What is my Surfside home worth?

It depends on what homes like yours have closed for. The median Surfside single-family sale in the last 90 days was $1,450,000 and the median condo or townhome $1,110,000, but your value comes from the closed sales that match your street, size, condition and features. Request the free valuation on this page and a broker builds it from those sales, with a full comparative market analysis if you are thinking of listing.

How long does it take to sell a home in Surfside?

Single-family homes that closed in Surfside in the last 90 days had been on the market 47 days on average, condos and townhomes 105 days. Well-priced homes go under contract in the first few weeks; from contract to closing, financed buyers usually need 30 to 45 days and cash buyers can close in two. Condos add association approval, which we start on day one.

What does it cost to sell a home in Surfside?

The commission is agreed in writing before the listing goes live and there are no upfront fees; photography, video, marketing and showings are included. At closing, Florida charges a documentary stamp tax on the deed, customarily paid by the seller, along with title and settlement fees and any association estoppel fee for a condo or HOA. We prepare a net proceeds estimate so you know what you will take home before you decide.

Should I list my home or take a cash offer?

List it if you can give the sale a few weeks and want full market value: Surfside sellers achieved 94% of asking on the typical single-family sale in the last 90 days. Take the cash offer if you need a certain closing date, cannot make repairs or do not want showings. We put both numbers side by side, and you can keep the cash offer as a backup while the home is listed.

Do condos sell differently from houses in Surfside?

Yes. The median condo or townhome in Surfside closed at $1,110,000 against $1,450,000 for a single-family home, with 13.8 months of condo inventory versus 6.7 for houses, and condo buyers weigh the association fee, the reserve study, the milestone inspection and the rental rules as much as the unit. We assemble those documents before the listing goes live so the buyer's questions are answered on day one.

How much is my house worth in Surfside?

The median Surfside single-family home closed at $1,450,000 in the last 90 days and the median condo or townhome at $1,110,000, but your home is not the median. Its value comes from the closed sales that match its street, size, condition and features. Enter your address on this page and a broker sends you a written range with the sales behind it, free.

What is the average price per square foot in Surfside?

The median sold price per square foot in Surfside over the last 90 days is $975 for single-family homes and $732 for condos and townhomes. It falls as homes get larger and rises with water, view and renovation, so it is a way to compare similar homes rather than a way to price one.

How accurate are online home value estimates?

They are a starting point. An automated estimate cannot see a renovation, a view, a seawall, a new roof or a pending assessment, and in Surfside those are most of the difference between two homes of the same size. A broker's valuation uses the same closed sales a buyer's appraiser will use and adjusts each for what is different.

Are Surfside home values going up or down?

The median single-family sold price in Surfside is down 17.1% on the same 90 days a year ago, and condos and townhomes are up 40.5%. The Surfside housing market report linked on this page shows twelve months of closings month by month.

Does a home valuation cost anything?

No. The valuation is free and carries no obligation to list. It is a broker's opinion of value built from recent closed sales, not an appraisal; a lender will order its own appraisal when a buyer finances the purchase.

How do I choose a listing agent in Surfside?

Ask each agent for the closed sales behind their suggested price and what they adjusted for, their plan for the first fourteen days, who produces the photography and video, how they handle multiple offers, and how you can end the agreement. Choose the one who prices from evidence rather than the one who names the highest number; an overpriced listing in Surfside sits, and a listing that sits sells for less.

How much commission do realtors charge in Surfside?

Commission is negotiable and is not set by law or by any board. It is agreed in writing in the listing agreement before the home goes live, and with BreakThru Realty there are no upfront fees: it is paid from the proceeds at closing. We show you an estimate of your net proceeds alongside it, so you are comparing what you keep, not just a rate.

What should I do before I list?

Find out the roof's age, close any open permits, gather the survey, the elevation certificate and the wind mitigation report if you have them, and for a condominium request the association's documents, budget and inspection reports. Those are what a South Florida buyer's insurer and lender ask for, and having them ready keeps a contract from falling apart in its first two weeks.

Can I cancel a listing agreement?

Ask before you sign. A listing agreement runs for a fixed period and sets out how it can be ended. We explain the term and the cancellation provision in plain words before you sign ours, and we would rather release a seller who is unhappy than hold them to a date.

