Fort Lauderdale, FL · single-family

Selling a house in Fort Lauderdale: what actually happens

Every single-family listing in Fort Lauderdale that came off the market between October 2025 - September 2026 - 3,211 of them. Not opinions. The MLS record.

The community, as it really trades

More than a third of the homes listed here never sold

47%

of listings expired or were withdrawn - 1,511 of 3,211

median days on market for homes that did close

$682,500

median closing price

The typical seller here closed at 93.1% of what they first asked. That is the community's own arithmetic, and it is the number your listing agent is either going to beat or fall short of.

The cost of the wrong agent

18.2 points and 90 days - in the same community, in the same year

Split every Fort Lauderdale sale into quarters by how close it closed to its original asking price. This is the top quarter against the bottom quarter.

Outcome	Best quarter	Worst quarter	Gap
Sold for, as % of original asking price	99.3%	81.1%	18.2 points
Days on market	37 days	127 days	90 days

On a $682,500 home in Fort Lauderdale, 18.2 points is $124,215 - and the slow end of the market waited roughly 3 extra months, still paying taxes, insurance and upkeep the whole time. The percentage gap is what scales; apply it to whatever your own home is worth.

Who actually lists homes in Fort Lauderdale

1,855 different agents listed here in a year. Most of them barely did it.

1,855

listing agents took at least one single-family listing in Fort Lauderdale

86%

of them took only one or two listings here all year

38%

of them did not close a single listing here

That is the field you are choosing from. Most of these agents look the same on a website or in a listing presentation, and a presentation never shows you the listings that expired. The MLS record does. We read it for every agent who sells homes like yours in Fort Lauderdale, not just the ones who pay to be in a network, and introduce you to the one whose results are at the top.

We don't name agents on this page. If you already have one in mind, send us their name with your address and we'll show you their record next to the rest of the field.

See who is selling Fort Lauderdale best

Send us your address and we'll come back with your own home's numbers against the community - and arrange the introduction if you'd like it. There is no cost to you; the agent pays us. If you'd rather just see the figures first, that's fine too.