What they sold for, vs. first asking price
Old Northeast · Avila · Palma Ceia Park · Maryland Manor · Hyde Park West · 28 updated and 42 needing updates sold, last 12 months
Should I renovate first? See the proof →An Old Northeast home that needed updating sat 345 days, then sold $613K under its first asking price.
Sold Mar 2026 · built 1926 · 3,011 sq ft · listed twice
What should I list at? See the proof →flood-damaged $1M+ beach homes sold, for about the value of the lot.
Since the 2024 storms · checked by listing photos
What is mine worth as-is? See the proof →
In these neighborhoods, $1M+ homes got an offer within a month, sold close to their asking price, most listings sold, and few are for sale today. If you own here, buyers are waiting.
$1M+ sales in the last 12 months; neighborhoods with at least 6 sales. For comparison, across both counties homes took 37–62 days to an offer and sold for 91–94% of asking.
Waterfront pool homes in South Causeway Isle Yacht Club, St Petersburg, 2,600 sq ft, built 1965–1967, both sold by January 2026.
Selling? Find out which one yours would be →Since January 2024, about 1 in 3 $1M+ homes in Hillsborough and Pinellas didn’t sell within a year of going on the market.
Whether yours is one of them is mostly decided before the first showing — by the first price, and by facts about the house that no marketing changes. These pages show both, in plain English.
of $1M+ homes listed January 2024 to October 2025 didn’t sell within a year, counting private sales.
Clear pattern · 24-point gapof the first price: an offer in the first 30 days, then after.
Clear pattern · 21-point gapof homes in flood zone AE vs zone X didn’t sell within a year (listed since 2024).
Clear pattern · 20-point gapof houses over 7,000 sq ft vs the easiest size didn’t sell within a year.
Clear pattern · 25-point gapof $1M+ condos vs houses didn’t sell within a year (listed since 2024).
Clear pattern · 32-point gapwas the typical break-even building budget on 341 lots and teardowns that became $1M+ homes since 2024.
341 rebuildsa year, typically, for homes owned 3+ years and sold for $1M+ since 2024.
1,758 homes owned 3+ yearsof $5M+ homes sold since 2024 were paid for in cash.
8,236 $1M+ salesdidn’t sell within a year, from the best month to list to the worst.
Some pattern · 8-point gapWhere 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.