Is West Miami part of the City of Miami?

No. West Miami is its own city, with its own government, police department and recreation center, separate from the City of Miami and from Coral Gables next door, so property taxes, permits and code enforcement follow the City of West Miami. The mailing address for many homes still reads Miami, so we check the municipality on the tax record for every home before we compare prices.

How much does a home in West Miami cost?

Prices run from townhomes and original postwar houses at the lower end to renovated and rebuilt houses at the upper end, and the market table on this page shows the current figures. The gap between an original house and a fully renovated one on the same street can be wide, so the condition and the permit record matter as much as the bedroom count. The table is refreshed daily from the MLS with median asking and sold prices.

What should I check before buying an older West Miami house?

Check the roof, the plumbing, the electrical panel and the windows first, because most houses here date from the 1940s and 1950s and an insurer will ask for a four point inspection. Then compare the bedrooms and any finished garage or efficiency with the permit history, ask for the plans behind a renovation, and confirm the flood zone. We pull the permit record and the property card with you before an offer.

Which schools serve West Miami homes?

Recent listings in West Miami name Sylvania Heights Elementary or Coral Terrace Elementary, West Miami Middle and South Miami Senior High, and recent listings mention charter schools within walking distance of some streets. Assignments can change from year to year and differ from street to street, so confirm the school for the specific address with Miami-Dade County Public Schools before you rely on it.

What is my West Miami home worth?

A free valuation from us starts with the closed sales that match your house: the same part of the city, the same era and lot size, and above all the same condition, since an original house and a renovated one sell far apart here. A permitted addition or efficiency, a new roof, impact windows and a larger lot all move the number. When you are deciding whether to list, ask for a full comparative market analysis; if speed matters more than price, ask for a cash offer.

Do you already have buyers looking for homes in West Miami?

BreakThru Realty works with hundreds of prequalified buyers searching for properties. We keep each buyer's requirements on file: the neighborhoods, the price range, the property type and the features they are waiting for. Whether one of them fits your home is something a licensed broker checks for your property specifically, before the call. Your home may be the one a buyer is waiting to find; we confirm it before we call it a match, and a potential match is a conversation, not an offer.

West Miami Real Estate & Homes for Sale

Your next move in West Miami deserves a better strategy: buy, sell or invest with the numbers in front of you.

West Miami is a small residential city in Miami-Dade County, just west of Coral Gables across Red Road: single story houses from the late 1940s and 1950s on lots of six to eight thousand square feet, a few townhome communities, and its own city services between Tamiami Trail and Coral Way.

West Miami Market at a Glance

Updated October 30, 2026 from BeachesMLS.

Newest West Miami Homes for Sale

The 9 newest homes, condos and townhomes on the market in West Miami, straight from BeachesMLS. The 9 listings on this page run from $425,000 to $945,000, with a median of $774,000, about $508 per square foot, and they have been listed a median of 57 days.

The communities with the most listings here are Ivywild (3) and Alameda (2), 5 of the 9; the others are spread across 4 more communities.
By type: 8 single-family homes and 1 townhome or villa.
Bedrooms run from 2 to 5, a median of 3; they were built between 1948 and 1994, a median of 1949.
They sit in 2 ZIP codes: 33144 and 33155.

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	Single-family homes	Condos & townhomes
Active listings	8	1
Median list price	$774,500	$425,000
Median list price per sq ft	$509/sq ft	$370/sq ft
Average days on market	92 days	18 days
Sold in the last 90 days	4	0
Median sold price (90 days)	$885,000	—
Sale price as % of list price	95.1%	—
Months of inventory	6 months	—
Median sold price vs. a year ago	+47.5%	—

Source: BeachesMLS. Active listings as of October 30, 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.

Own a West Miami Home?

Your West Miami buyer may already be looking. BreakThru Realty works with hundreds of prequalified buyers searching for properties. Find out what your home is worth and whether it fits what one of them has asked us to find, before you list anywhere.

