2026 Luxury Floor Plans in South Florida: The Return of Zoned Living

Open concept is not disappearing in 2026 luxury real estate, but it is being refined. Across design forecasts, the direction is clear: selectively separated rooms, better acoustics, dedicated workspaces, and wellness-forward suites that prioritize how a residence lives day to day. For South Florida buyers weighing New-construction versus Resale, the most enduring value is increasingly found in layouts that balance social flow with privacy, storage, and discretion.

After Surfside: The New Reality of Luxury Condo Ownership in South Florida

Florida’s condominium market has entered a more regulated, more transparent era after the 2021 Surfside tragedy. For luxury buyers, the headline is not simply stricter inspections. It is how inspection outcomes, reserve funding, and insurance costs flow through to special assessments, lender eligibility, and ultimately resale liquidity. Here is what materially changed, what HB 913 refined in 2025, and how to approach due diligence with the calm rigor the moment demands.

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.

The Luxury Retrofit Playbook: Making Resale Condos Feel New in South Florida

New-construction towers set a relentless benchmark for finishes, tech, and amenities. For South Florida owners and condo boards, the most valuable strategy is not to mimic every new building feature, but to upgrade the moments that buyers actually notice: first impression, daily comfort, and frictionless living. This MILLION Luxury guide outlines the unit-level and building-level improvements that read as modern, protect pricing power, and help Resale inventory compete intelligently with New-construction.

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.

Miami’s Luxury Condo Resale Market: When New Towers Reset the Value of Older Icons

In South Florida, the luxury condo Resale market increasingly trades in the shadow of New-construction launches. A new tower’s design language, amenity stack, and buyer incentives can raise the ceiling for a neighborhood or compress pricing for older product that cannot match today’s expectations. For owners of established buildings, value protection is less about chasing the newest finish package and more about controlling presentation, timing, and terms. For buyers, the opportunity lies in understanding how developers set comps and how older icons can still win on location, scale, and certainty.