Sell Your Home in Surfside

You built this home's value. Your Surfside selling strategy should reflect it.

What Surfside homes are selling for right now, how BreakThru Realty prices and markets yours, and a free strategy review built from recent Surfside sales.

Selling a home in Surfside starts with knowing what buyers are paying right now, not last year. This page shows live sold prices, days on market and months of inventory from BeachesMLS, how BreakThru Realty prices and markets a Surfside home, and a guaranteed cash offer for owners who need speed over price.

Surfside Market at a Glance

Updated October 20, 2026 from BeachesMLS.

	Single-family homes	Condos & townhomes
Active listings	20	69
Median list price	$2,489,000	$999,000
Median list price per sq ft	$1,198/sq ft	$865/sq ft
Average days on market	154 days	244 days
Sold in the last 90 days	9	15
Median sold price (90 days)	$1,450,000	$1,110,000
Sale price as % of list price	94%	96%
Months of inventory	6.7 months	13.8 months
Median sold price vs. a year ago	-17.1%	+40.5%

Source: BeachesMLS. Active listings as of October 20, 2026; sold figures cover closings in the last 90 days, compared with the same 90 days one year earlier. Not an appraisal. How these figures are calculated.

What Surfside Homes Are Selling For

In the last 90 days the median single-family home in Surfside closed at $1,450,000, or $975 per square foot, and the median condo or townhome at $1,110,000 ($732 per square foot). Sellers achieved 94% of their asking price on the typical single-family sale and 96% on the typical condo sale, and 8 sales closed in the last 30 days. Your home is not the median: waterfront, a pool, a renovated kitchen or a top-floor view all move the number, which is what the valuation is for.

Is Now a Good Time to Sell in Surfside?

89 homes and condos are competing for buyers in Surfside today, 4 of them new this week, and 17 are already under contract. Single-family homes have 6.7 months of inventory and condos 13.8 months, which makes the single-family side a buyer's market. Homes that closed took 47 days on average to go under contract (condos 105 days). In a market with fewer than four months of supply, a correctly priced home draws multiple showings in its first two weeks; in a slower one, pricing and presentation decide whether it sells at all.

Selling a Home in Surfside

A Surfside condominium is priced by its building, line, floor and view as much as its size: a direct ocean view against a city or bay view, a corner line, a renovated kitchen and bathrooms, a Shabbat elevator and beach service, and above all the building's fee, its milestone inspection result and its assessment history, which buyers now read before the photographs. A house west of Harding is priced by its lot and its street, by whether it is a remodelled home or a site for a new one, and by the flood elevation, with the Indian Creek and bayfront lots in a market of their own. Your buyers compare Surfside with Bal Harbour, Bay Harbor Islands and North Beach, so we price from the closed sales that match your building and line or your street and lot. Begin with a free valuation drawn from the latest Surfside closings, ask us for a full comparative market analysis when you are ready to list, or request a guaranteed cash offer if a fast, as-is sale suits you better.

How to Choose a Listing Agent in Surfside

Interview more than one, and ask each the same questions. Which recent Surfside sales support the price they suggest, and can you see them? How will they market your particular home, and to which buyers? Who handles showings, offers and negotiation day to day? What does the listing agreement say about term, fees and cancellation, and who reviews the contract? Then choose the agent whose pricing you can check against closed sales, not the one with the highest number or the lowest fee. Experience with your type of home matters: a waterfront estate, a condo in a building with an assessment and a starter home in a gated community are sold to different buyers in different ways.

Selling a Luxury Waterfront Home in Surfside

A waterfront sale in Surfside is priced on the water first: ocean access and fixed bridges, dock length and water depth, the age and condition of the seawall, frontage, exposure and the view, then the house. Comparable sales are fewer and further apart than on dry lots, so the valuation reads the closed waterfront sales across the city, not the street. Marketing reaches the boating and out-of-state buyers who pay for that water, with photography that shows the dock and the approach, and showings and buyer qualification are handled with the discretion a high-value home needs; a private, off-market listing is an option we explain before you choose. The guides on selling a waterfront home and selling a luxury home go into the detail.

