Monthly housing market report
Green Cove Springs & Lake Asbury — September 2026
Prices held and the clock slowed. The typical Green Cove Springs home sold for $351,495, essentially flat on a year ago — but it took 66.5 days to get there against 56 last September. Buyers finally have time to think.
Green Cove Springs
All homes with a Green Cove Springs address,
Lake Asbury included
| Green Cove Springs at a glance | September | Typical list price | Avg. days on market | Sale price vs asking | Vs. original asking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homes for sale | 408 | $376,000 | — | — | — |
| Newly listed | 125 | $391,850 | — | — | — |
| Went under contract | 80 | — | — | — | — |
| Closed sales | 94 | $351,495 | 99.4 | 98.4% | 93.2% |
What moved was time, not price. The median sale price is within a rounding error of last September. Price per square foot slipped 2.2%, and the median home took 66.5 days to sell against 56 a year ago. Sellers are still getting 99.8% of their asking price — they are just waiting longer for it.
The Lake Asbury area
MLS Area 163 — the Henley Road / CR 209 corridor
About half of all Green Cove Springs activity
New construction · 30 of 49 September sales
$361,642 median
$178 per sq ft · 76.5 days on market (median)
61% of everything that sold here was newly built.
Resale · 19 of 49 September sales
$338,000 median
$176 per sq ft · 58 days on market (median)
Fewer of them, and they sold faster than the new builds.
Compare per square foot, not sticker price. Across Green Cove Springs the new homes carried a higher total price ($354,350 against $340,000) but a lower price per square foot ($178 against $184). You are buying more house and paying more in total. The one thing worth knowing before you drive out here: most builders want your agent with you on the first visit. Walk in alone and many of them will not let you add one later.
The last twelve months
Median sale price
Monthly, October 2025 – September 2026
Homes on the market
Active listings at month end
Where homes are selling
Sales July 1 – September 30, 2026
146 Lake Asbury closings
Single-month neighborhood numbers bounce around too much to be useful, so closings below cover a rolling three months. Neighborhoods with at least three sales in that window are listed on their own.
| Neighborhood | Sold (3 mo.) | Median sale price | Median per sq ft | Median days on market | Vs. original asking | Share new construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyland Trail | 25 | $400,000 | $186 | 67 | 97.8% | 100% |
| Granary Park | 22 | $374,740 | $176 | 27.5 | 98.1% | 82% |
| Lake Asbury | 16 | $625,000 | $237 | 49.5 | 95.1% | 0% |
| Bella Lago | 15 | $352,990 | $164 | 117 | 94.6% | 100% |
| Holstein Crossing | 11 | $330,000 | $161 | 74 | 94.2% | 91% |
| Rolling Hills | 10 | $327,400 | $192 | 127.5 | 97.4% | 80% |
| Edenbrooke at Hyland Trails | 9 | $363,604 | $170 | 95 | 95.4% | 89% |
| Russell Retreat | 8 | $469,990 | $147 | 16.5 | 100.0% | 100% |
| Anabelle Island | 4 | $360,000 | $176 | 161.5 | 95.5% | 100% |
| Glen Haven | 4 | $339,000 | $168 | 46 | 96.8% | 0% |
| Sandridge Hills | 4 | $350,000 | $196 | 91 | 97.4% | 100% |
| Royal Pointe | 3 | $420,000 | $175 | 66 | 96.2% | 33% |
| Silver Creek | 3 | $307,500 | $182 | 87 | 93.2% | 0% |
| All other neighborhoods (12) | 12 | $299,500 | $182 | 19.5 | 96.1% | 8% |
| Lake Asbury area — all | 146 | — | — | — | — | — |
Hyland Trail and Granary Park are the engine. Between them they accounted for 47 of the 146 homes sold across the whole area this quarter.
Russell Retreat moved fastest — a median of 16.5 days — while Anabelle Island took 161.5 and Rolling Hills 127.5. Where your home is changes the timeline more than almost anything else.
The lake itself is its own market. Homes in the original Lake Asbury neighborhood sold at a median $625,000 and $237 per square foot, well above the $160–$190 band the builder communities cluster in, and not one of them was a new build.
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