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    Metro area · Sep 2026

    Miami, FL housing market

    The typical home in the Miami, FL metro area is worth $476,815, up 0.3% from a year ago.

    Typical rent is $2,654 a month, up 1.8% in a year.

    Builders got permits for 14,906 homes from January to August 2026, down 0.8% on the same months of 2025.

    The metro area lost a net 113,724 residents to the rest of the U.S. in the year to July 2025.

    The FHFA HPI® (all-transactions) for the Miami, FL metro area is up 1.7% over the year to Q2 2026. Unemployment was 3.7% in August 2026, unchanged from a year earlier. Employers had 3M payroll jobs in September 2026, up 0.4% from a year earlier.

    Metro area as defined by the Census Bureau: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.

    Metro area · Sep 2026

    The latest numbers

    Typical home value

    $476,815

    up 0.3% past 12 mo

    Median sale price

    $488,333

    As of Aug 2026

    Typical rent

    $2,654/mo

    up 1.8% past 12 mo

    Homes for sale

    47,227

    Active listings

    Days to pending

    52

    Median, listing to contract

    Permits YTD

    14,906

    down 0.8% vs same months last year

    Population growth

    −0.1%

    Past year · pop. 6.4M

    Net domestic migration

    −113,724

    Past year, net moves from elsewhere in the US

    FHFA home prices

    +1.7%

    Past year · Q2 2026

    FHFA, past 5 years

    +59.3%

    Q2 2021 to Q2 2026

    Unemployment rate

    3.7%

    0.0 pts vs Aug 2025

    Job growth

    +0.4%

    Past year · 3M jobs in Sep 2026

    Typical home value, 24 months

    down 4.4%
    Oct 2024Sep 2026

    Typical home value went from $498,503 in Oct 2024 to $476,815 in Sep 2026, a change of −4.4%.

    Source: Data Provided by Zillow Group; U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates · As of Sep 2026

    Source: FHFA House Price Index® (All-Transactions, not seasonally adjusted); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics

    BLS figures are not seasonally adjusted; retrieved from BLS.gov Oct 27, 2026. This product uses FHFA data but is neither endorsed nor certified by FHFA. BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.

    Metro area · Yearly figures

    Renters and movers

    Fair Market Rent, 2BR

    $2,436/mo

    FY 2026, with utilities

    Rental vacancy rate

    7.3%

    up 0.9 pts vs 2023

    2024 survey · ±0.5 pts

    Net movers

    −54,391

    People on tax returns filed 2022⁠–⁠23

    Income moving in

    +$3.9B

    Movers' 2022 adjusted gross income, net

    Fair Market Rent.
    HUD's rent-plus-utilities benchmark for a modest home in the Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL HUD Metro FMR Area, set each federal fiscal year (FY 2026 covers Oct 2025 to Sep 2026). HUD uses it to set housing-voucher payment standards, and it trails the market. HUD's FY 2027 rents took effect Oct 1, 2026; they'll appear here once HUD's data service carries them.
    Rental vacancy.
    Rentals that are empty and for rent, as a share of all rentals, from the Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey. A survey estimate, shown with its 90% margin of error; a change smaller than the combined margins is marked not significant.
    Movers.
    People on tax returns (filers and dependents) who moved in minus those who moved out between the 2022 and 2023 filing seasons, moves within the U.S. only. Income is the movers' adjusted gross income for 2022, from returns filed in 2023. Moves between counties inside the metro area aren't counted. The Census estimate of net domestic migration above covers a different, more recent year.

    Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents; U.S. Census Bureau, "Tenure" (B25003) and "Vacancy Status" (B25004), American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates; IRS Statistics of Income, U.S. Population Migration Data

    Fidelis First is not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Census files accessed Oct 27, 2026. Rental vacancy rates, their margins of error, year-over-year changes and significance tests, and per-resident figures are calculated by Fidelis First from Census Bureau data; the Census Bureau is the source of the original data only. Fidelis First is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Internal Revenue Service.

    How it compares

    How Miami, FL ranks

    Each measure next to the national figure, and where Miami, FL places among the 100 largest metros.

    Miami, FL compared with the U.S. and ranked among the 100 largest metros
    MeasureMiami, FLU.S.Rank among the 100 largest metros
    Typical home valueZillow ZHVI$476,815$366,157
    22nd of 100
    Home value changePast 12 months+0.3%+1.2%
    64th of 100
    Typical rentPer month, Zillow ZORI$2,654$1,932
    10th of 100
    Rent changePast 12 months+1.8%+2.7%
    66th of 100
    Fair Market Rent, 2BRHUD, per month with utilities$2,436— (HUD sets no U.S. figure)
    11th of 100
    Rental vacancy rateCensus ACS; tightest ranks first7.3%5.7%
    75th of 100
    Days to pendingMedian; fastest ranks first52 days27 days
    94th of 100
    Permits per 1,000 residentsHomes authorized, year to date2.32.8
    57th of 100
    Permit changeSame months a year earlier−0.8%+0.1%
    57th of 100
    Population growthPast year−0.1%+0.5%
    92nd of 100
    Net domestic migrationPer 1,000 residents, past year−17.8—
    100th of 100
    Income moving inNet per resident; Fidelis First calculation from IRS and Census data+$608— (Not applicable to the U.S.)
    10th of 100
    FHFA home price changePast year, FHFA HPI®+1.7%+3.0%
    72nd of 100
    FHFA, past 5 yearsFive-year change, FHFA HPI®+59.3%+41.3%
    5th of 100
    Unemployment rateNot seasonally adjusted; lowest ranks first3.7%4.3%
    21st of 100
    Job growthNonfarm payroll jobs, past 12 months+0.4%+0.3%
    56th of 100

    Source: Data Provided by Zillow Group; U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates · As of Sep 2026

    Source: FHFA House Price Index® (All-Transactions, not seasonally adjusted); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics

    FHFA figures are for Q2 2026. BLS unemployment is for Aug 2026 and jobs for Sep 2026, not seasonally adjusted; the U.S. figures beside them are for the same months. BLS data retrieved from BLS.gov Oct 27, 2026. This product uses FHFA data but is neither endorsed nor certified by FHFA. BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.

    Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents; U.S. Census Bureau, "Tenure" (B25003) and "Vacancy Status" (B25004), American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates; IRS Statistics of Income, U.S. Population Migration Data

    Fair Market Rents are HUD's for fiscal year 2026 (FY 2027 rents took effect Oct 1, 2026). Rental vacancy is from the 2024 American Community Survey. Income moving in is movers' net adjusted gross income for 2022 (IRS returns filed in 2023), divided by the latest Census population estimate (July 1, 2025); a Fidelis First calculation. Fidelis First is not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Rental vacancy rates, their margins of error, year-over-year changes and significance tests, and per-resident figures are calculated by Fidelis First from Census Bureau data; the Census Bureau is the source of the original data only. Fidelis First is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Internal Revenue Service.

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