Fort Lauderdale, FL Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Fort Lauderdale: a median closing price of $590,000 across 2,539 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, with the sample size and mix stated plainly and a ZIP-level breakdown.
If you invest in or around Fort Lauderdale, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Fort Lauderdale sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of September 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 2,539
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $590,000
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $407
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 2,539 closed sales in Fort Lauderdale over the last six months, with a median closing price of $590,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. The large tracked sample provides substantial market-level evidence. Across the 2,510 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $302 and $585 per square foot.
Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Fort Lauderdale, FL (September 2026)
The median home price in Fort Lauderdale is $590,000, measured across the 2,539 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 68 days, across 1,018 Fort Lauderdale closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 26 days, across 908 Fort Lauderdale closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Fort Lauderdale market data by ZIP code
Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for Fort Lauderdale ZIP codes: 33308 · 33304 · 33311 · 33312 · 33301 · 33305.
From market read to offer price
A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.
And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Fort Lauderdale address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 1224000
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 2,539
Median sold price: $590,000
Median sold $/sqft: $407 (2,510 qualifying)
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.
Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Fort Lauderdale over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track within the Fort Lauderdale city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 11% of the 2,539 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $600,000.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Fort Lauderdale?
The median sold price in Fort Lauderdale over the last 6 months is $590,000, measured across 2,539 closings Resideline tracked.
What is the typical price per square foot in Fort Lauderdale?
Among qualifying Fort Lauderdale closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $407, measured across 2,510 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
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