Waters Edge At Hawks Crest
Homes for Sale in Winter Park, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Waters Edge At Hawks Crest is a newer-construction pocket in Winter Park, with homes built between 2019 and 2022 and a median living area just over 3,000 square feet. Price here is driven by size, recent build quality, and finish level rather than by any wide age spread — everything is roughly the same vintage. The median sits at $1,088,000, or about $325 per square foot, and with only 152 homes the community trades thin, so a single well- or poorly-presented listing can move the read.
The current posture favors prepared buyers. Prices are down 13% year over year, and the median home is going under contract in about 25 days — quick, but not frantic. For sellers that combination means condition and pricing discipline matter; the market is not handing out the numbers it did a year ago. For buyers it means there is room to negotiate on a home that has sat, but well-presented listings still move.
Waters Edge At Hawks Crest right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($1.09M) is down 13.0% from the prior 12 months ($1.25M). With about 4 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 (7 and 3 sales in the two windows).
What's unique here: the median sale price is about 3x the typical Seminole County sale ($1.09M vs $410K, trailing 12 months, Stellar MLS records).
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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
Waters Edge At Hawks Crest right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($1.09M) is down 13.0% from the prior 12 months ($1.25M). With about 4 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 (7 and 3 sales in the two windows).
What's unique here: the median sale price is about 3x the typical Seminole County sale ($1.09M vs $410K, trailing 12 months, Stellar MLS records).
Jump to: Price history & scorecard · Homes for sale · Schools · FAQ
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
Waters Edge At Hawks Crest market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $1.09M ($325 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 25 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 13% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (7 closings in the current window).
Waters Edge At Hawks Crest is a community of 152 homes in Winter Park, Seminole County, built between 2019 and 2022 (median 2020.0), with a median living area of about 3,057 square feet. 86% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
This is a compact, uniformly recent enclave in Winter Park's Seminole County side — think turnkey square footage rather than a spread of eras and price points. The high homestead share suggests most owners occupy long-term, so inventory tends to be limited.
Who Waters Edge At Hawks Crest is best for.
Best for
- Buyers with budgets around the $1,088,000 median who want move-in-ready space, not a project
- Move-up buyers seeking 3,000-plus square feet in a low-turnover Winter Park setting
- Long-hold owner-occupants who value newer construction and are comfortable riding out a soft year
Probably not for
- Bargain hunters looking for entry-level pricing well below the seven-figure median
- Buyers who want a broad range of home ages, floor plans, and price points to compare
- Short-term holds counting on quick appreciation in a market currently down year over year
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 ($1.09M) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($1.25M) IS the -13.0% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 7 sales each (7 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 Waters Edge At Hawks Crest buying strategy.
If we were buying in Waters Edge At Hawks Crest 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 Waters Edge At Hawks Crest.
A small, new-build market
With 152 homes all built within a four-year window, Waters Edge behaves differently from an established neighborhood. There is little variety in age or floor plan generation, so the value conversation is almost entirely about condition, lot, and upgrades — not about original versus renovated. Expect a spread in pricing that reflects those finishes rather than fundamentally different housing stock.
Roughly 86% of homes carry a homestead exemption, which points to a predominantly owner-occupied community and typically thinner turnover. Combined with a small overall count, that means when something you want lists, it pays to move; the next comparable home may not surface for a while.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Waters Edge At Hawks Crest. 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 Waters Edge At Hawks Crest 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 -13.0% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 86% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 95.0% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a 152-home community with only a handful of recent closings, comps are scarce and every data point carries weight. We read the actual condition and finish differences behind the median — not just the price — so buyers do not overpay in a softening year and sellers price to the 25-day reality rather than to last year's numbers.
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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 (4 streets, ZIP 32792)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2021 (26 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.
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 ($1.09M) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($1.25M) IS the -13.0% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 7 sales each (7 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.
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 (4 streets, ZIP 32792)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2021 (26 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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