Looking For A Safe Real Estate Investment? Try Arbor Hill

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As a southern neighbor of Killearn Estates, Arbor Hill offers a highly sought-after location at prices that will make many homebuyers drool.

If you are looking to buy a home in Tallahassee and want the least amount of risk for future value, Arbor Hill might be the best housing investment you can make.

Home values are hovering just above all-time lows and demand is high, suggesting that the bottom of the market has been found and we’ll see faster than average appreciation from this popular NE Tallahassee neighborhood.

In this report, we will look at prices, values, and sizes of homes in Arbor Hill, as well as show current listings in the Tallahassee MLS and all closed home sales going back to 2002.

Arbor Hill Home Prices

For the three graphs found below, you will find the total number of closed home sales for each year (blue columns, measured on the left vertical axis), and an important real estate statistic shown in red (measured on the right vertical axis.

Home prices held steady in 2013, but in 2014 they continued the downward slide that began when the market peaked in 2007. The average recorded sales price was $114,200 for Arbor Hill in 2014, which is consistent with prices at the latter part of 2003! This means that you can buy a home in Arbor Hill at 2003 prices but with interest rates far lower … homes in Arbor Hill are more affordable than ever.

Average Home Prices In Arbor Hill

On a positive note, there was strong demand in 2014, with buyers showing up more often than in all but one of the last eight years. There were 20 closed home sales in Arbor Hill in 2014.

Arbor Hill Home Values

Average home values in Arbor Hill have declined and they are marginally above the low set back in 2012. Needless to say, now is a great time to buy a home in Arbor Hill.

Average Home Values In Arbor Hill

In 2014, the average value of a home sold in Arbor Hill was $93 per square foot. This is about 40% cheaper than it would cost to build an equivalent sized home in the neighborhood (assuming you could purchase a vacant lot for less than $50,000), so you can see why sales were healthy in 2014.

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Arbor Hill Home Sizes

The average home size sold in Arbor Hill typically falls in a range of 1,100 to 1,300 square feet, and 2014 was no different.

Average Home Sizes In Arbor Hill

The 20 home sales in 2014 averaged 1,233 square feet, meaning buyers are choosing homes just slightly above the average home size in the neighborhood.

Homes For Sale In Arbor Hill

The following list of homes are the most recent listings in Arbor Hill.

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Arbor Hill Home Sales

The following list shows home sales going back to 2002 in Arbor Hill.

