The Short Answer On a Miami waterfront lot, a newly built house sells for 82% more per square foot of land than a house built before 2000. That is the price of not building. Held at the same house size, between 5,000 and 8,000 square feet of living area, new waterfront houses closed at a […]
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Miami Beach Island Homes 2026: What a Seawall Is Actually Worth
Miami Beach’s residential islands were largely created from Biscayne Bay during South Florida’s early development boom. Star, Palm and Hibiscus. The Venetian chain. The Sunset Islands. Much of this landscape did not exist in its present form a century ago. They emerged from the same extraordinary idea: create scarce residential land in Biscayne Bay. A […]
Miami Trophy Home Market 2026: What $20M, $50M and $100M Actually Buy
“What does $20 million buy in Miami?” is a reasonable question. It also has a more useful answer than most people expect, because the answer changes character between tiers rather than simply scaling up. A review of 250 closed Miami-Dade single-family sales above $10 million, from January 2025 through September 2026, shows that moving from […]
Miami’s Waterfront Premium 2026: What $10M+ Home Sales Reveal About the Value of Water
In Miami luxury real estate, “waterfront” is one of the most valuable—and least precise—words in a listing. A home on a narrow canal is waterfront. So is an estate facing hundreds of feet of open Biscayne Bay. So is a Golden Beach residence directly on the Atlantic. All three may offer water behind the property. […]
Miami Waterfront Homes that SOLD above $5M in 2008
Miami Waterfront Homes that SOLD above $5M in 2008. So, what’s happening this year with luxury homes in Miami Beach? Today, we have 77 homes on the market above $5M, with 11 closed sales above $5M this year. The areas I’m covering are South to North, including Fisher Island to Golden Beach, and only West […]
Florida’s Luxury Real Estate Market Showing Cracks
Is Florida’s Luxury Real Estate Market Showing Cracks? Reuters.com is a trusted source for businesses and professionals looking for industry expertise. An article about the South East Florida (Miami) market came up yesterday, “Florida Luxury Home Market Showing Signs of Wear” Read Here. It talks about the influx of investors from Canada and Europe pouring […]
The Venetian Islands Miami Beach
The Venetian Islands in Miami Beach are remarkable. The NY Times called me in early February to write an article on the Venetian Islands. The article went out last Friday, March 28th. Since this interview, there have been 5 closed sales this year and 5 additionally under contract (congratulations, Todd!). Another important difference is there […]







