Murabella, St. Augustine

Market snapshot

Thirty-six closings were recorded at a median of $562,000 and roughly $195 a square foot. Homes averaged 84 days on market, but months of supply reads just 1.0, which the source classifies as a seller's market. Median price was essentially flat year over year, down about 1%. Very tight supply with a longer average marketing time says buyers are selective on price but have little to choose from.

Market figures above are aggregated community sales data taken from the public community-data index published at the website movewithmomentum.com (an unaffiliated third party), dataset generated 2026-07-13, reflecting sales as of 2026-07-09. Figures are area aggregates, not an appraisal or a valuation of any individual home, and they change as new sales record. HOA dues, CDD fees and property taxes are NOT shown here: the only figures available for them are modelled estimates rather than recorded amounts. Ask The Parham Team for the current recorded numbers before you rely on them.

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What to check before you buy here

St. Johns County CDD assessments are substantial and they appear on the tax bill rather than in the list price — get the exact annual figure for the specific address before you calculate a payment. Confirm the school assignment directly with the district rather than from a listing sheet; St. Johns boundaries have been redrawn more than once as the county has grown.

Murabella is one of several CDD-financed communities strung along International Golf Parkway, and the assessments across that corridor vary address to address depending on when the bonds were issued and how much of the debt has amortized. Two homes on the same street can carry different CDD payments if they closed in different phases of development. Don't average a neighbor's number — get the specific parcel's non-ad valorem assessment detail from the St. Johns County property appraiser or tax collector before you finalize a budget.

Ask what the HOA fee covers versus what the CDD covers, because in a mature community like Murabella both exist and they aren't interchangeable. The HOA typically funds the amenity centre, common-area landscaping and rule enforcement; the CDD funds infrastructure — roads, water and sewer, and often the amenity centre's original construction — through bonds repaid over 10 to 30 years. A seller who says "the community fees are $X a month" may be quoting only one of the two.

We'll say the unglamorous part too: 84 days on market against only 1.0 months of supply is not a contradiction, it's a signal. Thin inventory means sellers can hold firm on price, but it doesn't mean every home moves fast — buyers here are apparently willing to wait out a listing that's priced wrong rather than chase it. If a Murabella listing is sitting past that 84-day average, price is usually the reason, not bad luck.

Source: pull the current non-ad valorem CDD assessment and property tax record for the exact parcel from the St. Johns County Property Appraiser, and confirm the zoned elementary, middle, and high school for that address with the St. Johns County School Zone Lookup — both should be checked address-by-address before you write an offer.

Who Murabella fits

Murabella fits a buyer who wants a mature, already-built-out amenity centre rather than a new-construction section still under builder control, and who's willing to carry a CDD assessment plus HOA dues in exchange for not maintaining that infrastructure themselves. It suits someone commuting toward I-95 or Jacksonville who wants established landscaping and a shorter list of unknowns than a newer phase down the corridor. It's a tougher fit if you'd rather trade the CDD bond and HOA dues for more land and a well and septic system you maintain yourself — a comparison we're glad to run against what the same money buys back home in Putnam County.

Murabella's growth corridor and who's buying in

Murabella sits inside ZIP 32092, the World Golf Village and International Golf Parkway corridor, where the June 2026 data release puts the area's home values at $468,767, the median list price at $507,475, and typical days on market at 52 — faster than Murabella's own 84-day average, which suggests Murabella runs a touch slower than its immediate surroundings even in a tight market. The area's median household income reads $122,655 and its population sits around 48,288, in a ZIP that has grown enough to support its own dedicated schools and retail rather than depending on St. Augustine's historic core. About 27.3% of active listings in the ZIP had taken a price cut as of that data pull, and inventory was down 13.2% year over year — a market that's tight on supply but still testing sellers on price, which tracks with Murabella's own longer marketing time.

The honest comparison: Murabella against Putnam County

We work Putnam County first, and we cover Murabella and the rest of inland and southern St. Johns County alongside it, which means we'll give you the same comparison we'd want if we were buying here ourselves. Putnam County's median home value reads $219,440 against St. Johns County's $492,885 as of the June 2026 release — St. Johns costs more than double. That premium buys St. Johns County schools, the World Golf Village amenity base and a shorter drive to Jacksonville, and Murabella's own median of $562,000 sits above even the county figure, reflecting its more built-out amenity centre relative to newer, less established CDD communities nearby. What it doesn't buy is immunity from a slower year: St. Johns County home values were down about 2.7% over the past twelve months, while Putnam gained 1.1% in the same window. A buyer choosing Murabella over a Putnam County alternative is choosing amenities and commute over the cheaper, currently steadier market — a legitimate trade, but one worth making with the numbers in front of you rather than assuming St. Johns is the automatically safer bet.

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