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The Hammocks market right now (mid-2026)

The Hammocks is a master-planned, family-oriented community in West Kendall, and its numbers read like the steady middle of the Miami-Dade market rather than the volatile edges. The community's median sale price sits at $563,913, down about 1.5% year over year (Redfin, May 2026), and Zillow's home-value read on the surrounding 33196 ZIP is close behind at roughly $567,280 (Zillow, June 2026) — two sources landing within a few thousand dollars of each other, which is what a flat-to-slightly-soft market looks like from two angles.

Zoom out to the county and the backdrop firms up. Miami-Dade single-family homes posted a $695,000 median, up 3.73% year over year, on 4.9 months of supply — still a seller's market by the six-month rule — with a median 52 days to contract (MIAMI REALTORS, June 2026). Total closed sales rose 14.3% year over year to 2,107, the best June in three years. For agents, the takeaway is that transactions in this corridor are steady and financeable, but pricing discipline matters: about 19% of local listings have taken a price cut (Zillow, mid-2026), so the well-priced, move-in-ready homes move and the overpriced ones sit.

Single-family vs. townhome and condo: two different markets

The Hammocks spans the full product range — quieter single-family sections deeper inside, and townhomes and condos clustered near the busier internal roads — and in 2026 those two segments are moving on different clocks. Countywide, single-family homes hold a $695,000 median (up 3.73% YoY) on 4.9 months of supply, while condos and townhomes sit at a $431,000 median (down 3.15% YoY) on 12.3 months of supply (MIAMI REALTORS, June 2026). That is a seller's market stacked on top of a buyer's market inside the same community.

The gap is widening because attached-housing buyers are absorbing new carrying costs (more on the condo law below), and it shows up in time-on-market: county condos now take a median 85 days to contract versus 52 for single-family (MIAMI REALTORS, June 2026). Agents who can price a townhome against real supply, read an association budget, and set expectations on a longer condo timeline are the ones closing the attached segment here — while the single-family sections still reward speed and clean pricing.

Who's buying, and the 2025–26 rule changes every deal runs through

The Hammocks draws the buyer profile West Kendall is built for: families, a large and established Hispanic community, and first-time and move-up buyers who want single-family space and HOA-maintained amenities inside a master-planned setting. Cash is a real force at the county level — 38.1% of all closed sales were all-cash, splitting to 27.6% for single-family and 48.5% for condos (MIAMI REALTORS, June 2026) — so agents here are routinely working both financed move-up families and cash buyers in the same week.

Two 2025–26 shifts now touch nearly every attached-housing transaction. First, Florida's condo safety laws (SB 4-D, amended by SB 154 and HB 1021): buildings three stories and up must complete milestone structural inspections and Structural Integrity Reserve Studies, and beginning in 2025 associations can no longer waive or underfund reserves for major components like roofs, foundations, and load-bearing walls (Florida statute, 2022–2024). That is reshaping HOA dues and special-assessment risk on townhomes and condos. Second, insurance is finally easing: Citizens filed an average 8.7% statewide rate cut for spring 2026 renewals, with Miami-Dade among the counties seeing the largest average reductions (Florida OIR / Citizens, January 2026) — though Florida still carries the nation's highest average premiums, so quote timing and coverage still shape offers.

MLS, association, and the commission math

Agents working The Hammocks belong to the MIAMI Association of REALTORS® (MIAMI REALTORS) — the largest local REALTOR® association in the country — and list through MIAMI MLS (Matrix). Following the 2026 MIAMI REALTORS–RWorld merger, members also gain broadened MLS reach across South Florida (MIAMI REALTORS, 2026), which pairs naturally with a statewide brokerage: work West Kendall families, a Homestead relocation, and a Doral condo on the same membership.

Now the math at real Hammocks prices. An agent closing 10 sides a year at the community's $563,913 median grosses about $169,000 at 3% per side (Redfin median, May 2026). At a 20% split brokerage, roughly $33,800 of that goes to the house before any monthly fees; at a 30% split, about $50,800. At Gromadzki, those ten closings cost $4,990 flat — leaving $29,000–$46,000 more with the agent, every year, with no monthly desk fee. In a market where single-family homes still take a median 52 days to contract and every deal takes real showings and negotiation, keeping what you earn per closing matters more, not less.