88 Tampa Bay Luxury Homes Sold From January to April 2012

Published by nora | Filed under Buyer / Seller Tips, Market Trends, Real Estate

A total of 88 Tampa Bay luxury homes were sold over the four-month period from January to April 2012, based on records from the Florida MLS system.

The most expensive home was sold for $6.2 million and the least-priced home was sold for $1 million. The most unique sales prices were $1,000,001 and $1,700,005, with the ending digits probably chosen to post more interesting purchase numbers on the records. The mean sales price was $1,340,750.

What we can observe from these million-dollar homes sold are the following:
1. Most had private pools. Only 14 had none. Seven others had access to community pools and another seven had both private and community pools.

2. The number of bedrooms range from 3 to 10, with the most number of homes having four and five bedrooms. Thirty-two had 4 bedrooms and another 32 had five bedrooms. Only one property had 10 bedrooms — the one in Dunedin — and only one had 8 bedrooms — the one in Sanctuary on Livingston in Lutz.

2. Total heated living area ranges from 2,048 to 17,145 square feet, which is the total heated area of the most expensive property sold. The other largest properties sold had total heated areas of 9,254; 9,143; 8,748; 8,660; 8,276; and 8,147 square meters.

3. Most of these million-dollar Tampa Bay homes are located on water or near water, specifically the Gulf of Mexico. Clearwater was the runaway winner, as ten homes worth a total of $16,810,000 were sold over the four-month period. Clearwater is a city in Pinellas County, situated on Florida’s west coast, on the Gulf of Mexico. It’s known for its white-sand beaches, man-made and natural attractions and its rich heritage.

These are the zip codes that had the most number of Tampa Bay luxury homes sold and highest dollar sales volumes over the four-month period from January to April 2012:

Zip	Units	Total
Codes	Sold	Dollar Sales	Community/City

33767	10	$16,810,000	Clearwater
33708	7	11,267,505	Redington Shores/Redington Beach
33756	4	10,350,000	Belleair
33704	7	9,992,500	Snell Isle, St. Petersburg
33701	6	8,756,500	Bay Shore/Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg
33606	6	8,705,000	Davis Islands
33785	5	8,154,000	Indian Rocks Beach
33629	5	7,599,001	Belmar Shore/Bayview, Tampa
33613	5	7,445,000	De Avila, Tampa
33609	6	6,985,500	Beach Park
33706	4	5,734,000	St. Pete Beach
33715	3	5,272,500	Tierra Verde
33602	4	4,940,000	Downtown Tampa
33556	2	3,253,800	Odessa
34698	2	3,250,000	Dunedin
33647	2	2,600,000	New Tampa
33761	1	1,300,000	Woodsong, Clearwater
33634	1	1,200,000	Pelican Island, Tampa
33702	1	1,190,000	Brightwaters, St. Petersburg
34685	1	1,150,000	Palm Harbor
33572	1	1,100,000	Apollo Beach
33707	1	1,055,000	Gulfport
33527	1	1,025,000	Dover
33559	1	1,010,000	Lutz