Fort Lauderdale, FL Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Fort Lauderdale: a median closing price of $585,000 across 2,344 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread and a ZIP-level breakdown.
Fort Lauderdale produces a steady stream of closings but little consensus: sales over the last six months span a range wide enough that the median is a midpoint between different markets, not a going rate. The distribution below matters more than the headline.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 2,344
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $585,000
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $407
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $365,000 and $1,100,000
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 2,344 closed sales in Fort Lauderdale over the last six months, with a median closing price of $585,000. 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. The middle half of those sales closed between $365,000 and $1,100,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. 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 2,321 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $302 and $588 per square foot.
Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Fort Lauderdale, FL (October 2026)
The median home price in Fort Lauderdale is $585,000, measured across the 2,344 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $365,000 and $1,100,000.
Where Fort Lauderdale sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Fort Lauderdale over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $365,000 and $1,100,000. Among the 205 Florida markets with a published band, Fort Lauderdale's middle-half spread ($365,000 to $1,100,000) ranks 182nd from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 97th percentile of the 2,230 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of October 3, 2026.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 69 days, across 1,006 Fort Lauderdale closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 27 days, across 868 Fort Lauderdale closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The Fort Lauderdale angle
Fort Lauderdale's quartile band is among the widest spreads we track, in the top 10%, which makes the citywide median almost meaningless for pricing a specific address. Across 2,344 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $585,000, and the middle half of sales closed between $365,000 and $1,100,000, with far more room above the median than below it. Every part of the valuation therefore has to come from comp selection: match on what you can verify about the subject, hold the geography tight, and discard closings from the opposite end of the range no matter how close they sit.
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 · 33319 · 33311 · 33304 · 33312 · 33309 · 33315.
From market read to offer price
A spread this wide means the citywide number cannot price a specific address; the step that matters is the property-level read. 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, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR 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
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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 1224000
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 2,344
Median sold price: $585,000
Median sold $/sqft: $407 (2,321 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 13% of the 2,344 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 $585,000, measured across 2,344 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Fort Lauderdale last month?
Resideline has tracked 219 closed sales in Fort Lauderdale in September 2026 so far, out of 2,344 closings tracked over the last six months. The most recent month keeps filling in for several weeks as closings are recorded, so this count will rise. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Fort Lauderdale?
The middle half of Fort Lauderdale sales over the last six months closed between $365,000 and $1,100,000, with a median of $585,000.
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 2,321 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
Can I use a percentage adjustment off the Fort Lauderdale median?
No. With a quartile band among the widest we track and far more room above the median than below it, the same percentage means something completely different at each end of the market, so adjustments off the midpoint are unreliable in both directions. Build from matched closings instead.
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