Measured FHFA data · through 2025

Home appreciation in St. Petersburg, FL

Home prices in the St. Petersburg-Clearwater-Largo, FL (metropolitan division) area rose +10.8% a year over the five years ending 2025, by the FHFA all-transactions index, against +10.4% a year for Florida as a whole. That is 0.4 points a year ahead of the state index.

The pace, three windows

1-year

-0.6%

2025 over 2024. Florida: +0.7%.

5-year, per year

+10.8%

Compound annual pace, 2020 to 2025. Florida: +10.4%.

10-year, per year

+9.8%

+155.0% in total since 2015. Florida: +8.9%.

20 years against Florida

Among the 409 metros with enough history to measure, that places St. Petersburg, FL 63rd nationally and 10th of the 25 measured metros in Florida. The five-year and ten-year paces sit close together, at +9.8% a year over ten years and +155.0% in total, so the recent window is no sprint. Within the window shown, the index peaked in 2006, fell 40.9% to its 2011 low, and regained the 2006 level in 2018. The strongest single year in the window was 2022 at +25.8%, and the weakest was 2008 at -15.7%. In 2025 alone the index moved -0.6%, against +0.7% for the state.

St. Petersburg-Clearwater-Largo, FL (metropolitan division)FloridaIndex, 2005 = 100
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Annual FHFA all-transactions house price index for the St. Petersburg-Clearwater-Largo, FL (metropolitan division) area and for Florida, each rebased to 100 in 2005. Annual values are the mean of the four quarterly index readings. Nominal, measured history; no forecast.

Year by year

Annual house price index for St. Petersburg-Clearwater-Largo, FL (metropolitan division) and Florida, 2005 = 100 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
2005100.0100.0
2006115.7+15.7%115.9
2007111.8-3.4%112.9
200894.3-15.7%93.6
200981.9-13.1%79.7
201074.7-8.9%72.0
201168.4-8.4%66.5
201269.2+1.2%66.1
201375.8+9.5%71.4
201483.4+10.0%78.0
201591.2+9.4%85.2
2016101.2+10.9%93.0
2017111.2+9.9%100.9
2018121.2+9.0%108.6
2019129.5+6.8%114.8
2020139.4+7.7%122.0
2021166.7+19.6%143.6
2022209.7+25.8%179.2
2023224.2+6.9%190.9
2024234.2+4.4%198.6
2025232.7-0.6%199.9

The 25 measured metros in Florida

Measured metros in Florida ranked by 5-year home-price appreciation through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
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1Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL (metropolitan division)+3.6%+12.9%+9.9%
2West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL (metropolitan division)+2.0%+11.8%+9.4%
3Sebring, FL+2.0%+11.7%+9.9%
4Homosassa Springs, FL+2.3%+11.5%+10.4%
5Naples-Marco Island, FL-1.5%+11.2%+8.3%
6Tampa, FL (metropolitan division)+1.2%+11.0%+9.8%
7Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Sunrise, FL (metropolitan division)+1.2%+10.8%+8.7%
8Ocala, FL+2.1%+10.8%+9.1%
9Port St. Lucie, FL+0.5%+10.8%+9.7%
10St. Petersburg-Clearwater-Largo, FL (metropolitan division)-0.6%+10.8%+9.8%
11Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL-0.8%+10.1%+9.3%
12Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL+1.7%+10.0%+8.9%
13Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL-1.2%+9.9%+9.3%
14North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL-2.6%+9.9%+8.4%
15Jacksonville, FL+1.8%+9.8%+8.5%
16Gainesville, FL+1.5%+9.7%+8.1%
17Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL+0.5%+9.6%+9.3%
18Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL+1.6%+9.6%+8.5%
19Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL-0.4%+9.5%+9.0%
20Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL+0.9%+8.9%+7.8%
21Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL+3.2%+8.9%+7.9%
22Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL-5.5%+8.8%+7.5%
23Tallahassee, FL+1.4%+8.6%+7.0%
24Punta Gorda, FL-6.2%+8.5%+7.9%
25Wildwood-The Villages, FL-0.7%+7.7%+6.0%

Source & method: Metro figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. State figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. This is a metropolitan division, a subdivision of a larger metropolitan statistical area, for which FHFA publishes its own index. “5-yr /yr” and “10-yr /yr” are compound annual growth over the window ending 2025; all figures are nominal. Data published by the FHFA House Price Index; this edition compiled 2026-09-07. Educational data, not investment advice.

See the Florida row in the state rankings, the county rankings, and, for why one metro number hides so much, why two homes in the same ZIP code appreciate differently.

Frequently asked questions

How fast have home prices risen in St. Petersburg, FL?

+10.8% a year over the five years ending 2025, and +9.8% a year over ten, by the FHFA all-transactions index for the St. Petersburg-Clearwater-Largo, FL (metropolitan division) area. Over ten years that is +155.0% in total. These are measured, nominal changes, not forecasts.

Is St. Petersburg, FL appreciating faster than Florida?

Over the five years ending 2025, yes: +10.8% a year for the metro against +10.4% for the state, 0.4 points a year ahead. Over ten years the gap is +0.9 points a year.

Does a metro average tell me what a specific home in St. Petersburg, FL will do?

No. This page reports the measured index for the whole metro. Neighborhoods and individual homes inside it followed different paths, and a metro average conceals that spread. Use it for context, then evaluate the specific property within its own local market.

Averages end where the decision starts

These are area averages from measured history. Individual homes inside the same area follow meaningfully different paths. Good Investment ranks a specific property within its own market, with context and a confidence flag.