Listed by Florida Capital Realty

Recently sold · The Redlands

$745,000

12858 SW 228th St, Miami FL 33170

Listed by Opendoor Brokerage LLC · Sold by Coldwell Banker Realty

Public MIAMI MLS record · deemed reliable but not guaranteed · MiamiCityRealty.com not necessarily a party

Miami · ZIP 33031 · Live MLS

The Redlands

The Redlands: Miami-Dade unincorporated USDA-designated agricultural belt. 5-acre min zoning preserves working tropical fruit farms (mango, lychee, dragonfruit), orchid nurseries, agricultural estates. Robert Is Here (since 1959), Knaus Berry Farm, Schnebly Winery (only winery in FL), Fruit & Spice Park. 00K median; estates .5-10M+.

$875K

Median price

$404

Per sq ft

197

Active listings

48 d

Median days on mkt

Price position +17% vs MCR median
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Median list price

$875,000

For-sale active inventory

Price / sq ft

$404

Across active listings

Active inventory

197

On the market right now

Median days on market

48

Well-priced units move faster

✦ Computed live from MIAMI MLS active inventory · refreshed every few hours · updated September 12, 2026

The Redlands real estate market data, live from MIAMI MLS, updated September 12, 2026
Median list price$875,000
Median price per square foot$404
Active for-sale inventory197
Median days on market48 days
Median asking rent$3,000 / month
Year-over-year price change-23.8%
Homes in a FEMA high-risk flood zone13% of active for-sale homes
Typical home typeSingle Family Residence

Market pulse

How The Redlands is trading

Median asking price by month listed, plus how active inventory splits — all live from MIAMI MLS active listings (not closed sales).

Median list price, by month listed

12-mo avg
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep

-23.8%

Median list, recent vs. earlier

$925,320

12-month average

197

For-sale listings

What's on the market, by price

Share of active for-sale inventory

Under $500K 14% · 28
$500K – $1M 46% · 91
$1M – $3M 30% · 60
$3M – $10M 7% · 14
$10M+ 2% · 4

By the numbers

Inside The Redlands, by ZIP

Each pocket of The Redlands trades at its own price and pace — here's how its ZIP codes compare on live for-sale inventory.

ZIP 33031

ZIP 33031

$1.3M

median

$505

$/sqft

76

active

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ZIP 33170

ZIP 33170

$700K

median

$341

$/sqft

121

active

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Recently sold in The Redlands (9)

Public MIAMI MLS closings

Closed-sale data from the MIAMI MLS · deemed reliable but not guaranteed. MiamiCityRealty.com was not necessarily involved in these transactions; the listing and selling brokerages credited above are the parties to each sale.

The insider read

What The Redlands actually is

The Redlands is the protected agricultural belt of Miami-Dade County — an unincorporated area in southwest Dade (between the Everglades and Homestead, roughly bounded by SW 184th Street on the north, SW 248th Street on the south, Krome Avenue on the west, and the Florida Turnpike on the east) where USDA-designated 5-acre minimum-lot agricultural zoning has kept suburban sprawl out and working tropical fruit farms in. The name comes from the red iron-rich limestone bedrock and clay soil that’s perfect for tropical fruit cultivation. About 22,000 people live in The Redlands, spread across ~25 square miles of farms, nurseries, ranches, custom estates, and a small number of tightly-clustered residential pockets.

What makes The Redlands genuinely unique: it’s the only commercial-scale tropical-fruit agricultural region in the continental United States. The latitude + the limestone bedrock + the freeze-rare winters allow crops that simply do not grow elsewhere in the country — mangos, lychees, longans, atemoyas, sapotes, soursops, jackfruit, dragonfruit, mamey, mamoncillos, carambolas, sugar apples, monstera, key limes. The Redlands supplies most of these fruits to the rest of America. The orchid + tropical-plant nursery industry here (R.F. Orchids, Quail Botanical, multiple smaller growers) supplies the wholesale landscape trade across the southeastern U.S. The horticultural research at the Tropical Research & Education Center (TREC) — University of Florida’s tropical-fruit research station — feeds back into best practices for tropical agriculture worldwide.

For real estate, The Redlands offers something no other Miami-Dade neighborhood can: genuine rural agricultural lifestyle 30 minutes from downtown Miami. The estate market is meaningful — 5-acre and 10-acre and 20-acre lots with custom homes + working groves + horse paddocks + tropical-fruit orchards regularly trade $1.5M-$5M, with the larger estates clearing $10M+. Buyers come in two main flavors: working farm families (multi-generational growers) and lifestyle estate buyers (Miami HNWI who want acreage + privacy + the gentleman-farmer aesthetic without leaving the County). The two coexist; both are protected by the same zoning.

And then there’s the cultural-destination layer — the part most non-Redlands Miamians experience first. Robert Is Here (the legendary roadside fruit stand at 19200 SW 344th Street, founded 1959 when six-year-old Robert Moehling started selling his father’s surplus cucumbers from a card table on the highway). Knaus Berry Farm (the seasonal strawberry farm + cinnamon-roll destination — the November-April lines wrap around the block). Schnebly Redland’s Winery (the only winery in Florida, making wines from mango, lychee, passionfruit, dragonfruit, carambola — yes, actually delicious). The Fruit & Spice Park (37-acre county park with hundreds of tropical fruit + spice plants from around the world, you can sample fallen fruit, weekly tours).

