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.
Spec vs. Custom in South Florida Luxury: Certainty, Control, and the 2026 Timeline
In South Florida’s luxury market, the choice between a design-forward spec residence and a fully custom build is less about taste and more about risk, timing, and the kind of decision-making you want to live with. Here is how sophisticated buyers are weighing certainty versus control as 2026 approaches, and where branded, turnkey condominium living fits as a third path.
The New Luxury of Safety: Serenity Zones, Invisible Security, and the High-End Future of Protected Living
Ultra-luxury home security is evolving from conspicuous panic rooms into discreet, design-led sanctuary spaces. For South Florida buyers, the smartest plans layer building, neighborhood, and in-residence protections while preserving beauty, wellness, and daily ease.
