIP 32084 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 (2026-08-14).
Schools
- St. Johns County Public Schools
- Verify the zoned schools by address
- Magnet and choice options may be available
- St. Augustine High School (St. Johns County School District, verify by address)FLDOE grade A · High
- R.J. Murray Middle School (verify by address)FLDOE grade A · Middle
- James A. Webster Elementary School (verify by address)FLDOE grade C · Elementary
Grades are official Florida Department of Education school grades for 2025-26. Assignments are reported as of the 2025-26 year and can change; always confirm with St. Johns County Public Schools for a specific address.
Buying with schools in mind? We can confirm the exact zoned schools for any Twin Lakes address.
The Twin Lakes buying strategy.
If we were buying in Twin Lakes 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 Twin Lakes.
A market moved by condition, not amenities
At $217.45 per square foot on a $370,000 median, Twin Lakes is a community where the spread between the best-kept and most dated home on the market can be significant, because there is no shared amenity package in current listings pulling every price toward a common baseline. That puts more weight on how a specific home shows and how it is priced relative to its own condition, not the neighborhood average.
Zoom out and the longer-run numbers are the more compelling part of the story: prices here are up 131% since 2012, and the most recent year-over-year read still shows 5.6% appreciation. Layer that against a 53.5-day median time on market and a market heat score of 45, and the picture is a community that has appreciated meaningfully over time while its day-to-day pace has settled into something closer to measured than frantic. With only four closings in this window, though, that near-term read should be confirmed against live inventory before anyone anchors to it.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Twin Lakes. 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 Twin Lakes 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 (7.5). Basis: Long-Term Appreciation +122% since 2012; Recent Direction +1.4% year-over-year; Pricing Power 97.4% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a community trading on condition rather than a common amenity list, and with a closings sample as thin as four transactions in this window, the median and per-square-foot figures only tell part of the story. Momentum's agents pull the live St. Johns County listings behind those numbers, so a buyer or seller in Twin Lakes is pricing against what is actually on the market right now, not just a lagging average.
Twin Lakes in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
- Mandatory HOA — confirm current dues
- 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.
Tools for a Twin Lakes buy.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 17, 2026 |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Schools | 2025-26 district assignments + FLDOE school grades; verify with the district |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2008 (144 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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