A value range built from comparable West Miami sales, with the reasoning
Whether a buyer already working with BreakThru Realty is looking for a property like yours
The plan that reaches the rest of the market if no buyer on file fits
An estimate of your selling costs and what you would keep after closing

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Living in West Miami

West Miami covers the blocks between Tamiami Trail, SW 8th Street, on the north and Coral Way, SW 24th Street, on the south, from Red Road, SW 57th Avenue, west to about SW 67th Avenue, with Coral Gables across Red Road to the east. It is a city of houses: almost every street is single family, many of them lined with mature trees, with shops, showrooms and restaurants along Tamiami Trail and Coral Way at the edges. The city has its own government and police department and runs the West Miami Recreation Center, which recent listings describe with a fitness center, lit basketball courts and seasonal family events. Recent listings name Sylvania Heights Elementary or Coral Terrace Elementary, West Miami Middle and South Miami Senior High; assignments change, so confirm the school for the address with the district. Nicklaus Children's Hospital on SW 62nd Avenue is a short drive south, Miracle Mile in Coral Gables a short drive east, and the Palmetto Expressway, Miami International Airport and downtown Miami are all within a practical drive.

Postwar Houses and What Buyers Check

Most West Miami houses were built from the mid 1940s to the late 1950s: one story concrete block homes with two to four bedrooms on lots of roughly six to eight thousand square feet, and a few larger lots of about a quarter acre. That age is the first thing a buyer prices. An original house may still carry an older roof, cast iron drain lines, an aging electrical panel and windows that predate the current wind code, and its insurer will ask for a four point inspection before writing a policy. Many houses have been renovated, often with a new roof, impact windows and doors, updated plumbing and electrical, and a new kitchen, and the better renovations come with permits and plans that a seller can hand over. Garages have often become living space and some houses have a separate efficiency, so the bedroom count a buyer can rely on is the one the permits support. Recent listings show flood zone X, outside the high risk flood areas, where a lender does not usually require flood insurance, though a quote is still worth having before you buy.

Renovations, Additions and Rebuilt Houses

The West Miami market splits three ways. Original houses sell to buyers who plan to renovate, often with a contractor's estimate in hand before the offer. Renovated houses sell to buyers who want to move in, and a renovation with permits, plans and a new roof prices well above one that only refreshed the finishes. And at the top, a few houses have been built new on their lots, such as a pool house from 2005 in El Retiro, and a few original houses sit on unusually large lots, such as a fully renovated one on about a quarter acre in Alameda; those two kinds of house are the West Miami sales that reached seven figures in the last six months. A buyer who wants to build should read the city's zoning for setbacks, lot coverage and height before paying for a lot, because what the code allows decides what an older house is worth as a site. Townhomes are a small part of the market: Villas of West Miami from 1994, The Village at West Miami from 2007 and a few newer townhouses, each under its own association.

Neighborhoods

West Miami is small enough to read by area rather than by neighborhood page. At the east end, along Red Road and Sylvania Boulevard, Sylvania Heights and its replats hold houses from the late 1940s, a few blocks from Coral Gables and Sylvania Heights Elementary. Through the north and middle of the city, around SW 62nd to SW 65th Avenues between SW 9th and SW 14th Streets, the Alameda plat holds houses of the late 1940s and 1950s, some on lots of about a quarter acre, with Coral Heights and Fleeman Grove nearby. In the south and west, around SW 64th to SW 66th Avenues between SW 16th Street and Coral Way, Ivywild, Frederick Manor, Tamiami Acres and Lemlich Manor hold houses from the late 1940s to the 1960s, and Calvert Manors sits in the southeast near SW 59th Avenue. Townhomes such as Villas of West Miami and The Village at West Miami sit near the north edge by Tamiami Trail. The price, home type and lifestyle pages below cut the market the way buyers search it.

