For owners and investors · south Miami-Dade
What homes actually rent for in Homestead
If you are weighing whether to sell a property or hold it, the rent side of that decision is usually guesswork — because every figure online is an asking price, scraped off a listing that may still be sitting empty. These come from closed files: the figure on the executed lease, not the one on the advert. Set it against what the property would net if you sold and you have both halves of the answer. Last updated 4 October 2026.
The portals and the paperwork disagree
Here is what the major sites quote for a three-bedroom in Homestead, against what three-bedrooms actually signed for in my own closings. The portals mix apartments into the average; I lease houses, which is why mine sits where it does.
Portal figures captured 4 October 2026 from each site's public Homestead rent page. They move around, and they do not all measure the same thing — that is rather the point. Mine is the median of 24 closed three-bedroom leases.
By bedroom count
| Size | Leases | Median rent | Range | Median $/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 bedrooms | 16 | $2,150 | $1,900 – $4,100 | $1.87 |
| 3 bedrooms | 24 | $2,638 | $2,000 – $3,900 | $1.74 |
| 4 bedrooms | 3 | $2,850 | $2,195 – $3,400 | $1.53 |
By year
The direction matters more than any single number, and it is the thing a landlord setting a renewal actually needs.
| Year | Leases | Median rent | Median $/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | $2,200 | $1.80 |
| 2025 | 20 | $2,638 | $1.81 |
| 2026 | 19 | $2,400 | $1.67 |
Median closed rent in 2026 is 9% lower than 2025 across 19 and 20 leases respectively. That is a small sample and a shift in the mix of properties can move it, so treat the direction as a signal rather than a measurement — but it is a signal built from signed contracts, which is more than most published rent indices can say.
What would your place rent for?
This runs your property against the closest matches in the dataset above — same bedroom count, nearest square footage — and shows you which leases it used. No email required to see the number.
Show the leases this is based on
| Leased | Beds | Sqft | Rent | $/sqft |
|---|
What this is not: an appraisal, or a promise. It is a comp range off a small, real dataset. Condition, finishes, whether pets are allowed and how fast you need it filled all move the number more than square footage does. If you want the actual answer for your address, that is a phone call — and it is free.
How this was put together
I would rather show the working than ask anyone to take a round number on trust.
Where the numbers come from
Every row is a residential lease I personally closed in south Miami-Dade, representing either the landlord or the tenant. The rent is the executed figure from the signed lease, not the advertised price. Coverage by city: Homestead (37), Miami (4), Doral (2), Key Largo (1). Of 44 leases, 40 carry a verified square footage and feed the per-square-foot figures and the estimator.
What is excluded
Leases without a recorded close date are left out entirely. For the per-square-foot figures only, 2 lease(s) fall outside a $0.80–$3.20 band and are set aside as recording faults rather than market signal — a unit-level lease carrying a building-level square footage, for instance. Those leases still count in every rent figure on this page. Commercial and short-term lets are not in the dataset at all.
The honest limitation
This is one set of closed files, not the whole market — enough to be useful, not enough to be authoritative, where a county-wide index would run to thousands. What it has that the big indices do not is that every figure is a signed contract rather than an advert, and every address is published on the rented page where you can check it.
Reuse
If you are a journalist, a researcher, or just arguing with your landlord: these numbers are free to quote with a link back. Figures update automatically each time I close another lease.
Last updated 4 October 2026 · Covers leases closed September 2024 to September 2026
Common questions
What is the average rent for a 3 bedroom house in Homestead, FL?
The median executed rent on a three-bedroom in Homestead and south Miami-Dade is $2,638 a month in this dataset. Listing portals quote between $2,329 and $2,705 for the same thing, but those are asking prices on live listings and they pool apartments in with houses. This figure comes from signed leases.
How much is rent per square foot in Homestead?
The median is $1.78 per square foot per month across the closed leases here that carry a verified square footage. Smaller properties run higher per foot than larger ones, which is why a 900 sq ft two-bedroom and a 1,900 sq ft four-bedroom do not differ in rent by anything like the ratio of their size.
Are rents in Homestead going up or down?
Against closed leases rather than asking prices, the median in 2026 is -9% on 2025. It is a small sample, so it is worth reading as a direction rather than a precise measurement — but it is a direction built from signed contracts, which most published rent indices are not.
Why is this different from the rent figures on Zillow or Apartments.com?
Those sites average asking prices on active listings. A property advertised at $2,800 that sits empty for two months and eventually leases at $2,550 counts as $2,800 in their average and $2,550 in mine. They also pool apartments with houses. This dataset is only executed leases, only residential, and every address is published on the rented page so it can be checked.
How much can I rent my house out for in Homestead?
The estimator on this page gives a range from the closest matches by bedroom count and square footage, and shows which leases it used. For a real number you want condition, finishes, pet policy and how quickly you need it filled factored in. If you are weighing renting against selling, both numbers matter — call or text (305) 905-9938 and I will run the two side by side, at no charge.
Sell it, or hold it?
That decision deserves both sets of numbers, not one. Send me the address and I will come back with what it would sell for today and what it would realistically rent for — and if the answer is that you should do neither this year, I would rather tell you that.