Fort Lauderdale
The Venice of America
Known the world over as the Venice of America, Fort Lauderdale is laced with more than 300 miles of navigable canals — a city where the water isn't a view, it's an address. From the deep-water estates along the Intracoastal to the yacht-lined waterways off Las Olas, life here is measured in dockage and ocean access as much as in square footage.
It is the yachting capital of the world — home to the largest in-water boat show on the planet and the working harbor at Port Everglades — yet its heart is walkable and refined: the galleries and sidewalk cafés of Las Olas Boulevard, seven miles of Atlantic beachfront, and a downtown that has grown into one of South Florida's most sophisticated.
Fort Lauderdale is the frame around dozens of distinct neighborhoods and signature towers, each with its own character. Explore them below to find the stretch of water — or the building — that fits the life you're after.
- The Venice of America — 300+ miles of navigable canals with deep-water access to the Atlantic
- Widely regarded as the yachting capital of the world, home to the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show
- Seven miles of Atlantic beachfront and the palm-lined promenade along A1A
- Las Olas Boulevard — the city's dining, gallery, and boutique corridor
- Coveted deep-water, no-fixed-bridge estates prized by boaters and waterfront buyers
- Minutes to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International, and a short drive to Miami
To live in Fort Lauderdale is to live on the water — whether your mornings begin with a paddle down a quiet finger canal or a run along the beach promenade. It's a city built for people who want the boat behind the house and the restaurant within walking distance: deep-water access to the ocean on one side, Las Olas and a thriving downtown on the other.
Where you land shapes the everyday — the barrier-island calm of the beach neighborhoods, the yachting culture of the Intracoastal estates, the walkable energy near Las Olas. Each neighborhood and tower below tells its own story; this is the wider Fort Lauderdale that frames whichever one you choose.
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Fort Lauderdale Market Data
10600 closed sales on record in Fort Lauderdale · Nov 2023 – Oct 2026 · from the MLS, by city
Fort Lauderdale right now — 3,632 closed sales in the last 12 months.
Fort Lauderdale Market Report
Over the trailing 12 months, Fort Lauderdale closed 3,741 sales totaling $3,859,713,411 in dollar volume. The current median sale price stands at $544,000, up 6.1% year over year, with median price per square foot at $394, up 1.3% year over year. Monthly closings varied considerably across the window, from 304 sales in September 2025 at a $478,500 median up to a peak of 393 sales in March 2026, with the median climbing as high as $650,000 in August 2026 alongside a $431 median price per square foot that same month. The most recent month on record, September 2026, shows only 79 closings and a $544,000 median — too small a sample to read as its own trend.
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