Deerfield Beach Island

If you want the ocean and the Intracoastal within walking distance of home, it's hard to beat — the island is built around water, with 32 of 50 active listings on the waterfront and 33 with pools. Communities like Newport give it a settled, residential feel rather than a purely seasonal one. You trade interior space for location, since the median home here runs about 1,327 square feet.

Yes, relative to the mainland — the median list price is $674,500 and average pricing works out to about $626 per square foot. The range is wide, from $250,000 for a smaller unit up to $5,995,000 for premium waterfront, and 17 active listings sit above $1 million. You're paying for the barrier-island address more than for square footage.

Over the past 12 months, 19 homes sold at a median of $510,000, while current asking prices sit higher at a $674,500 median. Sellers are getting about 95% of their asking price on average, so there's some room to negotiate but not a fire sale. You can filter the current spread on the live map.

It's a slow, deliberate market — the median listing takes 78.5 days to sell, and only 19 homes closed in the last year against 50 active today. That inventory-to-sales ratio favors patient buyers, and the 95% sale-to-list average confirms sellers aren't commanding full price. Well-priced, updated homes still move, but there's time to be selective.

Budget for carrying costs beyond the mortgage: the median HOA runs about $900 per month, common for waterfront and condo-style communities here. Property taxes come in around $10,189 per year at current values. For renters or investors weighing the numbers, the median rent is roughly $4,000 per month.