Millennial Millionaires and the New Map of South Florida Ultra-Luxury
A growing share of younger wealth is meeting a market built for global, service-led living. In South Florida, that intersection is reshaping where ultra-luxury buyers focus, what they value, and how they choose between legacy trophy addresses and the new class of branded, amenity-rich towers.
International Buyers Are Absorbing South Florida’s New Luxury Supply. Here’s What That Means for 2026.
International demand has become the defining force behind South Florida’s new-construction luxury market. With foreign buyers representing a majority of recent new-construction purchases and coming from an unusually broad set of countries, pricing power and product strategy increasingly reflect global expectations. For high-net-worth buyers, understanding where this demand concentrates, why branded residences work, and how cash-heavy competition behaves can sharpen both acquisition timing and negotiation posture.
The Resilience Premium: How Climate Risk Is Repricing South Florida Luxury Real Estate
In South Florida, the next era of waterfront value is being defined by resilience: insurance access, engineered defenses, nature-based protection, and the micro-geography of elevation. Here is how sophisticated buyers are underwriting risk without giving up the lifestyle.
Post-Surfside Florida Condo Safety Laws: What Luxury Buyers Should Diligence Now
A discreet, buyer-forward guide to Florida’s post-Surfside condo safety framework, updated through HB 913 (2025), with practical implications for reserves, insurance, financing, and Miami-Dade recertification.
South Florida’s Trophy Market in 2025: When Record Sales Become the Story
In South Florida, the top of the market is not merely resilient. It is narrative-driven. From a $120 million Star Island trade reported as a Miami-Dade single-family record to an $86 million condo penthouse widely covered as the county’s priciest condominium sale, 2025 reinforced a modern truth: in the trophy tier, price is only part of the product. The rest is provenance, privacy, design authorship, and the ability for a residence to function as cultural capital. This MILLION Luxury editorial unpacks what the year’s headline deals reveal about how ultra-luxury is marketed, negotiated, and valued across Miami-beach and Palm-beach, and what sophisticated buyers and sellers should watch next.
The True Cost of Owning an Ultra-Luxury Home in South Florida
In South Florida, the purchase price is only the opening number. For oceanfront estates and trophy condos, annual carrying costs can resemble a corporate operating budget: insurance volatility, hurricane readiness, salt-air maintenance, staffing, and security. This MILLION Luxury editorial breaks down the main cost centers and the lifestyle decisions that quietly determine whether ownership feels effortless or exhausting.
