Miramar Beach · Community Market Report
Paradise Retreat
Every number a buyer, seller, or investor needs on one community: live inventory, closed-sale history, rental benchmarks, and the neighborhood around it - refreshed monthly from MLS and market data.
Inventory updated daily · Sale statistics updated September 22, 2026 · Next statistics update early October 2026
How the community is trading
6 homes closed in Paradise Retreat in the trailing 12 months at a median of $858,500, with a 96.8% median list-to-sale ratio. On the active side, 4 of 7 listings sit below original list price, and standing inventory works out to 14.0 months of supply at the current sales pace.
Uniformity is what makes this market unusual, and it cuts both ways. Every house the state's roll carries here shows the same recorded year, and recorded living areas hold a band barely eight hundred square feet wide from smallest to largest, so the usual explanations for a price spread, age and size, are close to held constant. What is left is condition, position within four blocks, and how each owner has handled twenty years of exterior cycles on a house built the same season as its neighbors. That makes a median unusually meaningful here and a single heavily renovated sale unusually distorting. Two cautions on the arithmetic. A search run on the plat name alone reaches about five lots fewer than the parcel number series does, so a figure drawn that way is computed on an incomplete set. And no parcel under this name reaches the shore, with other communities' parcels standing in between, so any water arrangement must be run down in the recorded instruments first, and until that is finished it cannot be priced.
Year-over-year figures compare the 12 complete calendar months from September 2025 through August 2026 with the 12 before them. That window can differ from the trailing totals above, which run day-precise through September 22, 2026 rather than by whole calendar months.
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $775K |
| 2022 | Sample too small |
| 2023 | $801K |
| 2024 | $865K |
| 2025 | $925K |
| 2026 YTD | $859K |
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $410 |
| 2022 | Sample too small |
| 2023 | $396 |
| 2024 | $546 |
| 2025 | $462 |
| 2026 YTD | $470 |
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 24 | 0 |
| Oct 24 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | 1 |
| Dec 24 | 0 |
| Jan 25 | 2 |
| Feb 25 | 0 |
| Mar 25 | 0 |
| Apr 25 | 0 |
| May 25 | 0 |
| Jun 25 | 0 |
| Jul 25 | 1 |
| Aug 25 | 2 |
| Sep 25 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | 0 |
| Dec 25 | 0 |
| Jan 26 | 1 |
| Feb 26 | 0 |
| Mar 26 | 0 |
| Apr 26 | 1 |
| May 26 | 1 |
| Jun 26 | 1 |
| Jul 26 | 0 |
| Aug 26 | 2 |
The monthly charts cover the 24 complete calendar months from September 2024 through August 2026, and a month with no closings is a zero bar rather than a gap. Their last 12 months are the window the year-over-year figures compare.
Based on information from ECAR for the period September 23, 2021 through September 22, 2026.
From the active file
7 homes are on the market in Paradise Retreat today - a sample of the current file:
$915,000
405 Sandy Cay Drive
Miramar Beach, FL 32550
$845,000
307 Sandy Cay Drive
Miramar Beach, FL 32550
$969,000
158 Sandy Cay Drive
Miramar Beach, FL 32550
$895,000
440 Sandy Cay Drive
Miramar Beach, FL 32550
$950,000
423 Sandy Cay Drive
Miramar Beach, FL 32550
$799,000
475 Sandy Cay Drive
Miramar Beach, FL 32550
The short-term rental badge above is not a permission of record. It reflects the MLS short-term-rental field where a listing discloses one, and otherwise where the home sits. Confirm the association's current rules and the local registration requirement before relying on it.
The investor file
| Typical acquisition (median, 12 mo) | $858,500 |
|---|---|
| Middle-half range (25th-75th pct, 12 priced sales / 24 mo) | $834,000 - $946,000 |
| Median price, 2021 to 2026 | +10.8% ($775,000 to $858,500) |
| Average sale price (12 mo) | $886,250 |
| Sales volume, trailing 12 months | $5,317,500 |
| Sale price range, trailing 12 months | $720,000 - $1,199,000 |
| Bedrooms | Active | Sold (12 mo) | Median Sale Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 BR | 3 | 2 | Sample too small |
| 4 BR | 4 | 4 | $803,750 |
Based on information from ECAR for the period September 23, 2021 through September 22, 2026.
