Lake Frances Estates is a neighborhood in Tavares, in the 32778 zip code, built mostly in the 1980s. Homes are vinyl siding and wood frame, predominantly single story. Most homes fall between about 1,000 and 1,600 square feet under air, and the median lot is roughly a fifth of an acre.
Homes here carry an HOA, billed monthly, typically around $40. Confirm the figure on a specific parcel before relying on it.
What the homes are
Built Mostly built in the 1980s, with homes from 1971 to 2021.
Construction Vinyl siding and wood frame. Metal roofs are near universal.
Size Most homes fall between about 1,000 and 1,600 square feet under air.
Bedrooms Two bedrooms is the most common plan.
Lot The median lot is roughly a fifth of an acre.
HOA Billed monthly, typically around $40. Confirm on a specific parcel before relying on it.
Where Lake Frances Estates is
Lake Frances Estates, centered at 28.814003, -81.720862. 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 Frances Estates, not straight-line distance, in free-flowing traffic. Treat them as the floor rather than the school-run average.
Driving to
Time
Miles
Downtown Orlando
52 min
39.5
Walt Disney World
57 min
50.0
AdventHealth Waterman
5 min
1.9
Downtown Mount Dora
13 min
6.3
Public schools nearby
Tavares Elementary School 4 min, 0.9 mi
Tavares High School 3 min, 0.9 mi
Eustis Heights Elementary School 10 min, 3.8 mi
Triangle Elementary School 9 min, 4.5 mi
Private schools nearby
Liberty Christian Preparatory School 8 min, 2.9 mi
Pinecrest Academy Tavares 6 min, 2.1 mi
Life Changing Christian Academy 9 min, 3.6 mi
Parks and recreation
Aesops Park 4 min, 1.2 mi
Wooton Park 4 min, 1.1 mi
Tavares Ecological Park 5 min, 1.5 mi
Tavares Park 6 min, 1.8 mi
Groceries and errands
Village Market Place of Tavares Shopping Center 3 min, 0.7 mi
Publix Super Market at Eustis Village 6 min, 2.1 mi
Nearest is not the same as zoned. The schools above are the closest ones to Lake Frances Estates 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 12 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 Frances Estates actually sold for over the last twelve months, how long they took, and what moved the price. It is built from 44 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.
What homes sold for in Lake Frances Estates
$152,254Median sale price
$127Median per square foot
58 daysMedian days to contract
44Homes sold in 12 months
Sale prices ran from $55,000 to $315,000, which is a wide spread and the reason a single neighborhood median is a starting point rather than an answer.
By size
Home size
Sales
Median price
Median $/sq ft
Median days
Under 2,000 sq ft
42
$151,664
$127
58 days
Larger homes usually show a lower price per square foot. That is normal and it is why a price per foot taken from the whole neighborhood should never be applied straight to one house.
Homes priced right sold far faster
Median days to go under contract. Shorter is better.
Never reduced 19 sales, closed at 96.9% of asking13 days
Reduced at least once 25 sales, closed at 95.4% of the reduced price105 days
Sellers who priced correctly and held their number went under contract in a median 13 days. Sellers who had to reduce took 105 days and still closed at 95.4% of their already reduced price, after a typical cut of $14,600. Opening high costs time and money, in that order.
Seller concessions
14%Of sales included a seller credit
$6,490Typical credit when there was one
6 of 44Sales 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
Cash 30 sales68%
Conventional 8 sales18%
VA 5 sales11%
FHA 1 sales2%
Cash was 68% 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 Frances Estates, 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 Frances Estates in Tavares, Lake County, covering closed sales from 17 September 2025 through 12 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. One record was excluded as an off-market transfer rather than an open market sale. Data believed accurate but not guaranteed; listings and closings change daily.
