Lighthouse Point waterfront homes for sale

Lighthouse Point earns its reputation with boaters the honest way: geography. The city is a grid of deep-water finger canals, and the Hillsboro Inlet, known for being calm and easy compared to some of its neighbors, is minutes away for many homes. That combination of deep water and a friendly inlet is rarer than the listings make it sound.

It's a small, water-laced town, roughly 2.4 square miles, tree-shaded streets, about 20 acres of parks, and a real community feel. The homes run from mid-century ranches on the water to newer coastal-contemporary rebuilds, so there's a genuine range of entry points for a market this desirable. The variable that moves price most is the water itself: dockage length, depth at mean low water, and whether any fixed bridge sits between your dock and the inlet.

The neighborhoods, canal by canal

Lighthouse Point isn't one waterfront market, its canal neighborhoods each have their own character and price logic:

• Venetian Isles, the established finger-canal neighborhood dating to around 1960; large, high-value single-family homes, many with deep-water docks.
• Coral Key, a historic subdivision of canal-front homes, annexed into the city alongside Venetian Isles and Pompano Waterway Estates.
• Cape Court, a cul-de-sac waterfront enclave with canal access toward the Intracoastal and the Hillsboro Inlet.
• Hillsboro Isles, the northern canal-front pocket of single-family homes with dockage.
• Lake Placid, an interior neighborhood mixing waterfront and non-waterfront lots, often a lower entry point.
• Lighthouse Point Yacht Club area, homes clustered around the yacht club and marina, the city's boating hub.

Which one fits your boat and your budget is a ten-minute call. Send me the length and draft, and I'll point you to the canals that actually work.

The 'no fixed bridges' truth

Everyone markets Lighthouse Point as no-fixed-bridge, deep-water ocean access. That's the city's reputation, and it is genuinely true for a lot of it. But it is not uniformly true street to street, and that gap is where buyers overpay or get stuck.

Bridge clearance and dockage depth vary by canal and neighborhood. So before you write an offer, I verify true ocean access per address: how many bridges sit between that dock and the Hillsboro Inlet, whether any are fixed, and how deep the water is at the seawall at mean low water. That verification is the difference between a property that fits your boat and one that just photographs well. It's free, and I do it every time.

The Lighthouse Point market right now

Here's the honest read, as of May 2026. The citywide median sale price was about $974K, at roughly $598 per square foot, with homes taking around 89 days to sell, Redfin scores it a buyer's market. On the waterfront specifically, the listing median sat near $999K across about 64 waterfront homes for sale.

One number needs context: price per square foot was up sharply year over year, not because every home jumped in value, but because higher-end waterfront made up more of the closings. In a small market like this, the mix moves the averages. That's exactly why I price a specific home against comparable water, canal, dockage, and access, not against a citywide headline.

What I check before you offer

For every Lighthouse Point home you're serious about, I confirm four things before we talk price:

• The route to the Hillsboro Inlet, every fixed or draw bridge between the dock and open water.
• Depth at mean low water, a dock that floats your boat at high tide can trap it at low.
• The seawall, its age and condition; a replacement runs well into six figures and is negotiable when you catch it early.
• Flood zone and insurance, a real quote inside your inspection period, not a surprise after closing.

New to the vocabulary? Start with ocean access vs. Intracoastal and fixed bridges explained.

Selling a Lighthouse Point waterfront home

If you own on the water here, the marketing has to sell the water, the canal, the dockage, and the clean run to the inlet, not just the kitchen. See how I market luxury waterfront homes, with media that shows a boating buyer exactly what they're buying, in English o en español.