Financing a home in Fort Lauderdale: which loans actually close
832 single-family purchases and 548 condo or townhome purchases in Fort Lauderdale closed with a mortgage, January 1 - October 18, 2026 - including 169 FHA and 29 VA loans on houses, and 13 FHA and 16 VA loans on condos and townhomes.
If you are buying with a loan, the question that decides your search is not the interest rate - it is whether sellers and buildings in this market accept your loan type at all. Condo boards, warrantability and cash competition all narrow the field before you make an offer, and the counts below show where each loan type is actually closing rather than where it is theoretically eligible.
Key takeaways
- Yes, and here is how often it happens: 169 single-family and 13 condo or townhome purchases closed with FHA financing, January 1 - October 18, 2026.
- 36% of house sales and 56.6% of condo and townhome sales were cash, no mortgage.
- The counts point that way: 56.6% of condo and townhome sales were cash against 36% for houses, and only 13 condo purchases closed with FHA financing.
- Median closing prices over the same period were $700,000 for single-family homes and $475,000 for condos and townhomes, across all payment types.
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Single-family homes — 1,404 closings, January 1 - October 18, 2026
36% of single-family homes in Fort Lauderdale were bought with cash, no mortgage involved — 506 of 1,404 closings. Over the same period 2025 it was 32.5%.
| How the buyer paid | Closings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cash, no mortgage | 506 | 36% |
| Conventional loan | 634 | 45.2% |
| FHA loan | 169 | 12% |
| VA loan | 29 | 2.1% |
| Other financing | 31 | 2.2% |
| Not reported by the closing agent | 35 | 2.5% |
Median closing price over the same period: $700,000. Median time on market, counted across relistings: 54 days.
Condos and townhomes — 1,346 closings, January 1 - October 18, 2026
56.6% of condos and townhomes in Fort Lauderdale were bought with cash, no mortgage involved — 762 of 1,346 closings. Over the same period 2025 it was 59%.
| How the buyer paid | Closings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cash, no mortgage | 762 | 56.6% |
| Conventional loan | 519 | 38.6% |
| FHA loan | 13 | 1% |
| VA loan | 16 | 1.2% |
| Other financing | 10 | 0.7% |
| Not reported by the closing agent | 26 | 1.9% |
Median closing price over the same period: $475,000. Median time on market, counted across relistings: 83 days.
Closed residential sales of listings permitted for internet display. Not a market census: sellers who opt out of internet display are excluded and the feed cannot report how many did.
Questions people actually ask
Can you buy in Fort Lauderdale with an FHA loan?
Yes, and here is how often it happens: 169 single-family and 13 condo or townhome purchases closed with FHA financing, January 1 - October 18, 2026. Figures cover closed sales of listings permitted for internet display.
How much competition comes from cash buyers in Fort Lauderdale?
36% of house sales and 56.6% of condo and townhome sales were cash, no mortgage. That is who a financed offer competes against, which is why terms and certainty matter as much as price.
Is it harder to finance a condo than a house here?
The counts point that way: 56.6% of condo and townhome sales were cash against 36% for houses, and only 13 condo purchases closed with FHA financing. Building-level approval, not the buyer, is usually the constraint.
What did financed buyers actually pay?
Median closing prices over the same period were $700,000 for single-family homes and $475,000 for condos and townhomes, across all payment types.
Before you make an offer with a loan
Knowing which buildings and sellers take your financing is the difference between an accepted offer and four rejections. Tell us what you are looking for and Gia Freer, our Broker of Record, will tell you where your loan competes in Fort Lauderdale right now.
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