Licensed Florida real estate brokerage
Selling a Home in Lauderdale Lakes, FL
Sell Your Home in Lauderdale Lakes and the surrounding area, with a licensed real-estate professional. No obligation.
Most of Lauderdale Lakes was built out between the late 1950s and the 1980s, and that shapes almost every sale here. The typical listing is a single-story concrete-block-and-stucco home with a flat or low-slope roof, barrel tile or shingles, and a carport or single-car garage rather than a large attached garage — plus a very large share of low-rise condominium and co-op buildings in association-governed communities, some with gated entries and automatic vehicle gates.
Premier Real Estate Group Inc is a licensed Florida real estate brokerage serving all of Florida; a Florida brokerage license is valid in every county. We help with a comparative market analysis for pricing, preparing the home, listing and marketing, showings, reviewing offers and contingencies, inspection and appraisal negotiations, and coordinating with the title company or closing attorney through closing. The consultation and the comparative market analysis are free, with no obligation.
In a city with this much 1960s–80s stock, buyers and their insurers ask hard questions early: roof age and insurability, four-point and wind-mitigation inspections on older homes, flood zone and flood-insurance history, HOA or condo association documents and approval, and open permits that surface at sale. Lauderdale Lakes sits about five miles inland, but salt-laden air off the Atlantic still drifts west and accelerates corrosion on exposed metal, and year-round humidity with a May–October rainy season makes moisture in ductwork a routine inspection topic. Preparing answers to those questions before you list keeps a contract from stalling.
What to know in Lauderdale Lakes
Flood zone questions
Flood zones come from FEMA flood maps, a lender generally requires flood insurance on a home in a Special Flood Hazard Area, and homes outside one can still flood. Florida sellers must give buyers a flood disclosure (s. 689.302, F.S.).
Roof age and insurability
With flat or low-slope, barrel-tile and shingle roofs common on homes built from the late 1950s to the 1980s, roof age and condition are frequently the deciding factor in whether a buyer can get coverage at all.
Four-point and wind-mitigation inspections
Florida insurers commonly ask for a four-point inspection covering roof, electrical, plumbing and HVAC on older homes, and offer wind-mitigation credits for documented features (s. 627.0629, F.S.) using the uniform mitigation form OIR-B1-1802 completed by a licensed inspector.
Association approval and documents
Much of the local condo and co-op stock sits in association-governed communities, and HOA and condominium associations may require buyer approval and estoppel certificates. Governing documents, budgets and disclosure materials are part of due diligence and delivery can take time.
Milestone inspections and SIRS
Florida requires a milestone structural inspection for condominium and cooperative buildings three stories or taller once they reach 30 years (s. 553.899, F.S.), plus a structural integrity reserve study for condo associations with such buildings (s. 718.112(2)(g), F.S.). If your building qualifies, buyers should be given the reports.
Humidity, corrosion and open permits
Rust on garage door springs, hinges, tracks and gate hardware, corroded lock cylinders, and mold or moisture in ductwork are routine here, and older replacements can leave open permits that surface at closing. Finding them early avoids last-minute renegotiation.
How we help
- Free comparative market analysisA licensee prepares an opinion of value — not an appraisal and not an automated estimate — so pricing decisions start from local data. Pricing depends on condition, roof age, association status and current market activity.
- Preparing and marketing the homeWe advise on preparing the home and then handle listing and marketing and showings, including how to present a concrete-block-and-stucco home with a carport or single-car garage to buyers comparing nearby options.
- Offers and contingenciesWe review offers and contingencies with you, including financing, insurance and association-approval contingencies that are common on Lauderdale Lakes condo and co-op contracts.
- Inspection and appraisal negotiationExpect questions about roof, electrical, plumbing and HVAC and about moisture in ductwork. We work through inspection and appraisal negotiations rather than letting findings end the deal by default.
- Closing coordinationClosings in Florida are typically handled by a title company or closing attorney, and we coordinate documents, association materials and deadlines through closing.
