Zillow: Miami Housing Market Now Among Most Valuable In US

Miami has surged in the rankings of most valuable U.S. housing market, according to a new report from Zillow.

Overall, housing values in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area increased 86.6% since the start of the pandemic, to a combined total value of $1.25 trillion.

That helped move Miami move up the metro area rankings from ninth place nationwide to fifth.

Only the New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston metro areas have more valuable combined total housing markets.

Earlier this year, Zillow reported that the state of Florida surpassed New York in the combined total value of the state’s housing market during the pandemic.

Florida’s housing market is now valued at $3.62 trillion, behind only California.

 

 

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Cover the Podiums
2 months ago

Its easy to get a six figure job there…in Miami not so much

Anonymous
2 months ago

Are you joking? Tons of low six figure jobs if you’re in the right industries. The tough ones to find now are those above $250k.

Anonymous
2 months ago

^^are you joking? Not compared to the other 4 cities w/higher values–not even close.

Anonymous
2 months ago

What types of jobs are making bank in those cities but are making less than 6 figures here? Please be specific.

Anonymous
2 months ago

Six figures like I said (not “making bank”)—-cops, firemen, bus drivers, auto mechanics, plumbers, teachers—they’re on a completely different pay scale in those cities versus Miami. Of course their living costs and taxes are higher as well. And don’t use this thread as some lame excuse to web flex about how you have no problem finding $250k/yr jobs in Miami and how your life is so grand.

Urbanist
2 months ago

Yeah middle class jobs in those states pay significantly higher, fully certified starting teacher salary here is 55 while in NYC is 70, and LA is 65,000 yes they have income taxes but not to the amount of 15,000 a year. So no Miami does not have higher paying jobs. The same can be said for plumbers , bus drivers etc. (16$ vs 39$ an hour)

Anonymous
2 months ago

You seriously think the tax difference between those two areas would be less than $15k a year? There are both state and local taxes to consider.

Anonymoose
1 month ago

higher costs of living too. gas being 6 a gallon in CA, vs 3 here.

Anonymous
2 months ago

Working class not middle class.

Sven
1 month ago

Make sure to take that $70k per year NY salary and deduct the City Taxes, and the State Taxes.
Then, take the Miami take that $55k per year and deduct the City Taxes, and the State Taxes.

What did you get?

(Hint: NY State taxes income over $13,900 at 5.85%up to $80,650, and Income of $80,651 to $215,400: $4,504 plus 6.25% of excess over $80,650.

NY City taxes income at roughly 3.85%)

It is pretty close. Deduct cost of snow shoveling and bullet proof vests for your commute and Miami looks like a bargain.

Anonymous
2 months ago

Blame the republicans for that – they don’t want to fund any of those but yet we have to fund some “children’s trust” who are these children and why are we taxed to pay for a non profit?

Sven
1 month ago

My best “cop” friend makes well over 6 figures and could be fully retired around age 45 and still get paid.

Anonymous
2 months ago

6 figure incomes are far more commonplace in NYC, SanFran, Boston, LA than in Miami. It’s not even debatable.

Anonymous
2 months ago

6 figures is not hard to find here. There may be less teachers/police making less than 6 figures, but, again, if you’re in the right industries, you will have absolutely NO issues finding a 6 figure salary in Florida.

Anon
2 months ago

^6 figures is much harder to find in Miami vs the other cities mentioned. That’s the whole point.

Ana
2 months ago

It is harder to find six figure jobs in Miami and Florida,… but in Miami starting salary for Firefighters is around 100k, same for police if you know how to work your shifts and hours. Teachers not so much in Florida, but a lot of the jobs that are middle class do pay pretty well in Florida compared to the small time service jobs that most people are thinking about.

Anon
2 months ago

Starting salary for cops and firemen is nowhere near 100k/yr around here.A seasoned veteran with 10-20 hrs/week OT can make $100k+, but starting salary–nope.

