Update for the Lakeland FL Real Estate market! Newly listed homes for the period of April 1st through April 15th decreased to 187 Lakeland homes for sale. The average sales price of Lakeland homes listed with area Realtors® decreased to $170,560 from my previous report.
The types of homes and average prices for sale in Lakeland, Florida according to the Multiple Listing Services (MLS) are as follows:
6 condos listed with an average sales price of $147,283
17 mobile homes listed with an average sales price of $69,494
8 Townhomes/Villas listed with an average sales price of $117,663
157 single family homes with an average price of $184,989
Lakeland’s newest homes listed! The priciest home just listed in North Lakeland is a 2009 custom pool home that features 4 bedrooms and 6 baths with over 5,500 square feet of living space. This home is located in the Cypress Trace Estates gated community and is offered at $1,999,000. On the contrary, the cheapest Lakeland home newly listed is a bank owned 3 bedrooms 2 baths home listed for $14,900 – just under $13.00 per square foot – located in the Crystal Acres Estates subdivision.
All data for this report was obtained from the Mid-Florida Regional MLS, it is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. This report does not include “For Sale By Owner”.
Take a look at the breakdown by zip code:
33801 – 22 with an average sales price of $97,286
33803 – 26 with an average sales price of $225,738
33805 – 10 with an average sales price of $112,570
33809 – 23 with an average sales price of $239,626
33810 – 43 with an average sales price of $120,100
33811 – 18 with an average sales price of $172,305
33812 – 07 with an average sales price of $217,229
33813 – 33 with an average sales price of $216,000
33815 – 05 with an average sales price of $66,760
Update on distressed homes in Lakeland
A total of 613 Lakeland homes are currently actively being marketed that are facing foreclosure. There were 70 Lakeland properties newly listed in the distressed category with average prices of $105,854 or $62.59 per square foot. Distressed homes are categorized as “Bank-Owned”, “Require 3rd party approval (Short Sale)”, “Pre-foreclosure”, and “In-Foreclosure”.
April update on “Sold & Pending” for Lakeland real estate
So far 70 Lakeland properties have sold that have been recorded in the Multiple Listing. Currently, there are 549 Lakeland homes have gone to “pending”, awaiting closing.
North Lakeland provides you affordable living at its best, especially in today’s real estate market. Today’s buyers are looking for great location with easy access to amenities and I’m here to tell you all about buying a home in North Lakeland. Lakeland Florida is known to its residents when being asked where you live in Lakeland to give an answer to live in North Lakeland or South Lakeland. Living in North Lakeland since 1993 I realized early on its convenient location to shopping, schools, hospital, churches, dining, recreation and easy access to major highways and interstate.
North Lakeland has many valuable aspects and while I have traveled the roads of Lakeland, each location and each neighborhood brings value and its own characteristics to the city of Lakeland, which is why I call Lakeland as “there is no place like home”. Recently, I have written articles about neighborhoods, communities and subdivision featuring their own characteristics within the North Lakeland community you may want to consider when moving to Lakeland Florida:
- TerraLargo – Premier Gated Community
- Bloomfield Hills
- Sandpiper Golf & Country Club – An active 55+ Community
- Sherwood Forest
- Hampton Hills
- Wedgewood Golf Community
When traveling west on Interstate 4 you want to take exit 33 – this is the first entrance to North Lakeland, where you will be greeted by the breathtaking view of Lake Gibson covering almost 490 acres. Public access to the lake is on the southeast shore of the lake, which is great for boating and other water activities. North Lakeland boasts many public and private golf courses, such as the Sandpiper Golf Course located off North Socrum Loop, Wedgewood Golf Course nestled between US 98 North and Lake Gibson, to the Northwest side of North Lakeland is Huntington Hills Golf & Country Club located off Duff Road and the Golf Club at Bridgewater adjacent to the BridgeWater neighborhood, which is located Northeast of Lakeland.
North Lakeland is a great place for families and seniors to enjoy retirement
Families with children find recreational activities, such as football, soccer, tennis on the weekend at Lake Parker Park and Hunt Fountain Park. Both parks have great playgrounds for a weekend picnic or family gathering.

Lakeland Florida offers a variety of specialty health care practitioners and facilities. Innovative cancer centers, Watson Clinic with its cancer research center as well as Lakeland Regional Medical Center and nearby Cancer Center. All of which are within close proximity in the North Lakeland area and are the most technologically advanced services available today.
North Lakeland offers a variety of homes for sale in gated communities and open communities, golf communities, non deed restricted and deed restricted communities, adult communities, lakefront homes, as well as manufactured homes with its zip code of 33805, 33809, and 33810.


