Lake Forest is a neighborhood in north Leesburg, in the 34748 zip code, built mostly in the 1950s. Homes are block and brick, predominantly single story. Most homes fall between about 1,400 and 2,600 square feet under air, and the median lot is roughly a quarter acre.
Most of Lake Forest carries no mandatory HOA.
What the homes are
Built Mostly built in the 1950s, with homes from 1953 to 1967.
Construction Block and brick. Shingle roofs are near universal.
Size Most homes fall between about 1,400 and 2,600 square feet under air.
Bedrooms Three bedrooms is the most common plan, then four, then two.
Lot The median lot is roughly a quarter acre.
HOA Most of the neighborhood carries no mandatory HOA. Confirm on a specific parcel before relying on it.
Where Lake Forest is
Lake Forest, centered at 28.823774, -81.878245. Drag to explore.Street level, inside the neighborhood. Drag to look around.
Drive times below are measured on the road network from the center of Lake Forest, not straight-line distance, in free-flowing traffic. Treat them as the floor rather than the school-run average.
Nearest is not the same as zoned. The schools above are the closest ones to Lake Forest by distance. School attendance zones are set by the district, change from year to year, and can differ street to street inside one neighborhood. Confirm the assignment for a specific address with Lake County Public Schools before it matters to a decision.
Places and drive times from Google, checked 14 September 2026. Businesses open and close; if something here has changed, tell me and I will correct it.
This page tracks what homes in Lake Forest actually sold for over the last twelve months, how long they took, and what moved the price. It is built from 1 verified closed sales in the Stellar MLS feed, not from public estimates. Every figure is a net-of-concessions number, which is explained at the bottom. Updated September 2026.
Read this one loosely. Fewer than eight homes closed here in the last year, so every median on this page rests on a small sample and can swing on a single sale.
What homes sold for in Lake Forest
$337,500Median sale price
$129Median per square foot
58 daysMedian days to contract
1Homes sold in 12 months
Sale prices ran from $337,500 to $337,500, which is a wide spread and the reason a single neighborhood median is a starting point rather than an answer.
Seller concessions
100%Of sales included a seller credit
$500Typical credit when there was one
1 of 1Sales carrying a credit
A seller credit covers part of the buyer's closing costs and comes off the seller's proceeds, so the headline sale price overstates what the seller kept. Budget for it if you are selling, and ask for it if you are buying.
How buyers paid
Conventional 1 sales100%
Cash was 0% of purchases. A high cash share means a seller has buyers who do not depend on an appraisal, and a buyer using a loan is competing against offers that can close faster.
Questions about a specific home in Lake Forest, or want to know what yours would sell for? Call or text Brenden Rendo at 407-616-9019 or send a message.
About this data. Source is the Stellar MLS feed for Lake Forest in Leesburg, Lake County, covering closed sales from 19 September 2025 through 14 September 2026, refreshed monthly and current as of September 2026. Prices are net of seller concessions, so they reflect what the seller actually received rather than the headline number. Data believed accurate but not guaranteed; listings and closings change daily.
