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South Florida Condo Cliff Index™ Drops 3.21% As Sellers Scramble To Unload Units

In this episode of Miami Condo Exchange™, Peter Zalewski discusses the latest South Florida Overall Condo Cliff Index™ results that shows resale listings are jumping as 2026 condo fees are announced.

The Miami Condo Exchange™ is a newly launched live podcast at 4 pm (Miami time) on Tuesdays about the latest South Florida condo stats, metrics and trends hosted by expert Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™.

Please see the 8 charts at the bottom of this report for South Florida, Miami-Dade County, Broward County and Palm Beach County.

Recorded weekly in Greater Downtown Miami, the program’s core premise is to analyze condos as commodities, no different than pork bellies, oil or salty snacks.

The weekly show intends to cut through the marketing hype to focus strictly on the numbers, offering an intelligence perspective aimed at investors, real estate professionals and anyone seeking clarity about the latest condo trends in the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.

The podcast will challenge the “marketing hype” that often surrounds new developments, such as the involvement of famous architects or brand-name affiliations with exclusive restaurants, luxury clothing lines and automobile manufacturers.

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A regular feature of the Tuesday show will be the Miami Condo Cliff Index™.

This proprietary Index is designed to track market activity in realtime by analyzing active listings and pending sales, offering a forward-looking perspective.

Zalewski notes that this index “foreshadows” official closed sales data, which often lags by 30 to 120 days.

This timely statistical analysis treats the coastal South Florida market, particularly east of Interstate 95, as a dynamic “trading pit” for condo commodities.

The show will be broadcast live weekly, with on-demand access available to Club members, ensuring listeners can access hard data to make informed decisions.

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Episode Overview
The Miami Condo Association Financial Cliff Investors Index™ is a measurement that tracks the financial health and stability of the South Florida condo market every Tuesday based on active listings and pending sales for Overall condos and Vintage condos (at least 30 years old) in the tricounty region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.

The South Florida Overall Condo Cliff Index™ tumbled by 3.21 percent on a Week-over-Week (WoW) basis to 7.06 points as of Dec. 9, 2025, as cash-strapped unit owners begin receiving their maintenance fee payment books for 2026.

Following a subdued Summer Buying Season that stretched from May through October, the South Florida Overall condo sector has turned notably downward in month two of the crucial 2025-26 Winter Buying Season of November through April, when visitors flood into the tricounty region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.

The Winter Buying Season is a six-month period when visitors are drawn to the region for the favorable weather, numerous events and Carnival-like atmosphere.

For many visitors, their experiences often lead many of them to begin searching for a condo as a second home.

Typically, these visitors end up closing on their transactions sometime during the subsequent Summer Buying Season that stretches between May and October.

As a result, the Winter Buying Season has become an important time—or pipeline—for prospective buyers to condo shop while the Summer Buying Season is when many of those transactions are completed.

Gain a listing advantage

The Index’s WoW drop was dragged down by a dramatic weakening in Broward and Palm Beach counties while Miami-Dade County dipped slightly.

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