Market Letter - 2026 Spring

We field the same handful of questions about Oviedo. Here they are, answered plainly. Where exactly is it? Southeast Seminole County, east of Winter Springs, north of the Orange County line. The University of Central Florida sits just south of the city, which shapes the southern end of the market considerably. What is the commute…

Plenty of Florida towns grew fast over the past twenty years. Most of them gained population and lost whatever made them distinct. Winter Garden is one of the few that grew and kept its center intact, and that is the thing buyers are usually responding to even when they describe it as something else. What…

The phrase describes a place where most daily needs sit within a short walk or bike ride. Orlando grew up as a car city, so the idea sounds like a poor fit. But several parts of the metro are being built or rebuilt on exactly that premise, and it is worth being precise about where…

Mascotte is a small city in south Lake County, west of Groveland and Clermont. It is one of the least known municipalities in the Orlando metro’s outer ring, and that is the starting point for understanding it. The basics Mascotte sits along SR 50, the main east to west route across Lake County, roughly an…

Summerfield sits in southern Marion County, south of Ocala and near the Lake and Sumter county lines. It is a smaller market than Ocala proper, and the residential options divide along one line that matters more than any other: whether a community is age restricted. Age restricted communities: a note on eligibility Several of the…

DeLand sits in west Volusia County, inland from Daytona and north of the Orlando metro. If you are relocating here, this is the order we would work through it. 1. Understand the geography first DeLand is roughly 35 miles northeast of downtown Orlando and about 25 miles west of Daytona Beach. I-4 is the primary…