09/29/2026
Fort Lauderdale Homes with Private Docks: What to Check Before Buying (2026)
Frontage isn’t berth size. Dock length after setbacks, low-tide depth, bridges, canal width, the new seawall height rules and permits — the buyer checklist.
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Search with your boat’s dimensions. Screen stated dock length, available depth and bridge clearance, with missing information flagged for verification—not treated as permission to moor.
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Open a print-ready digital magazine from a property page: listing photos and facts, nearby places, schools and applicable boating guidance. A richer way to explore—and present—a home.
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Useful tools are not exclusive to one website. The difference here is how boat screening, estimated ownership costs and an individual home’s magazine come together for South Florida.
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Payment tools are not new.
Zillow and Realtor.com have mortgage calculators. Here, Budget Search brings Florida after-sale tax estimates into the search for homes within a monthly budget.
Mortgage calculatorMagazine marketing exists elsewhere.
ONE Sotheby’s publishes RESIDE. Our property magazine is a different format: photos, facts and local context assembled for the individual listing.
RESIDE magazineWaterfront is the start, not the answer.
Zillow has waterfront search. Our Dock & Draft tools add preliminary screening for your boat’s dimensions, with unconfirmed details clearly left to verify.
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09/14/2026
Moving from New York to South Florida: What Your NY Home Buys Here (2026)
Real swap math: what a Long Island, Westchester or Manhattan sale buys in Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton — plus the tax difference worth $20K–$30K a year, and the insurance number nobody warns you about.
08/10/2026
Renovated Your Kitchen for $80,000? Here's Why the Appraisal Might Not Reflect That
Appraisers credit contributory value, not renovation receipts. How paired sales analysis sets the number for South Florida sellers — and how to document upgrades.
08/10/2026
Selling FSBO? The New Appraisal Standard Just Made It Harder to Go It Alone
Starting November 2, 2026, UAD 3.6 makes appraisals more document-intensive. Here’s what Fort Lauderdale FSBO sellers need to know before going it alone.
Fort Lauderdale Luxury Waterfront Homes, Miami & Boca Raton Luxury Real Estate
Fort Lauderdale luxury waterfront homes, Miami waterfront properties and Boca Raton luxury real estate sit on a narrow strip of coastline from Miami to Palm Beach, where price is driven less by square footage than by water. A no-fixed-bridge canal home in Fort Lauderdale, a direct-ocean condo on Galt Ocean Mile, a Miami Beach home on the Intracoastal, and a golf-community estate in Boca Raton can carry the same list price and behave like four completely different assets. Simon Gedz has been working these micro-markets since 1995 — the goal here is to give you the same read on a property that an experienced local agent would give a friend.
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