Hyland Trail, Green Cove Springs

Market snapshot

Ninety-seven closings were recorded — one of the highest counts in Clay County — at a median of $400,000 and about $180 a square foot. Homes averaged 55 days on market with 3.3 months of supply, classified as a seller's market. Median price was roughly 5% lower than a year earlier. High volume plus a modest price dip is what a healthy absorption market looks like, not a falling one.

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 Tim Sherman for the current recorded numbers before you rely on them.

Where it is

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What to check before you buy here

Where a community is still being built out, your resale competes directly against the builder's standing inventory and incentive package. Before you list, find out what the builder is offering that week. Before you buy, price the CDD assessment into your monthly payment — it is a separate line on the Clay County tax bill and it does not go away when the mortgage does. Ask for a wind mitigation inspection as part of your insurance shopping — new construction here should already qualify for meaningful credits on a Citizens or private-market policy, and getting that documentation from the builder now is easier than chasing it down at your first renewal.

Commute and schools

Hyland Trail sits in the Clay High School Zone, which covers Green Cove Springs, Lake Asbury and Middleburg east — verify the current elementary and middle assignment directly with Clay County Schools, since a community absorbing this much new construction is exactly where boundaries get redrawn. The First Coast Expressway is the story for commuters here: it is steadily shortening the run from western Green Cove Springs to I-10 and on to NAS Jacksonville, though residents should still plan on a longer drive to the base than an Orange Park or Fleming Island address.

CDD basics and the flood check

If Hyland Trail carries a Community Development District, treat it as two separate obligations: a bond-debt portion a homeowner can prepay in full, and an operations-and-maintenance portion that funds ongoing landscaping and amenities and continues indefinitely. Ask the builder or seller for the exact recorded figure rather than a modelled estimate — with 97 closings on record here, there is no shortage of comparable owners who can tell you their actual bill. And because Green Cove Springs runs along the St. Johns River, pull the FEMA flood map for the specific lot at msc.fema.gov before you write an offer, new construction or not.

Why high volume and a falling median is actually good news

Ninety-seven closings is the largest sample of any Clay County community on this site, and that volume is what lets me say with real confidence that this is healthy absorption, not a declining market. A community still building out will always show a wide range of home ages, sizes and finish levels closing side by side, and that mix alone can pull a median down 5% without a single owner losing equity. Fifty-five average days on market backs that up — homes here are still selling at a normal pace, they are just selling across a wider price spread than an established, built-out neighbourhood would show. Ask me for the closing-by-closing breakdown before you assume the median tells the whole story.

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