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Zellwood is a small unincorporated community northwest of Apopka on US 441, and its housing market is really one kind of home. Nearly nine in ten homes sold here in the last twelve months were manufactured or mobile homes, …

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Mascotte is the next town west of Groveland on State Road 50, and in the sales data it is Groveland's smaller twin. Nearly half of the homes sold here in the last twelve months were brand new and six …

By Brenden Rendo, Realtor · Updated October 21, 2026

A post on r/orlando titled "You shouldn't need a roommate to afford a one bedroom apartment" picked up 941 upvotes and 352 comments after it went up on September 21, 2026, and it is still the loudest housing thread …

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Montverde is a small lakeside town that happens to contain one of Central Florida's most expensive gated communities, and in the sales data the community has become the town. Half of all homes sold in the Montverde zip in …

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Orange City is where west Volusia's starter house still sells quickly at a lower price. An older house without an association closed here at about $275,000 and went under contract in under a month, the least expensive and the …

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Umatilla is a small town at the edge of the Ocala National Forest that is turning into a new-construction market. Close to half of the homes sold here in the last twelve months were brand new, and half were …

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Paisley is where Lake County's land and lake lots are still cheap, and the reason is what sits on them. Close to six in ten homes sold here in the last twelve months were manufactured or mobile homes, against …

Grand Island sits between Lake Yale and Lake Eustis, and the name suggests lake living. The market says otherwise. None of the homes sold here in the last twelve months was on the water, against dozens in Eustis and more than a hundred in Leesburg. What Grand Island sells instead …

By Brenden Rendo, Realtor · Updated October 16, 2026

Every few months somebody forwards me a chart showing Winter Park home values climbing and asks whether their 1962 ranch off Lakemont has been quietly minting money. It is a fair question, and the honest answer took a full …