Bear Lake is a neighborhood in east Apopka, in the 32703 zip code, built mostly in the 1960s. Homes are block and stucco, predominantly single story. Most homes fall between about 1,100 and 2,600 square feet under air, the median lot is roughly a quarter acre, and a two car garage is standard.
HOA status is mixed in Bear Lake, so confirm it on the specific parcel rather than assuming it from a neighbor.
Bear Lake Christian School sits inside the subdivision.
What the homes are
Built Mostly built in the 1960s, with homes from 1947 to 2014.
Construction Block and stucco. Shingle roofs are near universal.
Size Most homes fall between about 1,100 and 2,600 square feet under air.
Bedrooms Three bedrooms is the most common plan, then four.
Garage A two car garage is standard.
Lot The median lot is roughly a quarter acre.
HOA Mixed, so confirm it on the specific parcel. Confirm on a specific parcel before relying on it.
Where Bear Lake is
Bear Lake, centered at 28.646603, -81.44451. 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 Bear Lake, 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 Bear Lake 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 Seminole County Public Schools before it matters to a decision.
Places and drive times from Google, checked 6 September 2026. Businesses open and close; if something here has changed, tell me and I will correct it.
This page tracks what homes in Bear Lake actually sold for over the last twelve months, how long they took, and what moved the price. It is built from 19 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 Bear Lake
$314,200Median sale price
$223Median per square foot
33 daysMedian days to contract
19Homes sold in 12 months
Sale prices ran from $176,000 to $987,500, 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
15
$300,700
$226
19 days
2,000 to 3,000 sq ft
3
$455,000
$202
143 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 10 sales, closed at 99.7% of asking5 days
Reduced at least once 9 sales, closed at 98.5% of the reduced price71 days
Sellers who priced correctly and held their number went under contract in a median 5 days. Sellers who had to reduce took 71 days and still closed at 98.5% of their already reduced price, after a typical cut of $15,000. Opening high costs time and money, in that order.
Seller concessions
68%Of sales included a seller credit
$7,800Typical credit when there was one
13 of 19Sales 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 9 sales47%
FHA 6 sales32%
Cash 3 sales16%
VA 1 sales5%
Cash was 16% 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 Bear Lake, 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 Bear Lake in Apopka, Seminole County, covering closed sales from 11 September 2025 through 6 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.
