Fort Lauderdale, Oakland Park, and Wilton Manors Housing Market Update: July 2026 vs. July 2025

If you're buying or selling in Fort Lauderdale, Oakland Park, or Wilton Manors right now, this month's numbers come with an extra layer worth paying attention to: houses and condos are telling two different stories in every one of these cities. A market update that blends the two together misses what's actually happening on the ground.

Here's what the July 2026 numbers show, city by city, single-family against townhouse and condo, based on closed sales compared to the same month last year.

What's Happening in the Fort Lauderdale Housing Market Right Now?

Single-family homes in Fort Lauderdale had a strong July. Closed sales rose 9.7% to 159, and homes are moving faster; median time to contract dropped to 74 days from 83. Sellers are also getting closer to their asking price, with the percentage of original list price received climbing to 93.6%. Median sale price rose 6.7% to $663,500. Inventory tells the real story here: active listings fell 27.2% and months of supply dropped from 8.5 to 5.6, a market that's tightened hard in a single year.

Condos and townhouses moved the other direction on volume. Closed sales dropped 15.3% to 144, even as new listings also fell 13.8%. But prices jumped; median sale price rose 22.8% to $436,000, and the average sale price climbed even further, up nearly 41% to $751,517. That gap between median and average usually means higher-end units are making up a bigger share of what's closing, worth keeping in mind before using "average" to set expectations on a specific unit. Inventory tightened here too, down 20.8%, though days to contract crept up to 123 from 115.

The takeaway: single-family sellers in Fort Lauderdale have more pricing power than they did a year ago, and inventory is thin enough that well-priced homes should move quickly. Condo sellers are seeing stronger prices on fewer transactions; buyers there should expect more competition for the right unit even with fewer total sales.

Is Wilton Manors' Slow Market Finally Turning Around?

Last month we flagged Wilton Manors as the market where homes were taking noticeably longer to sell. July looks different. Median time to contract for single-family homes fell 40.4%, from 94 days down to 56. Condos moved even faster; time to contract dropped 43.3% to 55 days. Sellers are also getting closer to asking price in both segments; single-family climbed to 94.4% of original list price and condos to 93.7%.

The volume numbers need a caveat: only 10 single-family homes closed in Wilton Manors this July, down from 15 a year ago, so a swing of even one or two sales moves the percentages a lot. New single-family listings also dropped sharply, down 62.9% to just 13, which helps explain why months of supply fell to 5.3. On the condo side, it's the opposite: new listings jumped 63.6% to 18, and closed sales rose 11.8% to 19, with median price up 27.2% to $302,000.

The takeaway: the slow-moving Wilton Manors market from earlier this year is showing real signs of tightening, faster contracts, less inventory, and stronger pricing power in both segments. Just don't read too much into any single-family percentage this month; the sample size is small enough that next month's numbers could look very different.

Is Oakland Park's Housing Market Cooling or Heating Up?

Oakland Park single-family homes are moving faster than anywhere else in the three cities. Median time to contract dropped 32.3% to just 44 days, and months of supply fell to 4.6, the tightest inventory of the three markets. Closed sales dipped slightly, down 7.4% to 25, and median price held essentially flat at $500,000, down just 0.6%. New listings actually rose 24.4%, so more sellers are testing the market even as existing inventory keeps shrinking.

Condos are a different picture. Closed sales rose 26.3% to 24, but median price dropped 18.1% to $192,500, and homes are taking longer to go under contract, up 24.7% to 91 days. Months of supply fell 31.6% to 9.1, so inventory is tightening here too; it's just not translating into higher prices yet.

The takeaway: if you're selling a well-maintained single-family home in Oakland Park, this is one of the fastest, tightest markets in the area right now. Condo buyers, on the other hand, still have some room to negotiate on price even with fewer units to choose from.

What Does This Mean If You're Buying or Selling in Fort Lauderdale?

The single-family story across all three cities this July is consistent: inventory is tightening fast, months of supply dropped by roughly a third everywhere, and homes are going under contract faster than last year. Sellers with houses in good condition are in a stronger position than they were twelve months ago, no matter which of the three cities they're in.

Condos are more mixed. Fort Lauderdale and Wilton Manors condo prices are up double digits, but Oakland Park condo prices fell and are taking longer to sell. If you're weighing a condo purchase or listing, the city line matters more than it did for houses this month.

I work these streets every day: Coral Woods, Coral Terrace, and the surrounding neighborhoods, and I can walk you through what these numbers mean for your specific address, whether that's a single-family home or a condo.

Reach out if you want a pricing conversation grounded in what's actually happening on your block, not just the county-wide averages.

Data source: Broward, Palm Beaches & St. Lucie Realtors® / BeachesMLS, Local Market Update reports for Fort Lauderdale, Oakland Park, and Wilton Manors, closed sales July 1 to July 31, 2026 vs. July 1 to July 31, 2025.