Groveland

Drive west on SR-50 past Clermont and the terrain does something Central Florida rarely does: it rolls. Groveland sits on a ridge of scrub-pine hills ringed by hundreds of lakes, a landscape that has drawn settlers, citrus growers, and now a new generation of homebuyers priced out of the closer-in suburbs. We work with buyers in Groveland regularly, and the pitch is concrete: you get more square footage, a newer home, and often a yard with water views for a median price around $380,000 — money that buys you a much tighter lot in Winter Garden or Windermere. The Florida Turnpike entrance at SR-50 puts you at the Disney corridor in 25 minutes on a non-peak morning. The city made national headlines in June 2023 when it became the first International Dark Sky Community in Florida and the entire Southeast. The certification took three years of public engagement, lighting ordinance work, and night-sky education — the kind of civic intentionality that signals a well-run local government. The annual Groveland Star Party at Cherrylake Tree Farm has grown from 700 attendees to over 2,500, drawing astrophotographers from across the state. New construction is the dominant story right now. Lennar, KB Home, Hanover Family Builders, Richmond American Homes, and Maronda Homes have all planted flags here, with communities in various price tiers from the upper $200s to the mid $400s. The pipeline is deep: builders have been opening roughly 18 communities at a time in recent planning cycles. If you want to lock in a new home before the city's next growth wave fully prices in, the window is open today.