Florida rules and paperwork in Lauderdale Lakes
In Florida, a person who lists, markets, negotiates or sells real property for another for compensation generally must hold an active broker or sales associate license; owners selling their own property generally are not required to be licensed. Licensing is overseen by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR), Division of Real Estate, under the Florida Real Estate Commission (FREC), and you can verify any individual's license status with the DBPR. A sale typically involves a written listing agreement, brokerage relationship disclosure, a purchase and sale contract (many Florida transactions use the FR/BAR or FR/BAR 'As Is' forms), seller disclosure of known material defects that are not readily observable, and the residential flood disclosure. Condo and HOA sales require delivery of governing documents, budgets and association disclosure materials, with association approval or transfer processing where the documents require it, and a statutory short right of cancellation can apply to resale condominium contracts after required documents are delivered. If you are buying your next Florida home, the homestead exemption and Save Our Homes cap — including portability of accrued savings — are filed with the county property appraiser, generally by March 1 of the year after moving in. On closing taxes, documentary stamp tax on the deed is 70 cents per 100 dollars of the price (s. 201.02, F.S.); if the buyer finances, documentary stamp tax on a new mortgage note is 35 cents per 100 dollars of the amount financed (s. 201.08, F.S.) and nonrecurring intangible tax on a new mortgage is 2 mills (0.2%) of the amount (s. 199.133, F.S.). Who pays each item is set by the purchase contract and is negotiable; you can estimate with the free Florida Doc Stamp & Closing Tax Calculator on this site at /tools/florida-closing-costs. FIRPTA withholding may apply to foreign sellers. Verify current forms, disclosures and association requirements with your broker, your association, the county property appraiser, and a Florida attorney or CPA.
Premier Real Estate Group Inc is a licensed Florida real estate brokerage (broker license BK3314523). Verify at Florida DBPR.
Timing and next steps
Statewide, listing activity generally builds from January and peaks in spring through early summer, then slows during the late-summer and fall hurricane season and around the holidays; the Atlantic season runs June 1 through November 30. Locally, demand also spikes ahead of and during hurricane season, with the heaviest rush in August through October, and again in the winter snowbird months when seasonal residents return and open up long-closed homes. To talk through timing for your property, call (954) 703-4504 or send a request with the form on this page. Requests may be handled by Premier Real Estate Group Inc or referred to a licensed real-estate agent, who will contact you by phone or email.
We work with sellers throughout Oriole Estates, Oriole Gardens, Hawaiian Gardens, Somerset, Cypress Chase, the State Road 7 / US-441 and Oakland Park Boulevard corridors and the Lauderdale Lakes Mainstreet district, as well as nearby Lauderhill, Plantation, Oakland Park, Fort Lauderdale, North Lauderdale, Tamarac, Sunrise and Wilton Manors.
Sell Your Home in Lauderdale Lakes: common questions
- What does it cost to get a value opinion?
- The comparative market analysis is free and carries no obligation. It is an opinion of value prepared by a licensee — not an appraisal and not an automated estimate. We cannot promise a sale price; pricing depends on condition, roof age, association status and current market activity.
- My Lauderdale Lakes condo building is from the 1970s. What should I gather?
- Ask your association for governing documents, budgets, the estoppel certificate and, if the building is three stories or taller and has reached 30 years, the milestone inspection report (s. 553.899, F.S.) and the structural integrity reserve study (s. 718.112(2)(g), F.S.). Buyers and their lenders often request these early.
- Do I need to tell buyers about flooding?
- Florida sellers must provide a residential flood disclosure (s. 689.302, F.S.). Flood zones come from FEMA flood maps, a lender generally requires flood insurance in a Special Flood Hazard Area, and homes outside one can still flood. Verify your zone and any claims history with your insurance agent.
- Why do buyers ask for a wind-mitigation inspection on older homes here?
- Florida insurers offer wind-mitigation credits for documented features such as roof-to-wall connections and impact-rated openings (s. 627.0629, F.S.), recorded on form OIR-B1-1802 by a licensed inspector. On homes built between the late 1950s and the 1980s, insurers also commonly ask for a four-point inspection. Amounts vary by insurer.
- Who pays the documentary stamp tax on the deed?
- Documentary stamp tax on the deed is 70 cents per 100 dollars of the price (s. 201.02, F.S.), and who pays it is set by the purchase contract and is negotiable. You can estimate the figures using the free calculator at /tools/florida-closing-costs and confirm with your closing agent.
Tell us about the home you're selling — Lauderdale Lakes
A licensed real-estate professional will contact you to talk through pricing and next steps. No obligation.
Licensed brokerage
Premier Real Estate Group Inc
Broker of record Maxim Bohadana, Florida broker license BK3314523
(954) 703-4504