Golden Beach
Golden Beach, Florida
- Town of Golden Beach, Miami-Dade County, FL 33160
- Prepared by Andrey Rossin, licensed Florida real estate broker, CASHFLOWINMIAMI REALTY LLC
- Data: Florida DOR 2026 roll, sales January 2025 to June 2026
- Last checked 9 November 2026
Photo: Jimmy Baikovicius / Flickr (jikatu), CC BY-SA 2.0 — cropped to 4:5 and upscaled with AI · Licence · Source
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The 17 vacant lots on the Golden Beach oceanfront carry a median county value of $19.88 million, before a house stands on any of them. In this town a price buys land first, and the kind of lot sets its order of magnitude.
Golden Beach is a town of houses. The state's 2026 tax roll lists 399 parcels, all in ZIP code 33160: 344 single-family houses, 46 vacant residential lots, 14 government parcels and one small multi-family building. There is no condominium tower. The town lies between the Atlantic Ocean and the waters of Dumfoundling Bay and the Intracoastal.
The county appraiser's median estimate of market value for a house, the just value, is $6.66 million; it is an appraisal, not a sale price. That single figure hides three markets, which is why the split by lot type comes before any average here. On this site "luxury" has a fixed meaning: a recorded sale of $5 million or more.
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Aerial image: USDA NAIP, via USGS The National Map (2023 acquisition). Public domain. — cropped to 4:5 and upscaled with AI · Licence · Source
Golden Beach in figures
- Location
- Town of Golden Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida, ZIP 33160
- Parcels on the 2026 roll
- 399: 344 single-family houses, 46 vacant residential lots, 14 government, 1 small multi-family
- Houses by lot type
- 49 oceanfront, 174 waterfront on the west side, 121 interior on the west side
- Median just value of a house
- $6.66M (middle half $4.04M to $10.11M; highest $66.94M)
- Houses valued at $5M+
- 228 of 344; 116 are valued under $5M
- Recorded arm's-length sales
- 28, January 2025 – June 2026 (6 of them vacant lots); median $6.73M; highest $30.375M
- All recorded transfers at $5M+
- 20, median $11.66M (any qualification code)
- Homestead exemptions
- 241 of 344 houses (70.1%)
- Year built
- Oldest 1926, newest 2025, median 1993; 65 houses built since 2015
- Total property-tax rate, 2025
- 23.4227 mills (town operating rate 7.8000, plus 0.6000 for debt service)
- FEMA flood zones
- Oceanfront: VE on the beach side, mostly X (unshaded) at the house site. West side: mostly AE (base flood elevation, BFE, 6 or 7 ft today, 7 ft on the 2027 maps). 36 parcels move from X into AE in 2027
- County storm-surge zone
- Miami-Dade Storm Surge Planning Zone B (at risk of surge from Category 2 storms and stronger)
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Three towns in one: oceanfront, waterfront, interior
The roll classifies no lot by type, so this page sorts the town's parcels by map. An oceanfront lot is one with no other Golden Beach parcel east of it: 68 parcels, all on the east side of Ocean Boulevard, holding 49 houses and 17 vacant lots. A west-side lot counts as waterfront when it lies within about 15 meters of a canal, the Intracoastal or the bay on the federal hydrography map: 174 houses and 14 lots. The rest of the west side is interior, with 121 houses and 15 lots. This is a map-based sort, not a survey of seawall frontage.
At the top, the three markets differ by an order of magnitude.
| Lot type | Houses | Median just value | Houses at $10M+ | Median lot | Median living area | Median year built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oceanfront | 49 | $20.28M | 48 | 21,825 sq ft (2,028 m²) | 6,614 sq ft (614 m²) | 1977 |
| Waterfront, west side | 174 | $7.47M | 42 | 15,444 sq ft (1,435 m²) | 5,988 sq ft (556 m²) | 2001 |
| Interior, west side | 121 | $3.54M | 1 | 12,300 sq ft (1,143 m²) | 4,313 sq ft (401 m²) | 1991 |
The oceanfront and waterfront rows carry the town's market above $5 million: every oceanfront house and 158 of the 174 waterfront houses are valued at $5 million or more. On the interior lots, 100 of 121 houses are valued under $5 million. Detail by lot type: Golden Beach oceanfront estates and Golden Beach homes: what sold.
