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Fort Lauderdale mortgage calculator
A median-priced Fort Lauderdale, FL home at 6.75% over 30 years, with Florida property tax of 0.79% and $5,500 a year of homeowners insurance. Every figure below is computed on our amortising engine — nothing is estimated in the browser.
$4,424 a month, all in
Principal and interest are $3,351; escrow and PMI add the rest. Over the full term the loan costs $689,637 in interest. Discounted at 5%, buying here has a net present value of $120,338 ($506,546 in today’s dollars).
Within Florida, Fort Lauderdale is 3rd of the 8 Florida markets covered here, between Naples at the top and Jacksonville at the bottom of a 2.47x spread. A state-level median hides most of that.
Fort Lauderdale carries a premium over the rest of Florida: a median home here runs $574,000, about 40% above the state median of $410,000. The deposit moves with it, so the same 20% down is $114,800 rather than $82,000.
Prices here have run ahead of rents: the local price index sits at 1.40 against a rent index of 1.30. A market where buying costs rise faster than renting does is one where the rent-vs-buy answer leans later — you need a longer hold before ownership wins.
Monthly cost in Fort Lauderdale vs comparable rent
Owning is stacked by component; renting is the local median asking rent.
The monthly breakdown
| Median home price | $574,000 |
|---|---|
| Down payment (10%) | $57,400 |
| Loan amount | $516,600 |
| Principal & interest | $3,351/mo |
| Property tax (0.79%) | $378/mo |
| Homeowners insurance | $458/mo |
| PMI while above 80% LTV | $237/mo |
| Total monthly payment | $4,424/mo |
| Comparable rent | $2,860/mo |
What a rate move does to the Fort Lauderdale payment
| Rate | Principal & interest |
|---|---|
| 5.5% | $2,933/mo |
| 6% | $3,097/mo |
| 6.5% | $3,265/mo |
| 7% | $3,437/mo |
| 7.5% | $3,612/mo |
| 8% | $3,791/mo |
Rent or buy in Fort Lauderdale?
Against $2,860 a month in rent, over 7 years renting leaves you about $82,723 better off — $69,592 once 2.5% inflation is stripped out. See the Florida rent-vs-buy page.
Where these numbers come from
Florida medians come from editorial and are refreshed weekly. The Fort Lauderdale figures index those state medians to the local market, so they track the same feed rather than going stale. Insurance and the state income tax rate are editorial. Treat everything here as a planning estimate, not a quote.