Selling a Home in West Miami

Your West Miami buyer may already be looking. BreakThru Realty works with hundreds of prequalified buyers searching for properties. Each one tells us the areas, the price range, the property type and the features they want, and we keep that on file. Before you list, a broker checks your home against those requests and prices it from recent MLS sales near it, and if no buyer on file fits, the plan reaches the rest of the market. A West Miami seller can find out before listing whether the buyer is already searching. BreakThru Realty works with hundreds of prequalified buyers searching for properties, and before you list, a broker checks your house against the requirements those buyers have given us, from the bedroom count and a renovated kitchen to a large lot near Coral Gables, and reaches out to the buyers it fits. Your home may be the one a buyer is waiting to find. If no buyer on file fits, the plan takes your home to the rest of the market through the MLS listing that cooperating agents across Miami-Dade search, priced from matched closed sales: an original house against original houses of the same era and lot size, a renovated house against renovations of the same depth and permit record, and a large lot against the sales of houses bought to replace. A finished garage or an efficiency adds value only as far as its permits support it, so we gather the permits before buyers ask. Throughout, the strategy is built around your objectives: the price you need, the date you want to move and where you go next. Request Your Property Valuation for a first number from matched sales, See If We Already Have Your Buyer before you sign a listing agreement, ask for a full comparative market analysis when you are ready, or ask for a cash offer if a fast, as is sale matters more than price.

Investing in West Miami

Investors in West Miami buy houses rather than buildings. The steadiest play is the annual rental: a renovated three bedroom house leases by the year to a family who wants the schools, the quiet streets and the drive to Coral Gables and the hospitals, and the leases that closed here in recent months were nearly all houses. The second is renovation and resale, buying an original house below the renovated sales on the same street and doing the work with permits, which only pays when the purchase price, the budget and the resale comparisons are all realistic. A house with a permitted efficiency adds a second rent, and a duplex comes up only rarely. The numbers to check are the rent from current West Miami leases, the insurance for an older house, the roof and the systems, and the property taxes, which reset after a sale. Get Your Investment Property Analysis and we model the rent from live leases and the resale from matched closed sales before you offer.

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West Miami Real Estate FAQ

Where is West Miami, Florida?: West Miami is a small city in Miami-Dade County directly west of Coral Gables. It lies between Tamiami Trail, SW 8th Street, and Coral Way, SW 24th Street, from Red Road, SW 57th Avenue, west to about SW 67th Avenue. The Palmetto Expressway is a few minutes west, and Miami International Airport, downtown Miami and Coral Gables are all within a practical drive.
Is West Miami part of the City of Miami?: No. West Miami is its own city, with its own government, police department and recreation center, separate from the City of Miami and from Coral Gables next door, so property taxes, permits and code enforcement follow the City of West Miami. The mailing address for many homes still reads Miami, so we check the municipality on the tax record for every home before we compare prices.
How much does a home in West Miami cost?: Prices run from townhomes and original postwar houses at the lower end to renovated and rebuilt houses at the upper end, and the market table on this page shows the current figures. The gap between an original house and a fully renovated one on the same street can be wide, so the condition and the permit record matter as much as the bedroom count. The table is refreshed daily from the MLS with median asking and sold prices.
What should I check before buying an older West Miami house?: Check the roof, the plumbing, the electrical panel and the windows first, because most houses here date from the 1940s and 1950s and an insurer will ask for a four point inspection. Then compare the bedrooms and any finished garage or efficiency with the permit history, ask for the plans behind a renovation, and confirm the flood zone. We pull the permit record and the property card with you before an offer.
Which schools serve West Miami homes?: Recent listings in West Miami name Sylvania Heights Elementary or Coral Terrace Elementary, West Miami Middle and South Miami Senior High, and recent listings mention charter schools within walking distance of some streets. Assignments can change from year to year and differ from street to street, so confirm the school for the specific address with Miami-Dade County Public Schools before you rely on it.
What is my West Miami home worth?: A free valuation from us starts with the closed sales that match your house: the same part of the city, the same era and lot size, and above all the same condition, since an original house and a renovated one sell far apart here. A permitted addition or efficiency, a new roof, impact windows and a larger lot all move the number. When you are deciding whether to list, ask for a full comparative market analysis; if speed matters more than price, ask for a cash offer.
Do you already have buyers looking for homes in West Miami?: BreakThru Realty works with hundreds of prequalified buyers searching for properties. We keep each buyer's requirements on file: the neighborhoods, the price range, the property type and the features they are waiting for. Whether one of them fits your home is something a licensed broker checks for your property specifically, before the call. Your home may be the one a buyer is waiting to find; we confirm it before we call it a match, and a potential match is a conversation, not an offer.