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A century of houses
Across the town, the median house sits on a lot of 14,513 sq ft (1,348 m²) and has 5,342 sq ft (496 m²) of living area as the county records it. Twenty-four houses exceed 10,000 sq ft of living area and three exceed 15,000 sq ft; the largest records 25,273 sq ft (2,348 m²). The 46 vacant lots have a median just value of $5.03 million and a median size of 15,000 sq ft (1,394 m²).
What the market calls mansions are, in numbers, the 91 houses valued at $10 million or more. The stock spans a century: the oldest house on the roll dates from 1926, the median from 1993, and 65 houses (18.9%) were built in 2015 or later, 27 of them since 2020. Of the 30 houses built before 1950, 15 stand on the oceanfront, so the oldest stock sits on the most valuable lots. Homestead exemptions cover 241 houses (70.1%), a higher share than in the Sunny Isles Beach towers.
Several architects show Golden Beach houses in their portfolios; they are identified here by architect and size only. SDH Studio shows several, among them an oceanfront house of 29,768 sq ft (2,766 m²), and STRANG an ocean residence of 55,200 sq ft (5,128 m²) under construction. Others include Kobi Karp, TOGU Design, Rene Gonzalez Architects, KoDA, Oppenheim Architecture and Altman Architects in association with Carlos Zapata. Images on this site's Golden Beach pages are labeled concept illustrations, not photographs of real houses. More on the architects of this coast: Architecture of the coast.
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What Golden Beach homes have sold for
The roll records 28 arm's-length sales in Golden Beach between January 2025 and June 2026, counting qualification codes 01 and 02 and code 03, an arm's-length sale where the property changed before 1 January. Six were vacant lots. The median of all 28 was $6.73 million, and the highest $30.375 million.
| Price band | Sales |
|---|---|
| $2M to $5M | 11 |
| $5M to $10M | 8 |
| $10M to $20M | 5 |
| $20M and above | 4 |
Across the 22 house sales, the median was $1,355 per sq ft of living area (about $14,600 per m²).
By lot type. On the oceanfront, 3 arm's-length sales had a median of $22.25 million. On west-side waterfront lots, 12 sales had a median of $10.62 million and a median of $1,881 per sq ft of living area (about $20,200 per m²). On interior lots, 13 sales had a median of $4.0 million and $1,192 per sq ft (about $12,800 per m²).
Counting every recorded transfer at $5 million or more, whatever its code, there were 20: 5 oceanfront, 12 waterfront and 3 interior. Four of the 5 oceanfront transfers were at $20 million or more.
Against the Sunny Isles Beach towers. From January 2025 to July 2026, Sunny Isles Beach condominium units recorded 72 arm's-length sales at $5 million or more, with a median of $7.0 million and $2,036 per sq ft. Golden Beach recorded 17 in that window, with a median of $11.3 million and, for houses, $1,792 per sq ft. The towers trade about four times as many residences at this level; Golden Beach trades fewer, larger and more expensive ones. A Golden Beach price also pays for the land, which a per-square-foot figure charges entirely to the house; for the house alone, the figure would be lower still.
How to read them. The roll keeps only each parcel's two most recent sales, and price cells with fewer than three sales are not shown. Sales were a median of 1.28 times the parcel's just value. Asking prices on listing portals, Zillow among them, are sellers' figures, not recorded prices. No address, owner or parcel appears next to any price on this site.
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What the town code allows
The Town of Golden Beach Code of Ordinances (Municode, version of 15 June 2026) zones every residential lot in the town for single-family homes, with no business, professional or commercial use (section 66-67). The remaining parcels are government or recreation land. A full-size lot has at least 75 ft of frontage and 11,250 sq ft (1,045 m²), an undersized lot 50 ft and 7,500 sq ft (697 m²). Oceanfront lots created by subdivision after 21 November 2006 need at least 100 ft of frontage, 150 ft of depth and 15,000 sq ft (1,394 m²).
