Living here
How old the homes are, and what they sell for
The oceanfront from Hillsboro Beach to Lauderdale‑by‑the‑Sea, from Broward County records.
The numbers
What the oceanfront holds
Most of this oceanfront was built before 1980. Then it stopped, and it is finishing towers again now. The first two figures are counted from the buildings on this site, and the rest from Broward County property records.
91Oceanfront buildings, from Hillsboro Beach to Lauderdale‑by‑the‑Sea
6Of them under construction or announced, so not yet open to anyone
65%Of the oceanfront homes listed for sale since our listing records begin, built before 1980
8%Of the same homes, built since 2010
1950The oldest year built on that record
2029The newest, for a tower that is not finished yet
Broward County records. The county figures cover the 2,529 oceanfront homes that have been listed for sale since our listing records begin, which is a sample of this beach and not a count of it. The record runs to the most recent oceanfront sale, Oct 8, 2026.
By decade
The beach mostly stopped building, then started all at once
The past twelve months
What oceanfront homes have sold for
Closed sales on the oceanfront over the past twelve months, from Broward County records and not from a listing site.
342Closed sales on the oceanfront in those twelve months
$507,500Median closed price across those sales
$430Median closed price per square foot
74Median days on the market before a contract
22%Of those sales closed above one million dollars
Oct 8, 2026The most recent oceanfront sale on the county record
The county record is 36 days behind this page. Its newest sale closed Oct 8, 2026, and a stretch of coast that closes about 7 sales a week does not go that long without one. The twelve months are counted back from the day this page was last updated, so these figures are short by whatever has closed since.
Correction, August 21, 2026: an earlier version of this panel undercounted oceanfront sales because of an address matching error. Fixing it moved that day’s count for the past twelve months from 105 closings to 317. The count above is today’s, and it moves as the twelve months do.
Price per foot, year by year
The median ran $399 in 2018 and reached $492 in 2022. 2026 is running at $437, 11% under the 2022 figure, and 2025 was lower still at $426.
Year Median Closed
2018 $399 74
2019 $378 109
2020 $391 126
2021 $439 262
2022 $492 239
2023 $465 314
2024 $442 322
2025 $426 357
2026 $437 300
Median closed price per square foot, by the year the sale closed. The last year on the chart is a partial year, running to Oct 8, 2026.
Broward County records. Homes are picked out by street address, so this is a close approximation of the oceanfront and not a parcel by parcel count of it.
The buildings
Going UpThe 6 towers rising on the oceanfront, compared, the nearest to finished firstBuildingsAll 91 oceanfront buildings, north to south, with what is confirmed about eachThe BeachToday’s flag and tide, the pier, every park with its hours, and where to park
Not here yet: reporting on insurance, building repairs and storm seasons. None of it is written.