How BreakThru Realty Sells Your Home

A written pricing analysis from the Surfside sales that match your home, not a citywide average. Professional photography, video and floor plans, staging guidance, and a listing syndicated to every major portal and every BeachesMLS agent. Showing coordination, offer review and broker-level negotiation through inspection, appraisal and closing. No upfront fees; the commission and the plan are agreed in writing before your home goes live.

Need to Sell Fast? A Guaranteed Cash Offer

Some homes deserve the open market and some sellers need certainty. Through Neighborhood Cash Buyers, BreakThru can deliver a written cash offer on your Surfside home within 24 hours of a walkthrough, with no repairs, no showings and a closing date you choose. We show the listing estimate and the cash offer side by side so you can see the difference in net proceeds and decide.

What Surfside Homes Are Worth Right Now

The median single-family home in Surfside closed at $1,450,000 in the last 90 days, or $975 per square foot. The median condo or townhome closed at $1,110,000 ($732 per square foot). Single-family sellers achieved 94% of their asking price. Those are medians of everything that sold. They tell you where the market is, not what your home is worth: half of all sales closed above them and half below, for reasons a valuation has to account for one by one.

What Moves a Home's Value in Surfside

In Surfside the biggest differences come from the property's setting: on the water, the dock and lift, the depth at low tide, the width of the canal and whether a fixed bridge stands between the dock and the inlet, which can move two otherwise identical homes a long way apart; and in an oceanfront building, the floor, the line and the view, together with the association's reserves, its milestone inspection and any special assessment. Everywhere in South Florida, a buyer's insurer prices the roof's age, the windows and doors (impact-rated or not) and the wind mitigation report, and a buyer's lender looks at the flood zone and the elevation certificate, so two homes of the same size can carry very different monthly costs and sell for different prices. Open or expired permits, unpermitted additions and the condition of the kitchen, the baths and the air conditioning do the rest.

An Online Estimate Versus a Broker's Valuation

An automated estimate reads public records and recent sales by distance and size. It cannot see a renovation, a view, a seawall, a roof replaced last year or a special assessment about to be levied, and in a city where neighboring streets sell for very different prices it is often wrong by more than the cost of a mistake in pricing. A broker's valuation starts from the closed sales that truly match your home, adjusts each one for what is different, and checks the result against the homes you would compete with today.

How to Get Your Surfside Home Value

Enter your address on this page. A BreakThru Realty broker pulls the matching Surfside closings from BeachesMLS, adjusts them for your home, and calls you within one business day with a written value range and the sales behind it. It is free and carries no obligation. If you are thinking of listing, we extend it into a full comparative market analysis and an estimate of your net proceeds; if you need speed instead, we can put a guaranteed cash offer beside it so you can compare the two numbers.

What Surfside Buyers Pay Extra For

Surfside buyers pay first for the water and the building. For a condominium, a direct ocean view and a high floor lead, then the line and the terrace, then the building's services and the state of its reserves and inspections, which can add to or subtract from a unit as much as a renovation does. For a house, the street, the lot size and whether the home is remodelled, original or a site set the value, and a lot on Indian Creek or Biscayne Bay with a seawall and a dock stands apart. Walking distance to The Shul, the Community Center and Harding Avenue carries weight in Surfside that it would not elsewhere.

Which Parts of Surfside Are Moving

What moves value in Surfside is the replacement of the old with the new. On the single-family streets, postwar houses give way to two-storey homes, and each completion resets what the originals beside it are measured against. On Collins Avenue, every older building is working through its milestone inspection and reserve study, and a building that finishes the concrete work and funds its reserves sees its units trade differently from one that has not begun. The Four Seasons Surf Club and the boutique buildings set the ceiling, and the shops and hotels at both ends of town keep drawing buyers from across the bridge.

Before You Ask for a Surfside Valuation

Before asking what a Surfside home is worth, gather the documents that decide it. For a condominium: the association budget, the reserve study, the milestone inspection report and any engineer's letter, the assessment history, the leasing and pet rules, and the unit's own permits for kitchen and bathroom work. For a house: the survey, the elevation certificate, the permits for every addition and the roof and wind mitigation reports, and on the water, the seawall and dock permits. With those in hand we can price a Surfside property from the sales that truly match it rather than from a townwide figure.

