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Ladera, Lutz

6 luxury homes closed in Ladera, Lutz over the last 6 months at a median $1.78M ($355 per square foot), taking a median 64 days to go under contract; 2 are for sale today with 2 under contract. Sellers here start about 13% above what buyers actually pay.

Median closing
$1.78M
6 sales · 6 months
Per square foot
$355
median closed
Days to contract
64
median
For sale now
2
2 under contract
Months of supply
2
seller’s market
Sold vs original ask
87%
67% cut price first

If you are selling

Sellers here start about 13% above what buyers actually pay

Across 6 closed homes in Ladera (Lutz), the median sale came in at 87% of the ORIGINAL asking price, and 67% of those sellers cut their price before they found a buyer. Median time to contract was 64 days. At this price point that opening number costs real money: the first two weeks of buyer attention are spent on a number the market has already rejected.

About 2 months of supply — there is almost nothing to buy here

6 homes closed in Ladera (Lutz) in the last 6 months and only 2 are on the market today (2 more already under contract). Buyers who want this pocket have no alternatives, which is the one condition that makes a strong number stick.

67% cut their price and it still took 64 days

In Ladera (Lutz) the price cut is being used as a strategy and it is a slow one. A cut that trails the market never catches it: each reduction lands where the market already was, and the listing ages while it chases. The alternative is one correct number at the start, which is a conversation worth having before the photographs are taken.

If you are buying

Buyers here closed a median 13% below the original ask

6 closed homes in Ladera (Lutz) over the last 6 months settled at 87% of the price they were first listed at and 94% of the final ask. Offers here should be argued from the closed sales, not from the asking price.

How to read this

Every figure above is an aggregate over closed sales in Ladera, Lutz in the 6 months through October 23, 2026, taken from licensed Stellar MLS data. Months of supply is the current number for sale divided by the recent monthly sales pace. "Sold vs original ask" compares the closing price to the price the home was FIRST listed at, which is where overpricing shows up — the final asking price has usually already absorbed the cuts. None of this is an appraisal or a valuation of any particular property.

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What the whole market has measured

Selling
33%

of $1M+ homes listed January 2024 to October 2025 didn’t sell within a year, counting private sales.

Selling
97% → 90%

of the first price: an offer in the first 30 days, then after.

Buying
40% vs 25%

of homes in flood zone AE vs zone X didn’t sell within a year (listed since 2024).

Investing
$327/sq ft

was the typical break-even building budget on 341 lots and teardowns that became $1M+ homes since 2024.

A private read on your property, before it goes on the market.

Where your home sits against the measured outcomes — its price band, size, flood zone, building age and the time comparable attempts took — and what I would do about it. Written by me, not generated.

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