{"id":135121,"date":"2026-01-28T16:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/135121\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T16:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:49:07","slug":"south-florida-cities-ranked-among-best-homebuyers-markets-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/135121\/","title":{"rendered":"South Florida Cities Ranked Among Best Homebuyers Markets in U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fort-Lauderdale-riverwalk-by-Kim-Seng-from-Flickr.jpg\" class=\"article-thumbnail-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"an orange sunset behind skyscrapers and a riverwalk\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFort Lauderdale downtown area at Riverwalk and from the 17th Street Bridge in Broward County Florida during sunset over waterway. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/captainkimo\/12191758754\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kim Seng from Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>South Florida millennials, it\u2019s time to bust open those piggy banks because the generational struggle of buying a home may be dissipating into an attainable goal. Real estate experts at Redfin are seeing one of the strongest buyer\u2019s markets on record, ranking three South Florida cities among the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miaminewtimes.com\/news\/miami-ranks-as-top-homebuyer-market-in-us-as-market-slides-23981634\/\">best buyer\u2019s markets in the nation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to data collected by Redfin, there were an estimated 47 percent more home sellers than buyers in the U.S. housing market in December \u2014 or 631,535 more, in numerical terms \u2014 the largest gap between sellers and buyers in data dating back to 2013. A buyer\u2019s market occurs when the number of available homes exceeds the number of buyers, creating an ample supply for buyers and (typically) forcing sellers to lower prices to make their homes stand out amid the surplus.<\/p>\n<p>By that definition, the U.S. has been in a buyer\u2019s market since May 2024. And South Florida cities have topped the buyer\u2019s market leaderboards for months, with Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and West Palm Beach making appearances in the latest top ten.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, it\u2019s only a buyer\u2019s market for those who can afford to buy,\u201d according to Redfin. \u201cHigh housing costs and economic uncertainty have caused many house hunters to retreat, creating an imbalance of buyers and sellers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With 128 percent more home sellers than buyers, Austin is the only city ahead of Fort Lauderdale, with 125 percent more sellers than buyers, according to Redfin data.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Cities with the Highest Disparity Between Sellers and Buyers:<\/p>\n<p>Austin: 128 percent<br \/>\nFort Lauderdale: 125 percent<br \/>\nNashville: 111 percent<br \/>\nMiami: 102 percent<br \/>\nSan Antonio: 102 percent<br \/>\nWest Palm Beach: 97 percent<br \/>\nHouston: 96 percent<br \/>\nLas Vegas: 88 percent<br \/>\nDallas: 86 percent<br \/>\nTampa: 82 percent<\/p>\n<p>By the numbers, Fort Lauderdale has an estimated 8,597 buyers and 19,356 sellers; Miami has 9,964 buyers and 20,196 sellers; and West Palm Beach has 8,330 buyers and 16,445 sellers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe estimated the number of buyers using proprietary Redfin data on the typical time from a buyer\u2019s first tour to close of purchase, and MLS data on active listings and pending sales,\u201d the Redfin study states. \u201cThe estimated number of sellers in the market is simply the number of active listings in the MLS.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Lauderdale downtown area at Riverwalk and from the 17th Street Bridge in Broward County Florida during sunset&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[740,249,251,250,1644,2908,480],"class_list":{"0":"post-135121","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-economy","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","11":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news","12":"tag-housing","13":"tag-national-spotlight","14":"tag-real-estate"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}