Fords Colony is built around golf, with fairways like those at Ford's Colony Country Club's Marsh Hawk Course threading through the community and homes addressing them directly. Preserved open space sits in the mix as well, so some streets face protected ground instead of more houses. That layout shapes the search here more than anything else: where a property sits in relation to the course and the green space is the first thing worth pinning down on any listing you pull up. David Tortolini Realty Group works this market closely and knows how the sections differ in access and character. The pages that follow lay out what sells here, what it costs, and where the listings come from.
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Fords Colony at a Glance
- County
- James City County County
- ZIP codes in these listings
- 23188
- Typical asking price
- $749,325 (median of 50 homes, excluding 14 land and other non-dwelling listings)
- Typical sold price
- $760,000, middle half $665,500-$897,500 (median of 151 home sales, excluding 10 land and other non-dwelling sales, past 12 months)
- Typical home
- 3,090 sq ft (n=50) · 4 bed / 3 bath (medians, n=50)
- Months of supply
- 4 (leaning to sellers, homes only)
- Sold-to-list
- 100% of asking (median per home sale, n=151)
- Data current as of
- October 2026
How the Fords Colony market is moving
Start with the supply picture: the months-of-supply figure here falls into the range classed as leaning toward sellers. That is a ratio of listed stock to the pace homes have sold at, and it is worth knowing before you form a price strategy with your agent. On sales that have already closed, homes went for at or above what sellers were asking. Keep that in mind as background when you read a list price, and nothing more. The practical thing to do when you scan inventory: filter out land and commercial listings first. About a fifth of what is listed in Fords Colony is one or the other, and if you leave them in your count you will think you have more houses to look at than you do. Of the homes for sale, most are houses.
What your money buys in Fords Colony
The typical house here dates to 2004, with the middle of the range running from 1997 to 2008. That is the age where the first round of big replacements starts coming due, so ask the seller which ones are already behind them: the roof, the furnace and air handler, the water heater, the windows. Some sellers will hand you a list with dates on it, and that list is worth more than a fresh coat of paint. Four bedrooms is the most common layout sold, and that layout runs about $825,000. The largest single band of closed prices fell between $500,000 and $1 million. Buy here and you own the yard, the trees on it, and every system inside the walls.
Styles and schools in the Fords Colony listings
Among the listings that report an architectural style, Colonial is the most common at about a quarter, with Traditional and Transitional each making up about one in ten. No measurable price difference shows up between them, so treat style as a matter of what you want to live in rather than a factor in what you pay. On schools, the listings most often name James Blair Middle, with Lois S Hornsby Middle School on about one in ten and Toano Middle on a small share. Those are fields typed in by listing agents, not district assignments, and boundaries and listing data both go stale, so confirm the current assignment for any specific address with the school district. The Williamsburg Botanical Garden, a park, is in Fords Colony.
Named communities within Fords Colony
A handful of names come up often enough in the listings to be worth knowing. Country Club Villas accounts for roughly one in six listings. Killarney is about one in ten, and Westport, Nottingham Place and St Andrews Village each account for about one in ten as well. The catch is that about half of the listings here are not covered by any of those names at all; they sit in smaller communities you would never think to type into a search box. So searching by community name misses most of this market. Build your search on the things that apply to every listing instead: property class, price band, and what the home fronts onto.
What to verify before you commit
- Mandatory club membership fees and transfer requirements.
- HOA assessments and reserve funding for amenities.
- Wooded lot tree removal and drainage restrictions.
- Architectural review board approval for renovations.
- Age restrictions in certain sections of the community.
Working with David Tortolini Realty Group
Two things on this page trip buyers up more than anything else: how closely sales here track the asking price, and how much of the listed inventory is land or a commercial building rather than a house. David Tortolini Realty Group reads both correctly, and also knows how to get you clear answers on club membership obligations and association assessments before you write anything. If you want, we can set up alerts filtered to detached houses only, in the price band you are actually shopping, and walk through each one's membership and assessment terms with you as it comes up.
