Magnolia Heights is a neighborhood in southeast Sanford, in the 32771 zip code, built mostly in the 1950s. Homes are wood frame and block, predominantly single story. Most homes fall between about 1,100 and 1,800 square feet under air, the median lot is roughly a quarter acre, and a one car garage is standard.
Most of Magnolia Heights carries no mandatory HOA.
Speer Grove Park sits inside the subdivision.
What the homes are
Built Mostly built in the 1950s, with homes from 1901 to 1992.
Construction Wood frame and block. Shingle roofs are near universal.
Size Most homes fall between about 1,100 and 1,800 square feet under air.
Bedrooms Three bedrooms is the most common plan.
Garage A one car garage is standard.
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 Magnolia Heights is
Magnolia Heights, centered at 28.79403, -81.25898. 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 Magnolia Heights, 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
33 min
27.6
Orlando International Airport
36 min
33.4
Winter Park
32 min
20.7
Heathrow and Lake Mary offices
22 min
8.7
Public schools nearby
Hamilton Elementary School 4 min, 1.1 mi
Midway Elementary School 5 min, 2.0 mi
Pinecrest Elementary School 6 min, 1.9 mi
Goldsboro Elementary School 6 min, 1.5 mi
Private schools nearby
All Souls Catholic School Middle School Campus 5 min, 1.4 mi
Nearest is not the same as zoned. The schools above are the closest ones to Magnolia Heights 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 18 September 2026. Businesses open and close; if something here has changed, tell me and I will correct it.
This page tracks what homes in Magnolia Heights actually sold for over the last twelve months, how long they took, and what moved the price. It is built from 3 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 Magnolia Heights
$293,000Median sale price
$211Median per square foot
7 daysMedian days to contract
3Homes sold in 12 months
Sale prices ran from $150,000 to $305,000, 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
3
$293,000
$211
7 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 2 sales, closed at 97.3% of asking8 days
Reduced at least once 1 sales, closed at 93.8% of the reduced price7 days
Sellers who priced correctly and held their number went under contract in a median 8 days. Sellers who had to reduce took 7 days and still closed at 93.8% of their already reduced price, after a typical cut of $30,050. Opening high costs time and money, in that order.
Seller concessions
33%Of sales included a seller credit
$5,000Typical credit when there was one
1 of 3Sales 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 2 sales67%
FHA 1 sales33%
Cash was 67% 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 Magnolia Heights, 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 Magnolia Heights in Sanford, Seminole County, covering closed sales from 23 September 2025 through 18 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.