A house may rise 27.5 ft (8.4 m) on a lot with less than 100 ft of frontage and 30 ft (9.1 m) on 100 ft or more, measured from the first finished floor. On a full-size lot it needs at least 3,000 sq ft (279 m²) of living area, and at least 35% of every lot must stay pervious.
Setbacks follow the water. An oceanfront house stands at least 60 ft (18.3 m) from Ocean Boulevard and, on the ocean side, no closer than the line between the nearest neighboring houses. Canal and Intracoastal lots keep 35 ft (10.7 m) front and rear, and side setbacks are 7.5 or 10 ft. The first finished floor sits at the Florida Building Code minimum plus 2 ft on the oceanfront and at 9 ft NAVD88 elsewhere.
Two smaller rules complete the picture: exterior colors come from the Town Council's palette, and carports are prohibited. The rules by lot type are on the oceanfront estates and homes pages.
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The yearly cost of a Golden Beach house
Property tax. The combined property-tax rate in the Town of Golden Beach for 2025 was 23.4227 mills: $23.42 for every $1,000 of taxable value, or about 2.34% a year. A residence assessed at $10 million that is not the owner's Florida homestead would pay about $234,200 a year. After a purchase, the assessment resets to full market value on the next 1 January. The appraiser's just value can differ from the price paid; for this town the median just value of a house on the 2026 roll is $6.66 million.
Within that total, the town's own operating rate was 7.8000 mills, plus 0.6000 for debt service; the proposed total for 2026 is 22.9793.
Assessment caps. For a residence that is not the owner's Florida homestead, the assessed value used for non-school taxes may rise by no more than 10% a year. Amendment 3, which Florida voters approved on 3 November 2026, lowers that cap to 5% from the 2027 roll; the state had not yet certified the result on 9 November 2026. The homestead exemption itself is open only to an owner who makes the home a permanent Florida residence in good faith, a test a person in the United States on a temporary visa cannot meet.
At purchase. Florida's documentary stamp tax on the deed is $0.60 for every $100 of the price in Miami-Dade County, about $40,365 at the town's median arm's-length price of $6.7275 million; the purchase contract decides which party pays it. Miami-Dade's additional surtax of $0.45 per $100 does not apply to a deed that transfers only a single-family residence, but it does apply to a vacant lot. A mortgage adds documentary stamp tax of $0.35 per $100 of the loan and an intangible tax, a state tax on the loan itself, of $2 per $1,000.
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Flood maps: the dune ridge and the bay side
On the oceanfront, the house sites mostly stand outside the 1% flood area. West of Ocean Boulevard nearly every lot lies inside it, in Zone AE, where a mortgage lender usually requires flood insurance. All 401 parcels in the county's parcel map for Golden Beach were read on FEMA's current maps, in force since 11 September 2009, and on the revised maps that take effect on 19 February 2027.
On the oceanfront row (68 parcels), the beach side lies in Zone VE on both maps, the coastal area where storm waves strike and building rules are strictest. At the house site on the dune ridge, the current maps show Zone X (unshaded), minimal flood risk, on 58 parcels and Zone AE, with a base flood elevation of 8 ft, on 10. The revised maps show Zone X (unshaded) on 65 and Zone AO on 3, an area of shallow flooding where the figure, 1 ft here, is the expected depth of water.
West of Ocean Boulevard (333 parcels), the current maps show Zone AE with a base flood elevation of 6 ft on 145 parcels and 7 ft on 134, and Zone X (unshaded) on 54. The revised maps show Zone AE at 7 ft on 308 parcels (8 ft on one) and Zone X (shaded), with a 0.2% annual chance of flooding, on 24.
A base flood elevation is the height water is expected to reach in a 1%-a-year flood, measured from the map's reference level, never a depth of water. The current maps measure it from the NGVD29 datum and the revised maps from NAVD88, so their figures do not compare directly. Across the town, 36 parcels move from Zone X into Zone AE on the revised maps and 15 move from AE into X.
