Venezia South
Homes for Sale in Howey In The Hills, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Venezia South is a compact, newer subdivision in Howey In The Hills, with homes built between 2014 and 2022 and a median around 2018. Nothing here is old, so price is driven far less by vintage and far more by condition, finish level, and square footage — the median living area sits at about 2,323 sq ft, and the median works out near $195 a foot. With a median price of $405,000, the spread you see between listings comes down to how a specific home has been kept and upgraded, not the year on the permit.
The current posture is soft. Prices are down 13.8% year over year, and the market heat score of 46 points to a balanced-to-slightly-cool setting rather than a bidding-war environment. That said, the median days on market is just over 26, so well-priced, well-presented homes still move. For buyers, that combination means room to negotiate without the pressure of a frenzied market. For sellers, it means pricing to the current comps — not last year's — is the difference between a clean sale and a stale listing. Read the softness with caution: the closing window here is thin, so any single sale can swing the numbers.
Venezia South right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($405K) is down 13.8% from the prior 12 months ($470K). With about 6 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 Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 15. Confidence: Low (4 and 10 sales in the two windows).
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Updated July 15, 2026 · Live data: Stellar MLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Venezia South market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $405K ($195 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 27 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 14% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (4 closings in the current window).
Venezia South is a community of 170 homes in Howey In The Hills, Lake County, built between 2014 and 2022 (median 2018.0), with a median living area of about 2,323 square feet. 86% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Venezia South is a roughly 170-home, newer-construction community where the housing stock is uniform in age but variable in condition — and where a high homestead share (about 87%) signals a base of long-term owner-occupants rather than a churn of rentals.
Who Venezia South is best for.
Best for
- Buyers targeting newer construction around 2,300 sq ft near the $405,000 median who value low near-term maintenance
- Long-hold owner-occupants who want a stable, high-homestead community rather than a rental-heavy one
- Negotiation-minded buyers willing to lean into a balanced, slightly-cool market
Probably not for
- Sellers expecting last year's pricing in a market down 13.8% year over year
- Buyers who need a deep, active pool of recent comps to feel confident about value
- Anyone counting on rapid appreciation or a competitive, fast-moving resale market
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending July 15 of each year, from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($405K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($470K) IS the -13.8% one-year change.
Windows contain 1 to 20 sales each (4 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size, and thin markets swing on single closings. Based on Stellar MLS data distributed by MLS GRID for the period %s through %s. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
The Venezia South buying strategy.
If we were buying in Venezia South 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 Venezia South.
A newer pocket in a small-market setting
Because every home here was built within roughly an eight-year band, buyers are comparing floor plans and upkeep more than architectural eras. That makes condition the swing factor: two homes of similar size can justify meaningfully different prices based on kitchens, flooring, and outdoor space. Use the median PPSF near $195 as a sanity check, but expect real homes to land above or below it depending on how they show.
Read the data with the small sample in mind. With only four closings in the window, the median price, days on market, and year-over-year figures can move sharply on a single transaction. Treat the 13.8% year-over-year decline as a direction to investigate, not a precise mark-to-market — the underlying signal is a cooler market, and the exact percentage is less reliable than the trend it points to.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Venezia South. 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 Venezia South 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 (6.0). Basis: Recent Direction -13.8% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 86% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 95.2% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
Thin closing data is exactly where a local read earns its keep. We can walk a home against the handful of recent sales, tell you where its condition places it relative to that median PPSF, and price or offer accordingly instead of leaning on a small, noisy average. In a balanced market like this one, disciplined pricing and clear-eyed negotiation matter more than momentum.
Venezia South in 15 seconds.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 15, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (6 streets, ZIP 34737)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2016 (59 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 Stellar MLS 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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