Top 5 Broward Waterfront Neighborhoods Defining 2025’s Trophy-Home Market

In 2025, Broward’s luxury conversation centered less on a single headline closing and more on a set of waterfront micro-markets where design, dockage, and inlet access set pricing power. From Harbor Beach’s Intracoastal frontage to the canal geometry of Las Olas Isles and the enduring appeal of Rio Vista, Fort Lauderdale’s most coveted pockets continued to behave like a separate asset class. Against a countywide backdrop of rising sales volume, a maturing pricing cycle, and a growing pipeline of ultra-luxury product across South Florida, these neighborhoods outline what buyers are actually paying for: privacy, water, and effortless lifestyle logistics.

Brickell vs. Sunny Isles Beach: Choosing a Luxury Condo Address for 2026

For buyers weighing Miami’s urban core against the Atlantic edge, Brickell and Sunny Isles Beach offer two distinct definitions of luxury: one powered by walkable city infrastructure and global finance, the other by direct Oceanfront living and resort-grade towers. Using recent market signals and on-the-ground lifestyle realities, this guide helps you match address to intent, whether you prioritize liquidity, views, amenities, or a second-home rhythm.

EDITION Residences Fort Lauderdale: Boutique Branded Living on the Intracoastal

A discreet, low-supply branded residence is planned for 551 Bayshore Drive, positioning EDITION’s hospitality DNA alongside Fort Lauderdale’s accelerating waterfront reinvestment cycle.

Condo Fees, Reserves, and Special Assessments: A 2026 Due‑Diligence Playbook for South Florida Luxury Buyers

Rising insurance, mandatory structural reserves, and tighter governance rules have shifted the true cost of condo ownership in South Florida. This MILLION Luxury guide explains how milestone inspections and Structural Integrity Reserve Studies reshape monthly budgets, why special assessments hinge on process as much as price, and what disciplined due diligence looks like in today’s luxury resale market.

FinCEN’s 2026 Residential Real Estate Reporting Rule: What South Florida Luxury Buyers Should Expect

A new federal reporting regime arrives March 1, 2026. For South Florida’s ultra-luxury market, it reshapes what “private” can mean in cash and entity purchases, and it changes how closings are prepared, documented, and timed.

A Weaker Dollar, A Stronger Bid: How FX Is Re-shaping South Florida Luxury Real Estate in 2026

As currency markets tilt away from peak-dollar conditions, South Florida’s ultra-luxury corridor is being repriced in real time for global buyers. The story is not simply that a softer greenback makes Miami “cheaper.” It is that currency moves, cash-heavy international demand, and the region’s deep new-development pipeline are converging into a distinctly 2026 playbook: secure best-in-class assets, manage transaction eligibility and carrying costs, and treat FX as a material part of underwriting.