These are map readings, not official flood-zone determinations; before an offer, ask for the house's elevation certificate.
All of Golden Beach, like all of Sunny Isles Beach, sits in Miami-Dade Storm Surge Planning Zone B, where storm surge, the sea water a hurricane pushes ashore, is a risk from Category 2 storms upward. The county orders evacuations by each storm's track and projected surge, not by category alone.
Flood insurance. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) covers up to $250,000 for a residential building and $100,000 for contents. At these values, cover above the NFIP limits is bought privately.
Windstorm insurance. Citizens, Florida's state-backed insurer of last resort, may not insure a house whose dwelling replacement cost is $700,000 or more, or $1 million in counties where the regulator finds too little competition. What counts is the cost of rebuilding the house, not the price paid; an insurance agent can say whether a given house qualifies.
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The beach, and the six-month rule
The town's beach park is for residents and their guests under town rules; the wet sand below the mean high-water line is state land.
On renting, dates matter. The town code bars renting or occupying a home for less than six consecutive months (section 66-91); the town first adopted it in 2002 and re-adopted it in its current text in 2015. Florida Statute 509.032(7)(b), which bars local laws that limit how long a vacation rental may last, does not apply to local laws adopted on or before 1 June 2011.
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Buying from abroad
Three rules weigh most for a buyer from abroad, and each carries conditions. When the seller is a foreign person, the buyer generally must withhold 15% of the price and pay it to the IRS, under the federal rule known as FIRPTA. A nonresident who is not a US citizen and holds US real estate directly is exposed to US estate tax. The third rule is Florida's own.
Florida's foreign-ownership law of 2023 covers people domiciled in China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Syria or under the Venezuelan regime of Nicolás Maduro who are not US citizens or green-card holders. It limits their purchases near military and critical-infrastructure sites and, for those domiciled in China, anywhere in Florida, with one narrow exception for a single home.
On this coast that exception is the only way in. The law counts a facility only where it is fenced, barred or guarded, and two that meet the test lie within 10 miles of every address. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport is secured under the federal airport security program and Port Everglades under federal port security rules; both are about 6 to 10 miles away.
Two more facilities of the kinds the law lists are nearby: the Miami-Dade North District wastewater treatment plant, about 1 to 4 miles away, and North Perry airport, about 6 to 10. The nearest military installation, at Dania Beach, is about 8 to 12 miles away, beyond the 5 miles the exception requires.
A covered person may therefore buy here only one residential property of up to 2 acres, in their own name, with a current US visa not limited to tourism or with official asylum documentation. The purchase must be registered with the Florida Department of Commerce within 30 days. Companies and other entities covered by the law may not buy here. Each rule is set out in full in the guide to buying from abroad; this is general information, not legal or tax advice.
For the reader
What buyers ask about Golden Beach
In Miami-Dade County, ZIP code 33160, between the Atlantic Ocean and the waters of Dumfoundling Bay and the Intracoastal. It is an incorporated town, the Town of Golden Beach, with its own tax rate.
No. Of 344 houses, 49 stand on the oceanfront and 174 on the canals, the Intracoastal or the bay; 121 are interior lots.
The town's beach park is for residents and their guests under town rules. The wet sand below the mean high-water line is state land, so "private beach" alone does not describe it.
Between January 2025 and June 2026 the roll records 28 arm's-length sales, with a median of $6.73 million and a highest price of $30.375 million. Oceanfront sales had a median of $22.25 million, waterfront $10.62 million and interior $4.0 million.
The median house carries a just value of $6.66 million, and 228 of the 344 houses are valued at $5 million or more; of the 116 below that line, 100 stand on interior lots and 16 on the water.
The roll lists 46 vacant residential lots with a median just value of $5.03 million; the 17 on the oceanfront have a median of $19.88 million. Six of the 28 arm's-length sales were lots.
On the 2026 roll, the median oceanfront house is valued at $20.28 million and the median west-side waterfront house at $7.47 million. Oceanfront lots are also larger, with a median of 21,825 sq ft against 15,444 sq ft.
