Waterset Ph 3B-1
Homes for Sale in Apollo Beach, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Waterset Ph 3B-1 is a newer pocket within Apollo Beach, with homes built between 2014 and 2024 and a median build year of 2018. What sets price here is size and condition more than anything else: at a median of roughly 3,120 living square feet, these are substantial floor plans, and the median lands at $618,750, or about $215 per square foot. Expect a wide spread around that number driven by how far each home has come since delivery — upgrades, lot, and finish level do the heavy lifting.
The market posture right now favors patience over urgency. Median days on market sits near 136 — well past a month, closer to four and a half — which tells sellers that pricing to condition matters and that overreaching gets punished with time. For buyers, that same number is leverage: there is room to negotiate and little reason to rush. The closing sample is thin (six in the window), so treat any single comp with care and lean on the full picture.
The 60-Second Overview
Waterset Ph 3B-1 market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $619K ($215 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 137 days on market for closed sales.
Waterset Ph 3B-1 is a community of 335 homes in Apollo Beach, Hillsborough County, built between 2014 and 2024 (median 2018), with a median living area of about 3,120 square feet. 70% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
This is a large, relatively new section of Waterset — 335 homes, mostly built in the last decade — where roughly 70% carry a homestead exemption, pointing to a section held more by owner-occupants than short-term flippers.
Who Waterset Ph 3B-1 is best for.
Best for
- Buyers targeting a roughly 3,000-plus square-foot home with budget centered near the low $600s
- Patient buyers who want time to negotiate and won't be rushed by a fast clock
- Owner-occupants planning to hold, in a section where most homes are homesteaded
Probably not for
- Buyers who need a quick close or fear a long time on market when they resell
- Anyone seeking a small or low-maintenance footprint rather than a large floor plan
- Investors chasing rapid turnover, given the slow pace and thin trade volume
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 ($619K) IS the median in the snapshot above.
Windows contain 0 to 6 sales each (6 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 Waterset Ph 3B-1 buying strategy.
If we were buying in Waterset Ph 3B-1 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 Waterset Ph 3B-1.
Size, condition, and a slow clock
The defining trait here is scale. With a median living area around 3,120 square feet and a median year built of 2018, most of what trades is a larger, newer home rather than a starter product. That size is the reason the median sits in the low $600s, and it is also why price-per-square-foot — near $215 — is the more useful yardstick than any headline number. Two homes at the same asking price can differ meaningfully once you account for square footage and finish.
The long median days on market is the other thing to reckon with. At roughly 136 days, this is not a section where anything listed sells in a weekend. Some of that is simply the price band — larger homes take longer to place — and some of it is condition dispersion. A well-prepared, cleanly priced home can move faster than the median suggests; an overpriced one will sit. With a homestead share near 70%, turnover is comparatively measured, which reinforces the slower cadence.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Waterset Ph 3B-1. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
Thin closing data and a long selling window are exactly the conditions where a local read beats a spreadsheet. With only six closings in the window, we don't lean on a single comp — we weigh square footage, finish level, and lot to tell you where a specific home actually sits against the $215-per-square-foot median. On the sell side, we price to condition and prepare the home to shorten a market that otherwise runs past four months.
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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 33572)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2017 (23 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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