What similar rentals earn nearby
$468/night
Average Daily Rate
Trailing 12 months, average across Miramar Beach homes, 3-5 bedrooms
52%
Occupancy
Guest, owner and held nights over calendar nights, across Miramar Beach homes, 3-5 bedrooms
49 nights
Owner Use
Owner and maintenance nights per rental, trailing 12 months, across Miramar Beach homes, 3-5 bedrooms
$156 to $674
Monthly Rate Range
Average nightly rate by month, lowest in January, highest in June
308
Rentals Tracked
Homes in Miramar Beach homes, 3-5 bedrooms
6 nights
Average Stay
83 days
Booking Window
Average lead time before arrival
Market data by Key Data · 308 similar rentals tracked (Miramar Beach homes, 3-5 bedrooms) · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Market statistics reflect the trailing performance of similar rental properties in this market, not this specific property, and are opinions of potential performance, not a guarantee of income. Performance varies with management, seasonality, and personal use. Verify rental eligibility and all figures independently.
The rental analysis is for signed-in readers
We publish each home's rental analysis on the signed-in side of the site, not on the open page. With a free account you will find, on the individual listings here that qualify, how rentals similar to that home perform: the average daily rate, occupancy, typical stay and booking window. The segment's daily rate, occupancy and tracked-rental count stay public on this page.
Sign in or create a free accountWhat decides whether a home here can be rented
These are benchmarks for a segment of comparable rentals, not a finding about Paradise Retreat. What a home here may actually do is set by documents, and there are three of them. The recorded declaration sets any minimum lease term. The association's current rules can add stay-length minimums, rental caps, or owner-occupancy requirements the local code does not impose, and a board can change them after a purchase. The city or county that governs this address runs its own short-term-rental registration requirements over both. Request all three in their current form from the association and the local government during diligence, before purchasing with rental income in mind.
Rental rules on the MLS today: 7 of 7 active listings disclose“Short Term Rental - Allowed”. Always verify the association's current policy.
The neighborhood: The Retreat at Miramar
Paradise Retreat sits in or beside The Retreat at Miramar Census neighborhood - the area figures below describe that neighborhood, not this community alone.
Neighborhood Data
The Retreat at Miramar at a Glance
187
Properties
$645K
Median Home Value
91%
Second Homes / Seasonal
Source: LiveBy, via the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2023. Figures are area estimates for general market context.
Demographic information is provided for general informational purposes only and must not be used to make housing decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin, disability, or any other protected class. Dream Destin Realty supports the Fair Housing Act and equal-opportunity housing.
Reading this file
Where do these numbers come from?
Sale and inventory statistics are computed from ECAR MLS data by Dream Destin Realty and refreshed on a 30-day cycle. Based on information from ECAR for the period September 23, 2021 through September 22, 2026. Rental benchmarks are market-segment aggregates from Key Data - never figures for a specific home. Neighborhood figures are LiveBy area estimates built on the U.S. Census American Community Survey.
Why is there no list of individual sold homes?
6 homes closed in Paradise Retreat in the trailing 12 months, from $720,000 to $1,199,000. MLS rules do not allow individual sold listings to be displayed publicly, so this page shows community-level statistics only - ask us for the home-by-homesold report and we'll walk you through it.
How are thin samples handled?
Any figure computed from fewer than three sales is withheld rather than published - a one-sale “median” is just that sale's price. Counts always show; prices earn their way onto the page.
Thinking about buying or selling in Paradise Retreat?
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- MLS market data (ECAR) - updated September 21, 2026
- Vacation-rental market data (Key Data) - updated September 21, 2026
- Neighborhood data (LiveBy / U.S. Census ACS) - updated September 21, 2026
Sale and inventory statistics are computed from ECAR MLS data by Dream Destin Realty.
Market statistics on this page are provided for informational purposes only. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed, and figures are not a guarantee of future market performance. Rental-income benchmarks are not a guarantee of future performance, so verify independently every time. These figures are not tax, legal, or investment advice; consult the appropriate licensed professional before making a financial decision. Data as of September 22, 2026.
Sources
- Walton County parcel outlines for the Paradise Retreat parcel number series (accessed August 23, 2026)
- Florida Department of Revenue statewide cadastral: the same parcel number series, for years, living areas and addresses (accessed August 23, 2026)
- Walton County Address Points over the disputed parcel, the third instrument that closes the house-count gap (accessed August 23, 2026)
- Paradise Retreat at Miramar Beach Homeowners Association, Inc., Florida Division of Corporations (accessed August 21, 2026)
- Paradise Retreat Development, LLC, Florida Division of Corporations (accessed August 21, 2026)
- FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer: flood zone polygons over and beyond the Paradise Retreat parcels (accessed August 23, 2026)
- Florida Statutes 720.303, homeowners association powers, budgets and records (accessed August 21, 2026)