At the 2025 rate of 23.4227 mills, a house assessed at $10 million that is not a Florida homestead would owe about $234,200 a year. Insurance is extra and depends on the house; the NFIP covers at most $250,000 of the building.
A full-size lot needs at least 75 ft of frontage and 11,250 sq ft. A house may rise 27.5 ft, or 30 ft on a lot with 100 ft of frontage or more, and needs at least 3,000 sq ft of living area. At least 35% of the lot must stay pervious, and an oceanfront house stands at least 60 ft from Ocean Boulevard (town code, chapter 66).
Not for less than six consecutive months: the town code bars shorter stays (section 66-91), a rule first adopted in 2002.
No. The 2026 roll lists houses, vacant lots, government parcels and one small multi-family building, but no condominium.
Yes, under the rules set out above: FIRPTA withholding when the seller is foreign, US estate tax for nonresidents, and Florida's law on people domiciled in seven countries.
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Golden Beach
- 01Golden Beach, Florida
Golden Beach, FL 33160: 344 houses and 46 lots on the 2026 roll, median just value $6.66 million. Sales by lot type, building rules, taxes and insurance.
- 02Oceanfront estates in Golden Beach
Golden Beach oceanfront estates: 49 houses and 17 lots east of Ocean Boulevard, median just value $20.28 million. Sales, lots, ages, taxes, building rules.
- 03Golden Beach homes: what sold, and for how much
Golden Beach homes sold, January 2025 to June 2026: 28 arm's-length sales, median $6.73 million, top $30.375 million, by price band and lot type.
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Golden Beach, Florida
Photo: Jimmy Baikovicius / Flickr (jikatu), CC BY-SA 2.0 — cropped to 4:5 and upscaled with AI · Licence · Source
Aerial image: USDA NAIP, via USGS The National Map (2023 acquisition). Public domain. — cropped to 4:5 and upscaled with AI · Licence · Source
Aerial image: USDA NAIP, via USGS The National Map (2023 acquisition). Public domain. — cropped to 4:5 and upscaled with AI · Licence · Source
Aerial image: USDA NAIP, via USGS The National Map (2023 acquisition). Public domain. — cropped to 4:5 and upscaled with AI · Licence · Source
Aerial image: USDA NAIP, via USGS The National Map (2023 acquisition). Public domain. — cropped to 4:5 and upscaled with AI · Licence · Source
Photo: Ines Hegedus-Garcia / Flickr (miamism), CC BY 2.0, cropped — cropped to 4:5 and edited (restored and upscaled with AI) · Licence · Source
Seeing a house in Golden Beach
Viewings of Golden Beach houses are arranged through a licensed real estate broker. From abroad, the first visit can be a video walk-through.
Andrey Rossin, licensed Florida real estate broker, CASHFLOWINMIAMI REALTY LLC, broker license BK3069599 · 2430 NE 184th Terrace, North Miami Beach, FL 33160 · +1 (786) 942-0502 · 247deal@gmail.com
Florida Department of Revenue, 2026 final tax roll for Miami-Dade, file dated 16 October 2026 (values, areas, years built, homestead, sales; owner columns never loaded). Miami-Dade County parcel polygons; USGS National Hydrography Dataset (Atlantic Ocean, Dumfoundling Bay, canals and Intracoastal) for the lot-type sort. Miami-Dade Property Appraiser millage table; Florida DOR millage compliance tables. Florida Statutes 193.1554, 196.031, 201.02, 201.031, 509.032, 627.351 and 692.201–692.205; 44 CFR 61.6; Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 1445 (FIRPTA), 2001 and 2102 (estate tax). Town of Golden Beach Code of Ordinances, chapter 66 (Municode, version of 15 June 2026). FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer (maps effective 11 September 2009) and FEMA's pending layer for the revised maps effective 19 February 2027, read for all 401 parcels. Miami-Dade County storm surge planning zones (county GIS layer, 2023 update) and the City of Sunny Isles Beach hurricane page. Architects' published project pages. Full source list with dates: Method and sources.