09/16/2026
Everyone wants to know the same thing right now:
**Should I wait to buy or sell in South Florida?**
Wait for mortgage rates to move.
Wait for prices to change.
Wait for the market to become clearer.
But that may be the wrong question.
Before I tell a buyer or seller whether I think they should wait, I look at five things: their timeline, why they are moving, whether they are financing, whether they are buying and selling at the same time, and whether the move actually makes financial sense.
Sometimes the answer really is to wait.
I broke down the situations where I think waiting makes sense, where it can cost you, and what I am watching in the South Florida market this fall.
**Read the full analysis:**
The honest answer depends on almost nothing anyone can forecast. Here are the five questions I ask first, and the cases where I tell people to wait.