Windy Ridge
Homes for Sale in Grand Island, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Windy Ridge is a newer build community — the median home dates to 2019, and the full range runs from 2006 to 2021, so this is not a neighborhood with a lot of dated inventory to sort through. With 123 homes in the dataset, pricing here is going to track construction quality, lot position, and finish level more than it tracks age, since most of the stock was built within a fairly tight window.
The homestead share sits at 83.7%, which tells us most owners in Windy Ridge are living in these homes as primary residences rather than holding them as investment or seasonal property. For a buyer, that generally means less turnover pressure and less competition from bulk or rental-focused purchasers. For a seller, it means your comparable sales are mostly other owner-occupants making similar decisions, which tends to keep pricing behavior more predictable.
Who Windy Ridge is best for.
Best for
- Buyers prioritizing newer construction and lower near-term maintenance risk over community amenities
- Owner-occupant buyers comfortable in a neighborhood where most other owners also live in their homes full-time
- Buyers targeting a mid-size footprint around 1,873 square feet without wanting to manage an older, larger renovation project
Probably not for
- Buyers who want a clubhouse, pool, or other on-site amenity as part of the purchase decision
- Investors seeking a neighborhood with a high concentration of non-owner-occupied comparables
- Buyers specifically seeking pre-2006 architectural style or established, mature-tree streetscapes
The market around Windy Ridge
Windy Ridge is a small community — 9 recorded sales on file, most recently in 2025 — too few for its own price trend. Here is the market around it.
Across Lake County, 3,176 homes are active and 1,107 pending (26% under contract).
The housing mix here is 89% single family residence, 11% ?.
ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Windy Ridge specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.
The Windy Ridge buying strategy.
If we were buying in Windy Ridge 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 Windy Ridge.
What the numbers actually say
The median year built of 2019 is the headline fact here. A community this recent means fewer of the deferred-maintenance issues that show up in older Lake County neighborhoods — roofs, HVAC systems, and major systems are generally still within their original service life for most of the inventory. That matters for financing and insurance underwriting as much as it does for day-to-day livability.
Community amenities are listed as none identified from current MLS listings, which is worth noting plainly: this is not a neighborhood being marketed on clubhouse or pool access. Buyers drawn here are typically buying the home and the lot, not a shared amenity package, and that should factor into how you weigh it against nearby communities that do market amenities.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Windy Ridge. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
In a community built out over a fifteen-year window with no amenity package to anchor comparisons, pricing conversations come down to construction year, square footage, and lot specifics — details that get lost in a quick MLS scan. We track those distinctions house by house so you're negotiating from an accurate read of what's actually comparable, not a broad neighborhood average.
Windy Ridge in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
- Mandatory HOA — confirm current dues
- Any club/amenity membership is billed separately
Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.
Tools for a Windy Ridge buy.
Free calculators to pressure-test the real cost before you tour.
Selling here is won on condition and pricing to real comps, not an automated estimate. The right number comes from closed Windy Ridge sales matched to your home.
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Data sources & freshness
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (4 streets, ZIP 32735)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2010 (5 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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