Home Sales in Arbor Hill

AddressPricePrice / SQFClosing DateYear BuiltSQFSale Type
3272 Garcia Dr$325,000$2142026-09-2519861,518Resale
3216 Arbor Hill Way$285,000$1532026-09-1619841,858Resale
3227 Varnell Dr$299,900$2072026-09-1119831,446Resale
2609 Vassar Rd$329,900$2172026-09-1019791,518Resale
3215 Albert Dr$195,000$2192026-08-261982891Resale
3184 Duke St$309,000$2462026-08-1719891,254Resale
3211 Albert Dr$145,000$1672026-06-291982867Resale
3241 Earl Dr$291,800$2132026-06-2519901,368Resale
3217 Baldwin Dr W$330,000$2272026-06-2219781,456Resale
3232 Mound Dr$173,000$1972026-06-051983880Resale
3288 Garcia Dr$286,000$2792026-05-2119911,024Resale
2601 Vassar Rd$194,000$1412026-05-1519801,377Resale
3305 Vassar Ct$265,000$1942026-05-0119771,365Resale
2901 Riddle Ct$287,900$2042026-04-3019811,414Resale
3288 Garcia Dr$212,500$2082026-03-2319911,024Resale
3234 Albert Dr$245,000$2372026-03-1619831,035Resale
3232 Arbor Hill Way$243,000$1862025-12-1619821,306Resale
2628 Vassar Rd$290,000$2382025-12-0119771,218Resale
3204 Whitney Dr W$277,000$2192025-12-0119781,262Resale
3217 Thames Dr$277,400$2202025-11-1819831,260Resale
3229 Earl Dr$290,000$2402025-11-1419881,208Resale
3401 Whitney Ct$320,000$2152025-11-0319771,488Resale
3216 Whitney Dr E$330,000$2022025-11-0320021,633Resale
3225 Riddle Dr$280,000$2472025-10-0819801,132Resale
2713 Vassar Rd$325,000$1922025-09-2419791,690Resale
3325 Whitney Dr W$285,500$1852025-08-2519771,544Resale
3229 Hester Dr$270,000$2692025-07-1119811,004Resale
3268 Garcia Dr$270,000$2422025-06-2019871,116Resale
3220 Albert Dr$215,000$2562025-05-231983840Resale
3280 Whitney Dr E$255,000$2112025-05-2019861,210Resale
3240 Whitney Dr E$300,000$2752025-05-1419911,092Resale
3227 Albert Dr$190,000$2242025-04-081982848Resale
3221 Baldwin Dr W$250,000$2032025-04-0319801,230Resale
2728 Whitney Dr N$305,000$2052025-03-3119781,485Resale
3238 Thames Dr$290,000$2272025-03-2819831,280Resale
3191 Duke St$275,000$2192025-03-1919921,254Resale
3232 Albert Dr$218,500$2482025-03-191983880Resale
3205 Albert Dr$173,000$1972025-02-121982880Resale
3236 Hester Dr$265,000$2322024-12-1819811,144Resale
3230 Albert Dr$179,800$2302024-11-261983783Resale
3264 Whitney Dr E$314,900$2262024-08-0819891,396Resale
3248 Whitney Dr W$267,400$2062024-07-0919801,300Resale
3233 Earl Dr$290,000$2412024-06-0719871,202Resale
3216 Albert Dr$220,000$2102024-06-0419831,046Resale
3247 Varnell Dr$262,000$1822024-05-3019831,441Resale
3222 Earl Dr$290,000$2382024-04-2419861,218Resale
3241 Riddle Dr$265,000$1932024-04-0119811,376Resale
2705 Vassar Rd$290,500$2092024-03-1419771,393Resale
2637 Vassar Rd$287,000$2412024-03-0719771,190Resale
3205 Whitney Dr W$200,000$1662024-02-2119801,206Resale
3260 Baldwin Dr W$278,000$1672024-02-1219791,660Resale
3256 Garcia Dr$299,900$2032024-02-0919871,478Resale
3228 Whitney Dr E$276,000$2082024-02-0719901,326Resale
3226 Albert Dr$239,500$2722024-01-191983880Resale
3246 Thames Dr$256,000$2242024-01-0819821,141Resale
3214 Riddle Dr$240,000$2052023-12-2819811,169Resale
3253 Whitney Dr E$245,000$2232023-12-2219871,100Resale
3209 Riddle Dr$275,000$1872023-12-1519801,470Resale
3238 Earl Dr$290,000$2302023-12-1519861,260Resale
3252 Baldwin Dr W$285,800$2252023-11-1019791,270Resale
3256 Baldwin Dr W$270,000$2412023-10-2019791,122Resale
2601 Baldwin Dr S$250,000$1742023-10-1619791,440Resale
3217 Earl Dr$295,000$2322023-10-1219861,274Resale
3247 Mound Dr$210,000$2382023-10-111983882Resale
3301 Vassar Ct$282,500$2182023-09-2919781,296Resale
2617 Vassar Rd$250,000$1912023-08-3019761,308Resale
3229 Whitney Dr W$290,000$2062023-07-1719791,408Resale
3245 Whitney Dr E$258,000$2002023-07-1419901,287Resale
3221 Albert Dr$240,000$2402023-07-1419821,000Resale
3241 Baldwin Dr W$222,500$1942023-06-3019791,148Resale
3265 Baldwin Dr W$269,000$2332023-05-1319801,156Resale
3233 Hester Dr$283,000$1912023-05-1219851,481Resale
2690 Baldwin Dr S$147,000$2362023-05-111983623Resale
2744 Vassar Rd$250,000$2222023-03-3119831,125Resale
3253 Mound Dr$220,000$1902023-03-2419831,156Resale
2747 Vassar Rd$289,000$2052023-02-1519831,413Resale
2616 Vassar Rd$250,000$1322023-02-1319771,892Resale
3225 Mound Dr$110,000$1712022-12-291983643Resale
2628 Vassar Rd$250,000$2052022-12-1919771,218Resale
3237 Baldwin Dr W$255,000$2122022-12-1619781,204Resale
3247 Varnell Dr$257,500$1792022-09-2919831,441Resale
3249 Earl Dr$295,000$2432022-09-2919861,216Resale
3281 Whitney Dr E$261,500$1602022-09-2319911,635Resale
2717 Baldwin Dr S$275,000$1982022-09-1619911,392Resale
2697 Baldwin Dr S$138,000$2182022-09-061983634Resale
3242 Mound Dr$220,000$2532022-08-291983870Resale
3233 Earl Dr$285,000$2372022-08-1519871,202Resale
3229 Earl Dr$280,000$2322022-08-1219881,208Resale
3184 Duke St$243,000$1942022-06-2919891,254Resale
3280 Whitney Dr E$255,000$2112022-06-1719861,210Resale
3312 Vassar Ct$275,000$2002022-05-3119771,376Resale
2716 Whitney Dr N$265,300$1372022-05-2319801,931Resale
2631 Baldwin Dr S$243,000$2082022-05-1619791,170Resale
3187 Whitney Dr E$242,000$1552022-05-1219901,558Resale
3236 Whitney Dr W$270,000$2472022-04-2919781,095Resale
3211 Thames Dr$280,000$1922022-04-2219831,456Resale
2740 Whitney Dr N$235,000$1842022-04-0119821,276Resale
3221 Mound Dr$201,000$1842022-03-3119831,092Resale
2717 Whitney Dr N$190,000$1772022-03-1719791,076Resale
3240 Whitney Dr W$251,000$2152022-02-2419801,168Resale

I hope you enjoyed our January 2015 update on home sales in Arbor Hill, please feel free to drop me a note if you have questions not covered in this report.

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