Westchase - The Shires
Homes for Sale in Tampa, FL

The Shires is a defined section of Westchase built out over a tight four-year window in the mid-1990s, with 190 homes and a median living area of roughly 2,245 square feet.

Stellar MLS sales records identify 5 homes in Westchase - The Shires that have changed hands since 2018, built between 1995 and 1996 (median 1995), with a median living area of about 1,999 sq ft and a typical 4-bedroom, 2-bath layout; 100% are single-family homes. Source: Stellar MLS closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community.

Pre-construction details are compiled from public records, builder announcements and builder listings, and are subject to change without notice; figures are deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Momentum Research figures are our own analysis. This page describes homes, pricing and community attributes, not residents.

Westchase - The Shires is too small for its own price trend, so here is the market around it.

In ZIP 33626, 141 homes are on the market and 26% are under contract — a steady corner of Tampa.

Across Hillsborough County, 6,274 homes are active and 1,939 pending (24% under contract).

In ZIP 33626 (Tampa), 480 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $666K ($306/sq ft), down 4.2% year over year, with a median 24 days on market. Right now 31 active and 18 pending listings put supply at about 4.4 months — a balanced market. See the live ZIP 33626 housing market and the Hillsborough County market.

ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Westchase - The Shires specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.

Because every home in The Shires was built within the same few years, the housing stock reads more like a single product line than a mixed-vintage neighborhood. That works in a buyer's favor for comparing homes apples-to-apples on layout and structural age, but it also means age-related maintenance items — roofs, HVAC, water heaters — tend to come due around the same calendar window across the section rather than being staggered.

Current MLS listings for this section do not itemize community amenities, so anything attached to a Westchase master association — pools, courts, common areas — needs to be confirmed directly through HOA documents rather than assumed from the listing data. Do not take silence on amenities as evidence there are none; treat it as a research item, not a settled fact.

In a single-era section like The Shires, the real diligence is in the details MLS data does not show — which homes have had major systems replaced, what the HOA actually covers, and how a specific floor plan compares to others built in the same window. We walk that ground rather than relying on the listing sheet.

Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.