Anon
2 months ago

Not sure why this was downvoted, or what person without a job got triggered but it’s the truth.

Anonymous
2 months ago

I agree that there are numerous job opportunities in the 100-200k range, but reaching the 200-300k mark can be challenging (which will change soon). I wish we could find such high-paying jobs here. Nonetheless, the cost of living in Miami remains much more affordable than other cities with fewer amenities to offer. I think people should lock in whatever they can get now because it’s about to sky rocket 🚀

Anon
2 months ago

Prices already have skyrocketed but will likely lose steam as $1k+/mo condo fees for even modest $300k condos become the norm. Increases will revert to 3-5% historical norm yearly increases.

Anonymous
2 months ago

It’s easy to find an affordable house in Miami… in the neighborhood you want in your little Greater Downtown Miami, Wynwood, and Upper East Side bubble, not so much.

Anon
2 months ago

No it’s not—fixer upper money pits run mid 3’s even in Liberty City and Homestead. Need mid 100k/yr household income for that, and good majority here don’t earn that. And that’s to afford a crack shack.

Ana
2 months ago

True, just do that math… at 500k a house hold making around 100k would be on a shoestring budget. And as we all know 500k doesn’t buy you much in Miami anymore. Just four years ago things were quite different. And this pricing out of local residents allows more affluent NE people to move in with their only competition being other NE people.

Let’s Be Real
2 months ago

Those are the affordable low income areas.

Anonymous
2 months ago

Well jeez the 4 metros that have more valuable combined total housing markets also have far higher median incomes.

Conrad
2 months ago

This is not news…in the next 16 months Miami will be the most valuable real estate market on planet earth. The super condos are being built at the speed of light, a new one every week 🤷‍♂️

Tom
2 months ago

If we had far higher median income, this retiree would have to leave even though paid off mortgage, ride a bicycle and cook at home

Lenny
2 months ago

Pretty obvious bubble . . . Except for the “this time it’s different” crowd.

BB1
2 months ago

Zillow will also give you a zestimate of your home guaranteed to be within 60% of the actual market value.

Anonymous
2 months ago

The bottom line everyone is forgetting is equivalent luxury condos in those cities are probably 40-50% higher and taxes in those cities and states are much higher than Miami and the state of Florida

Anon
2 months ago

I guess I am wrong. I thought San Francisco is the new Detroit.

Anonymous
2 months ago

It is Detroit circa 1965, once too one of the wealthiest cities in the country. All downhill from here…

Anonymous
2 months ago

You’re 100% correct. Detroit was the American hub for innovation for 50 years until it lost ground to the Japanese auto industry and Silicon Valley took the leading role of attracting the investment and people.

gentrificator
2 months ago

in 07/08 thay said Miami won’t fall…… and it happened. now realk estate industry are in the same denial status

MM305
2 months ago

They said in 2009’/2010′ those buildings in Brickell will always be empty and no one will move into that neighborhood…

N, N
2 months ago

Congrats for discovering boom/bust cycles. You’d be shocked to hear humans are generally not very bright and repeat the same mistakes like clockwork

Ana
2 months ago

Except the example given is the opposite

Anon
2 months ago

And now Brickell is doubling down on its footprint with an entire new area around the Underline and river walk and new Super Talls, which will be full and double the price.

Name*
2 months ago

A single major infrastructure like the New York City Subway, if it had to be built or paid for again, is considered to be a trillion dollar asset. So just that alone is worth more than the entire Miami FTL housing stock.

Anonymous
2 months ago

A trillion dollar asset that people shit on, is just that.

Anonymous
2 months ago

We love to see it! <3

Chyneesha
2 months ago

Aka most expensive

Anonymous
2 months ago

No shit Sherlock.

Anon
2 months ago

Only one of them to have real upside growth as well. The other’s are on the back 9

Eponymous
2 months ago

Which city do you believe that is?