Faro Labs / Markets / Pembroke Pines, FL

Pembroke Pines real estate investment market

What a typical rental in Pembroke Pines, Florida costs, rents for, and returns: underwritten by Faro's own engine, not a scraped summary.

28Investor scoreDifficult for both
Median home price$488,108176,714 residents
Median rent$2,687/mo0.55% rent-to-price
Price-to-rent ratio15.1years of gross rent
Cap rate3.7%$17,820 NOI
Cash-on-cash−11.2%on $112,265 invested
Monthly cash flow-$1,048/moDSCR 0.59
Home value, 1 yr−3.2%median of 4 ZIPs
Rent growth, 1 yr0.3%median of 4 ZIPs

Returns assume 20% down at 6.75% over 30 years, 7% vacancy, and standard operating costs: Faro's default assumptions, the same ones every report starts from. Home value and rent trends as of 2026-05-31.

What this market is for

Difficult for both

At market rent, a typical Pembroke Pines rental runs $1,048 short each month, and home values moved −3.2% over the last year. Neither leg is carrying deals right now, which means the ones that work here are bought well below market rather than at it.

The price a deal actually works at

Faro models five price points for Pembroke Pines, from a weak buy to a strong one. The market-rate deal is $488,108; a good buy is $439,297 and a great one $390,486 roughly 20% below market value. Those are the bars a specific listing gets measured against when you run it.

In context

How Pembroke Pines compares

Of the 210 markets Faro publishes, Pembroke Pines is the 68th most expensive to buy into: 23% above the median covered market, and the 74th strongest on rent-to-price. Within Florida it's the 4th priciest of 16 markets we cover. On the last year of home-value change it ranks 180th.

To break even at the default financing, a typical Pembroke Pines property would need about $3,980 a month in rent: $1,293 more than the $2,687 the market currently supports.

Price ladder

What each tier costs in Pembroke Pines

Faro models five price points per market. A listing gets measured against these bars, not against a national average.

TierPurchase priceMarket rentvs. market rate
Weak buy$536,919$2,553/mo+10%
Fair buy$512,513$2,633/mo+5%
Market rate$488,108$2,687/mo
Good buy$439,297$2,821/mo-10%
Great buy$390,486$2,956/mo-20%
Example

A typical Pembroke Pines deal, underwritten

The market-rate property above, run through the same engine every Faro report uses.

Purchase price$488,108
Monthly rent$2,687
Cash required (20% down + 3% closing)$112,265
Net operating income$17,820/yr
Monthly cash flow-$1,048
Cap rate3.7%
Cash-on-cash return−11.2%
DSCR0.59
What stands out

Values are falling here

Home values in Pembroke Pines moved 3.2% DOWN over the last year, measured as the median across 4 ZIP codes. That reverses the usual argument for a low-cash-flow buy: there's no appreciation currently carrying the deal, so a property here has to earn its keep on rent, and a typical one produces a $1,048 monthly shortfall. Falling values also mean today's comp-supported price is a moving target. The discount you negotiate matters more than usual.

What it would take to break even

A typical Pembroke Pines property would need about $3,980 a month to cover itself at the default financing: 48% above the $2,687 the market currently supports. That gap is the honest size of the problem: it isn't closed by trimming an expense line, it's closed by buying meaningfully below market, putting more down, or finding a property that rents well above its market's median.

Negotiation matters more than usual here

The gap between a market-rate Pembroke Pines buy at $488,108 and a strong one at $390,486 is 20%: a wide band. In markets with a spread that size, what you pay relative to comps drives the return more than the market's own direction does. Two buyers in the same city, the same month, can end up with completely different deals.

Questions

Pembroke Pines investor questions

Is Pembroke Pines a good place to buy rental property?

A typical Pembroke Pines rental at $488,108 renting for $2,687 a month returns 3.7% on a cap-rate basis and runs short by $1,048 a month at 20% down. Individual deals vary far more than markets do, which is the whole reason to underwrite a specific address.

Can you cash-flow a rental in Pembroke Pines?

Not at the market's own price and rent. A typical property runs $1,048 short each month. It would need about $3,980 in rent to break even. Deals that work here are bought below market rather than at it, which is what the price ladder above is for.

Are Pembroke Pines home prices dropping?

Yes: values moved down 3.2% over the last year, taken as the median across 4 ZIP codes in the city. That makes the price you negotiate matter more than usual, since the comp-supported value you're measuring against is itself moving.

Are rents going up in Pembroke Pines?

Rents moved up 0.3% over the last year, measured across 4 ZIP codes. The typical market-rate rental sits at $2,687 a month.

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