Wauchula, FL housing market

The median sale price in the Wauchula, FL metro area was $263K in May 2026, down 16.5% year over year, measured across homes that actually closed that month (Redfin). The three months through May 2026 averaged $299K, firming from $256K across the three months before that. That puts prices 18.0% below the strongest three-month stretch on record here, which ended in Jun 2025 at $364K. Zillow's home value index, which models the entire housing stock rather than only the homes that changed hands, reads $242K for Jun 2026, up 3.3% year over year.

Buyers had 40 homes to choose from in May 2026, down 20.0% year over year (Redfin). At the current sales pace that standing inventory works out to 5.0 months of supply; convention treats four to six months as a balanced market, which puts Wauchula, FL squarely inside it. 12 homes came to market in May 2026, essentially flat year over year, against 8 closings. Homes that sold in May 2026 took a median of 152 days to go under contract, 45 days slower than this market's usual May pace.

Sellers were asking a median of $313K in Dec 2024, down 10.7% year over year (Realtor.com via FRED). Asking prices and closing prices never describe the same homes, so the gap between them reads as seller expectation rather than a discount available to buyers: in Dec 2024 the list median ran 12.6% above the closing median. Competition is measurable in the closings themselves: 50% settled above asking, and the average sale landed at 99% of its final list price. 25% of listings carried a price cut in May 2026.

This page tracks 17 monthly housing series for the Wauchula, FL metro area — median sale price, median list price, ZHVI home value, inventory (active), active listings, median days on market, and more — sourced from Realtor.com via FRED, Redfin, Zillow ZHVI, running from Aug 2016 through Jun 2026. Chart any of them below, switch between levels and year-over-year change, or add nearby Florida markets to compare side by side.