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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
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With 3,123 people, 971 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $863,894, Biscayne Park house prices are not only among the most expensive in Florida, Biscayne Park real estate also is some of the most expensive in all of America.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Biscayne Park, accounting for 73.89% of the village's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Biscayne Park include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 13.06%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 6.57%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 6.48%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Biscayne Park. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 77.46% of Biscayne Park's homes, and 53.89% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
At the end of World War II, American soldiers returned home triumphant and, with the help of the GI Bill, built homes by the millions on the edges of America's cities. These homes were predominantly capes and ranches, modest in size, but built to house a growing middle-class as the 20th century became the American century. Biscayne Park's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 60.00% of the village's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Biscayne Park include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 19.54%) and housing constructed before 1939 ( 14.54%). There's also some housing in Biscayne Park built between 2000 and later ( 5.93%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Biscayne Park. Fully 10.09% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Biscayne Park homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Biscayne Park real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.
In the last 10 years, Biscayne Park has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Biscayne Park real estate appreciated 169.55% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 10.42%, putting Biscayne Park in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Biscayne Park definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
Over the last year, Biscayne Park appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Biscayne Park's appreciation rate has been 1.27%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Biscayne Park were at -1.01%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -3.97%.
Notably, Biscayne Park's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Florida, our data show that Biscayne Park's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in Florida.
$863,894
for Florida
for nation
971
$2,709 / per month