Waterset Ph 5A-1
Homes for Sale in Apollo Beach, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Price here tracks square footage and condition more than anything else. This is a newer section of Waterset, built out between 2015 and 2024 with a median vintage of 2020, and the typical home runs about 2,900 square feet at a median of $506,500, or roughly $216 per foot. When you see spread in asking prices, read it as differences in finish level, lot, and upkeep rather than a difference in fundamental product.
The current posture favors a patient buyer. Homes are taking a median of 60 days to sell, and the median closing price is down 17.4% year over year across the last 12 closings — a meaningful reset. Sellers who price to today's comps and present the home well are still transacting; those anchored to last year's numbers are the ones sitting. Buyers have room to be selective and to negotiate on condition.
Waterset Ph 5A-1 right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($506K) is down 17.4% from the prior 12 months ($613K). With about a dozen 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: Medium (12 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
Waterset Ph 5A-1 right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($506K) is down 17.4% from the prior 12 months ($613K). With about a dozen 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: Medium (12 and 10 sales in the two windows).
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
Waterset Ph 5A-1 market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $506K ($216 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 60 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 17% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (12 closings in the current window).
Waterset Ph 5A-1 is a community of 417 homes in Apollo Beach, Hillsborough County, built between 2015 and 2024 (median 2020), with a median living area of about 2,900 square feet. 74% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Waterset Ph 5A-1 is a newer, mostly built-out pocket of the larger Waterset community in Apollo Beach, weighted toward roomy homes around 2,900 square feet from the 2015–2024 era. With a homestead share near 74%, this reads as a lived-in, owner-occupied section rather than an investor-heavy one.
Who Waterset Ph 5A-1 is best for.
Best for
- Buyers targeting a newer home around 2,900 square feet near the mid-$500s who value clean comps
- Long-horizon owners who can sit through a soft patch rather than needing to resell soon
- Value-focused buyers willing to negotiate on condition while days-on-market sits near 60
Probably not for
- Buyers who need to resell within a short window and can't absorb further price movement
- Anyone expecting a fast, above-ask transaction in a market that's currently down year over year
- Buyers seeking a small or budget-entry footprint, since homes here skew larger
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 ($506K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($613K) IS the -17.4% one-year change.
Windows contain 1 to 18 sales each (12 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 5A-1 buying strategy.
If we were buying in Waterset Ph 5A-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 5A-1.
A newer section in a softening market
With 417 homes and a median build year of 2020, the housing stock here is consistent — square-footage, layouts, and age don't vary as wildly as they do in older, patchwork neighborhoods. That consistency makes comps cleaner and makes condition the real differentiator. Two homes of similar size can justify different numbers based purely on updates, wear, and lot position.
The 17.4% year-over-year decline in the median is the headline fact, and it deserves a clear-eyed read: this is a correction off recent highs, measured across a modest 12-closing window, so individual sales carry weight. A 60-day median days-on-market tells you deals are getting done but not quickly. For a seller that means realistic pricing and strong presentation; for a buyer it means time to inspect, compare, and hold your number.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Waterset Ph 5A-1. 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 Waterset Ph 5A-1 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 (5.4). Basis: Recent Direction -17.4% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 74% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 95.9% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a section this uniform, the money is made or lost on reading condition against the comps — and in a market down 17.4% year over year, mispricing in either direction is expensive. We help sellers set a number the current data supports, and we help buyers separate a genuinely well-kept home from one that just looks the part. That is where local, comp-level judgment earns its keep.
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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 (2 streets, ZIP 33572)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2021 (51 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 ($506K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($613K) IS the -17.4% one-year change.
Windows contain 1 to 18 sales each (12 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 (2 streets, ZIP 33572)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2021 (51 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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