What a Listing Agent Does for a Surfside Seller

A listing agent sets the launch price from closed sales, prepares the home and the paperwork before it goes live, puts it in front of every buyer's agent through BeachesMLS and the portals, manages showings, and then negotiates: the offer, the inspection requests, an appraisal that comes in short, and the dates. Most of the money is made or lost in two places, the price the home is launched at and the negotiation after inspection, which is why both are worth asking about before you sign.

Questions to Ask Before You Sign a Listing Agreement

Which closed sales did you use for this price, and what did you adjust for? What will you do in the first fourteen days, and what happens if there is no offer by then? Who takes the photographs and video, and may I see a recent listing of yours? How do you handle showings, feedback and multiple offers? What is the commission, what does it include, how long is the agreement, and how can I end it? Have you sold in my building or community, and do you know its approval process and documents? An agent who prices from evidence answers all of them without hesitation.

How BreakThru Realty Markets a Surfside Home

Every listing gets a written pricing analysis from matching Surfside sales, professional photography, video and a floor plan, staging guidance, syndication to every major portal and every BeachesMLS agent, and its own page on this site. Beyond that the plan follows the property: for a waterfront home, aerial video of the route to the inlet and the dock specifications (length, lift capacity, depth, bridge clearance) written into the listing, because boaters search on them; and for an oceanfront condo, the association documents, reserve study and milestone inspection gathered before launch, because a buyer's lender and insurer ask for them in the first week. You hear the feedback from every showing, and a licensed broker negotiates the contract with you.

The Surfside Market Your Agent Has to Price Against

89 homes and condos are for sale in Surfside today, 4 of them new this week, and 17 are under contract. Single-family homes have 6.7 months of inventory and took 47 days on average to go under contract. A listing agent's price has to win against that competition in its first two weeks, when a new listing gets most of its attention; a price that needs a reduction later usually nets less than the right price would have on day one.

Commission, in Plain Terms

Commission is not set by law or by any board; it is negotiable and agreed in writing in the listing agreement before anything else happens. There are no upfront fees with BreakThru Realty: photography, video, marketing and showings are included, and the commission is paid from the proceeds at closing. Whether you offer anything toward a buyer's broker is your decision, made with your agent as part of the pricing strategy, and we show you the net proceeds under each choice before you decide.

Marketing a Home in Surfside Specifically

Marketing a Surfside home means reaching two audiences at once: local families and observant buyers who already know the town and want a specific street or building, and buyers from the Northeast, Latin America and Europe who are comparing Surfside with Bal Harbour and Miami Beach. Photography shows the ocean from the terrace or the bay from the seawall, floor plans show the line, and the listing states the fee and what it includes, because Surfside buyers ask before they book. We prepare the building documents or the house's permit file as part of the listing so no buyer stalls at the question.

Pricing a Listing Street by Street in Surfside

Pricing in Surfside starts with the building or the street. A condominium is measured against closed sales in the same building and line, adjusted for floor, view, renovation and the fee, and then against the building next door, never against the town's median, which mixes a studio with a Surf Club residence. A house is measured against sales on the Altos del Mar and Normandy Beach streets of the same kind, original, remodelled or new, and a waterfront lot against the handful of bayfront sales. Because Surfside closes relatively few sales, each comparable is examined in full rather than averaged.

Who Is Buying in Surfside

Buyers in Surfside are families who want to walk to the beach, the schools and the synagogues, winter residents from the Northeast and Canada who want an oceanfront unit they can lock and leave, buyers from Latin America and Europe who know the Four Seasons and Bal Harbour Shops, and builders looking for a lot or a house to replace. Many are represented by agents who show Surfside alongside Bal Harbour, Bay Harbor Islands and North Beach, so a listing here is sold through those agents as much as to the public, and the ones who already live in Surfside often buy the house next door.

Recently Sold in Surfside

The newest closings in Surfside, with the sale price, closing date and days on market for each.

Recently sold homes in Surfside

What Is Your Surfside Home Worth?

Request a free valuation built on recent Surfside sales, or a full comparative market analysis before you list. No fee, no obligation, and a licensed broker answers within one business day.

