Lauderdale Beach Ext
Homes for Sale in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Lauderdale Beach Ext market snapshot (as of September 20, 2026): the median sale price is about $2.85M ($760 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), a median 99 days on market for closed sales, and 4.0 months of supply, a balanced market. The trailing-12-month median is up 93% from the prior 12 months and up 104% since 2012, computed from record-level Beaches MLS closed sales (4 closings in the current window).

In ZIP 33305 (Fort Lauderdale), 358 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $732K ($500/sq ft), up 2.8% year over year, with a median 52 days on market. Right now 170 active and 43 pending listings put supply at about 5.7 months — a buyer's market. See the live ZIP 33305 housing market and the Broward County market.

BeachesMLS sales records identify 76 homes in Lauderdale Beach Ext that have changed hands since 2006, built between 1951 and 2026 (median 1968), with a median living area of about 2,448 sq ft and a typical 4-bedroom, 3-bath layout; 96% are single-family homes. Source: BeachesMLS closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community.

Lauderdale Beach Ext is oceanfront Fort Lauderdale real estate sold by the parcel, not the lifestyle—median $2.5 million, median 74 days on market, and a buyer pool that understands what beachfront dirt costs in Broward County.

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This is not a community in the planned-development sense. Lauderdale Beach Ext is a geographic label for oceanfront and near-oceanfront parcels in a mature Fort Lauderdale barrier-island corridor. There are no HOA amenities flagged in current MLS data, no gates, no common facilities. What you buy is Atlantic or Intracoastal proximity and the ability to build, renovate, or hold a legacy property on some of the most tightly held sand in South Florida.

The median price of $2.5 million and the $793 per-foot figure tell you that existing structures vary widely in age, condition, and configuration. Some buyers are acquiring teardowns; others are purchasing remodeled estates. All are paying a sharp premium for water access and Fort Lauderdale's beachfront zoning, which limits new supply and underpins long-term value. The 339 percent gain since 2012 is a direct artifact of that scarcity, compounded by a decade of global capital flow into Florida coastal markets.

Median time on market at 74 days is longer than the county's lower tiers, reflecting both the narrow buyer universe at this price and sellers' willingness to wait for qualified, serious offers. Five closings in the measurement window underscore the thinness of inventory—this is not a market where ten comparable sales close every month. Expect fewer comps, wider variance in condition, and a transaction process that hinges on appraisal nuance and title complexity that comes with older beachfront parcels.

Fort Lauderdale's beach corridor gives you proximity to Las Olas Boulevard, the airport, and Port Everglades without Miami-Dade density. You sacrifice the resort-style community infrastructure you would find in a newer Broward development, but you gain irreplaceable ocean footage and the optionality that comes with owning the land underneath.

Lauderdale Beach Ext transactions turn on comps, title, and realistic appraisal—not marketing fluff. Momentum's analysts pull every closed oceanfront sale in the corridor, model price-per-foot by lot configuration and water exposure, and walk you through what condition and rebuild potential actually mean at the $2.5 million median. We know which parcels carry seawall or easement encumbrances, which titles are clean, and when a listing has been overpriced for six months. If you are writing an offer on barrier-island dirt in Broward County, you want a brokerage that reads surveys and knows the difference between Intracoastal view and direct Atlantic frontage.