Cardinal Oaks is a 1980s neighborhood in south Lake Mary, in the 32746 zip code. Homes are brick and block, predominantly single story. Most homes fall between about 1,800 and 3,100 square feet under air, the median lot is about 0.41 acres, and a two car garage is standard.
Most of Cardinal Oaks carries no mandatory HOA.
What the homes are
Built Mostly built in the 1980s, with homes from 1979 to 2000.
Construction Brick and block. Shingle roofs are near universal.
Style Contemporary, Traditional, Ranch. Predominantly single story.
Size Most homes fall between about 1,800 and 3,100 square feet under air.
Bedrooms Four bedrooms is the most common plan, then three.
Garage A two car garage is standard.
Lot The median lot is about 0.41 acres.
HOA Most of the neighborhood carries no mandatory HOA. Confirm on a specific parcel before relying on it.
Where Cardinal Oaks is
Cardinal Oaks, centered at 28.74474, -81.315758. 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 Cardinal Oaks, 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
30 min
20.7
Orlando International Airport
37 min
33.6
Winter Park
28 min
12.9
Heathrow and Lake Mary offices
18 min
5.7
Public schools nearby
Lake Mary Elementary School 6 min, 1.5 mi
Elevation High School 5 min, 2.0 mi
Lake Mary High School 10 min, 4.2 mi
Highlands Elementary School 10 min, 3.9 mi
Private schools nearby
Lake Mary Bilingual Academy 4 min, 1.4 mi
StarChild Academy Lake Mary 6 min, 2.1 mi
Trinity Simone Chrisitan Preparatory academy 7 min, 2.3 mi
Parks and recreation
Estella Park 2 min, 0.5 mi
Central Park 5 min, 1.5 mi
Lake Mary Park 5 min, 1.5 mi
2nd & Crystal Lake Park 5 min, 1.6 mi
Groceries and errands
Publix Super Market at Lake Mary Pointe 4 min, 1.4 mi
Nearest is not the same as zoned. The schools above are the closest ones to Cardinal Oaks 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 9 September 2026. Businesses open and close; if something here has changed, tell me and I will correct it.
This page tracks what homes in Cardinal Oaks actually sold for over the last twelve months, how long they took, and what moved the price. It is built from 10 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 October 2026.
What homes sold for in Cardinal Oaks
$607,500Median sale price
$240Median per square foot
60 daysMedian days to contract
10Homes sold in 12 months
Sale prices ran from $429,000 to $760,000, 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
2,000 to 3,000 sq ft
7
$580,000
$249
42 days
A price per foot taken from the whole neighborhood should never be applied straight to one house.
Price cuts and time to contract
Median days to go under contract. Shorter is better.
Never reduced 5 sales, closed at 95.9% of asking17 days
Reduced at least once 5 sales, closed at 97.6% of the reduced price80 days
Sellers who held their number went under contract in a median 17 days. Sellers who had to reduce took 80 days and still closed at 97.6% of their already reduced price, after a typical cut of $35,100.
Seller concessions
30%Of sales included a seller credit
$3,000Typical credit when there was one
3 of 10Sales 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 8 sales80%
Cash 2 sales20%
Cash was 20% 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 Cardinal Oaks, 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 Cardinal Oaks in Lake Mary, Seminole County, covering closed sales from 13 October 2025 through 8 October 2026, refreshed monthly and current as of October 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.
