South Florida · Luxury

Luxury Homes for Sale in South Florida

Luxury means a different number in every city down here. This is where each market starts, what your money buys on the water, and the questions I ask before you make an offer.

Waterfront house with a dock and a motor yacht on a Fort Lauderdale canal under afternoon sun
Luxury listings

Luxury homes for sale in South Florida right now

2,552 active listings · MLS data updated 1 minute ago · Active listings only

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Market snapshot

2,552 active listings at $1,000,000 and up

Highest asking price right now: $205,000,000

Straight from the MLS feed on this page. It moves when the feed moves, and it is the only market number I publish here.

South Florida is not one luxury market. It is a string of them, and they price on different things. A canal lot in Fort Lauderdale is priced on water and bridges. A Palm Beach block is priced on the ocean and the landmark rules. A Sunny Isles tower is priced on the building, the reserves, and the line of the view. The word luxury travels between them. The number behind it does not.

So I built this the way I work: one page per city, each with the price the market actually starts at, the neighborhoods where the inventory sits, and the things I check before I let a client write an offer. Start with a city below, or send me your budget and the cities you are weighing and I will tell you where it goes furthest.

What to check before you buy

What to check before you buy

The water, before anything else

On a waterfront lot the dock decides the value. I measure the usable dockage, read the depth at low tide rather than at the photo shoot, and count every bridge between that seawall and the inlet. One fixed bridge changes what the lot is worth and what boat can ever sit behind it.

The seawall and the elevation

A seawall has an age and a condition, and replacing one runs into six figures. Elevation sets the flood zone, and the flood zone sets the insurance. I want a real insurance quote inside the inspection period, not an estimate after closing.

What the association controls

Gated communities, historic districts and barrier island towns run architectural review. That governs roofs, paint, windows, docks and landscaping. If you plan to change the house, read those rules before you buy it, not after the plans are drawn.

Condo reserves and the 2022 law

Florida's 2022 condo safety law requires milestone inspections on older buildings three stories and up, and a structural integrity reserve study that the association can no longer simply waive. A funded reserve and a finished inspection are worth more than a lobby renovation.

FAQ

Questions I hear a lot

What counts as a luxury home in South Florida?

It depends on the city, which is why each page here has its own floor. In Weston or Plantation the luxury conversation starts around a million. In Fort Lauderdale it starts higher. On Palm Beach it starts higher again. I set each floor from what the market actually lists, not from a slogan.

Where are the highest asking prices right now?

The top of the market sits on deep-water and oceanfront lots: the Fort Lauderdale finger isles, the Palm Beach ocean blocks, and the bayfront in Coral Gables and Miami Beach. The number you see on this page comes straight from the MLS feed, so it moves when the feed moves.

Do I need a different agent in each city?

No. I work across Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties, and I read the same things everywhere: the water, the seawall, the elevation, the association, and the building. Send me the cities you are weighing and I will tell you where your budget goes furthest.

Can you show me homes that are not listed publicly?

Some owners at this level prefer a quiet sale, so I work my brokerage network as well as the MLS. Tell me what you are after and I will ask around before it is on a portal.

Let us talk

Shopping above a million in South Florida?

Tell me the budget and the must-haves. I will send the homes that fit, with the water, the building, and the carrying costs checked before you see them, in English o en español.