Selling in Surfside: Frequently Asked Questions

What is my Surfside home worth?: It depends on what homes like yours have closed for. The median Surfside single-family sale in the last 90 days was $1,450,000 and the median condo or townhome $1,110,000, but your value comes from the closed sales that match your street, size, condition and features. Request the free valuation on this page and a broker builds it from those sales, with a full comparative market analysis if you are thinking of listing.
How long does it take to sell a home in Surfside?: Single-family homes that closed in Surfside in the last 90 days had been on the market 47 days on average, condos and townhomes 105 days. Well-priced homes go under contract in the first few weeks; from contract to closing, financed buyers usually need 30 to 45 days and cash buyers can close in two. Condos add association approval, which we start on day one.
What does it cost to sell a home in Surfside?: The commission is agreed in writing before the listing goes live and there are no upfront fees; photography, video, marketing and showings are included. At closing, Florida charges a documentary stamp tax on the deed, customarily paid by the seller, along with title and settlement fees and any association estoppel fee for a condo or HOA. We prepare a net proceeds estimate so you know what you will take home before you decide.
Should I list my home or take a cash offer?: List it if you can give the sale a few weeks and want full market value: Surfside sellers achieved 94% of asking on the typical single-family sale in the last 90 days. Take the cash offer if you need a certain closing date, cannot make repairs or do not want showings. We put both numbers side by side, and you can keep the cash offer as a backup while the home is listed.
Do condos sell differently from houses in Surfside?: Yes. The median condo or townhome in Surfside closed at $1,110,000 against $1,450,000 for a single-family home, with 13.8 months of condo inventory versus 6.7 for houses, and condo buyers weigh the association fee, the reserve study, the milestone inspection and the rental rules as much as the unit. We assemble those documents before the listing goes live so the buyer's questions are answered on day one.
How much is my house worth in Surfside?: The median Surfside single-family home closed at $1,450,000 in the last 90 days and the median condo or townhome at $1,110,000, but your home is not the median. Its value comes from the closed sales that match its street, size, condition and features. Enter your address on this page and a broker sends you a written range with the sales behind it, free.
What is the average price per square foot in Surfside?: The median sold price per square foot in Surfside over the last 90 days is $975 for single-family homes and $732 for condos and townhomes. It falls as homes get larger and rises with water, view and renovation, so it is a way to compare similar homes rather than a way to price one.
How accurate are online home value estimates?: They are a starting point. An automated estimate cannot see a renovation, a view, a seawall, a new roof or a pending assessment, and in Surfside those are most of the difference between two homes of the same size. A broker's valuation uses the same closed sales a buyer's appraiser will use and adjusts each for what is different.
Are Surfside home values going up or down?: The median single-family sold price in Surfside is down 17.1% on the same 90 days a year ago, and condos and townhomes are up 40.5%. The Surfside housing market report linked on this page shows twelve months of closings month by month.
Does a home valuation cost anything?: No. The valuation is free and carries no obligation to list. It is a broker's opinion of value built from recent closed sales, not an appraisal; a lender will order its own appraisal when a buyer finances the purchase.
How do I choose a listing agent in Surfside?: Ask each agent for the closed sales behind their suggested price and what they adjusted for, their plan for the first fourteen days, who produces the photography and video, how they handle multiple offers, and how you can end the agreement. Choose the one who prices from evidence rather than the one who names the highest number; an overpriced listing in Surfside sits, and a listing that sits sells for less.
How much commission do realtors charge in Surfside?: Commission is negotiable and is not set by law or by any board. It is agreed in writing in the listing agreement before the home goes live, and with BreakThru Realty there are no upfront fees: it is paid from the proceeds at closing. We show you an estimate of your net proceeds alongside it, so you are comparing what you keep, not just a rate.
What should I do before I list?: Find out the roof's age, close any open permits, gather the survey, the elevation certificate and the wind mitigation report if you have them, and for a condominium request the association's documents, budget and inspection reports. Those are what a South Florida buyer's insurer and lender ask for, and having them ready keeps a contract from falling apart in its first two weeks.
Can I cancel a listing agreement?: Ask before you sign. A listing agreement runs for a fixed period and sets out how it can be ended. We explain the term and the cancellation provision in plain words before you sign ours, and we would rather release a seller who is unhappy than hold them to a date.

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