The Redlands markets

  • Working farms — large agricultural estates (10-40 acres). Mango groves, lychee orchards, nursery operations, plus a residence. $1.5M-$10M+ depending on land + active commerce.
  • Lifestyle agricultural estates (5-10 acres). Custom homes + cleared land + paddocks or smaller groves. $1.5M-$5M.
  • Standard 5-acre Redlands residential. Ranch-style or farmhouse-style homes on the zoned minimum. $700K-$1.5M.
  • Sub-5-acre grandfathered older residential. Some pre-zoning subdivisions with smaller lots. $450K-$800K.
  • Working nursery + grove inventory. Properties that come with active commercial operations, often with goodwill + customer base built in. Highly variable, $1M-$15M+ depending on size + revenue.
  • Equestrian properties. The Redlands has a real horse community — 5+ acre lots with riding rings + barns + paddocks. $1M-$4M.
  • Rentals. Limited — most Redlands owners hold. When they appear, single-family farmhouse rentals run $3-7K/mo, estate rentals $5-15K/mo.

Live Redlands inventory

Every listing priced in dollars AND Bitcoin. Tier filter computed from MLS data — Redlands inventory often spans the Homestead, Princeton, and unincorporated-Dade MLS classifications, so we cast a wide net.

🏝️ Redlands Agricultural Estates — 10+ acres

Larger lots with working groves, orchards, nursery operations, or pasture. The signature Redlands estate inventory.

🏛️ Redlands Mansions

5,000+ sqft custom homes — typically on the 5-10 acre lifestyle estates.

🏡 Redlands Farmhouses + Single-Family Homes

3-4 BR ranch-style + farmhouse homes on the zoned 5-acre minimum lots.

🏘️ Redlands Smaller-Lot Homes

Grandfathered sub-5-acre pre-zoning residential — entry-tier into the area.


Redlands rentals

🏝️ Redlands Estate Rentals

$5K+/mo. Estate-tier seasonal rentals on larger lots — often furnished, often seasonal.

🏢 Redlands Family Rentals

$2,500-$5,000/mo. Single-family farmhouses + standard 5-acre Redlands rentals.


The places that make The Redlands, The Redlands

Robert Is Here

19200 SW 344th Street. The institution. In 1959, six-year-old Robert Moehling sat on Route 1 with a card table selling his father’s surplus cucumbers — his father painted a sign reading “Robert Is Here.” Sixty-six years later, the sign is still up. The stand has grown into a destination — exotic tropical fruits + vegetables grown on Robert’s farms, the legendary milkshakes (mango, key lime, papaya, sapote, lychee — make them with passion fruit + add whipped cream), house-made hot sauces, the petting zoo for kids, and the back-porch live music on weekends. The lines on a Saturday afternoon are real. Robert (now a Florida agricultural institution) often works the counter. This is the one Redlands stop every Miami family makes — and every tourist who’s heard about it makes too.

Knaus Berry Farm

15980 SW 248th Street. The seasonal farm — open mid-November through mid-April every year, closed the rest. Founded in 1956 by Ray and Russ Knaus + Alice. The lines wrap around the block on Saturday mornings during season for two reasons: the cinnamon rolls (yeasted, generous, with gooey icing that drips off your fingers — possibly the best cinnamon rolls in the southeastern U.S.) and the milkshakes (similarly serious, made with the farm’s strawberries). Plus tomatoes, strawberries (u-pick is possible), other field produce. Cash or check only. No advance ordering. The wait is part of the ritual.

Schnebly Redland’s Winery

30205 SW 217th Avenue. Florida’s only winery, since 2004 — Peter and Denisse Schnebly’s vision of making wines from local tropical fruits since grapes don’t reliably grow here. Mango wine, lychee wine, passionfruit wine, dragonfruit wine, carambola wine, guava wine — yes, all real, all surprisingly drinkable, sold at the winery + at increasing numbers of South Florida bars and restaurants. The tasting room with Cabana-style bar + the picnic grove + the gardens + the weekend live music make Schnebly a Sunday-afternoon destination. There’s a Saturday-evening wine-and-music event many weeks. $15 tasting flight.

The Fruit & Spice Park

24801 SW 187th Avenue. 37-acre Miami-Dade County park with hundreds of varieties of tropical fruit trees, herbs, spices, and edible plants from around the world — over 500 varieties of fruits, nuts, herbs, and spices. You can sample fallen fruit (don’t pick from the trees). Guided tours daily, hands-on tasting tours on weekends, periodic special events (Mango Festival in late July is the major one). $10 adults, $3 child. One of South Florida’s most-underrated public spaces.

R.F. Orchids + the nursery cluster

R.F. Orchids (28100 SW 182nd Avenue) — one of the most respected commercial orchid nurseries in the U.S., supplying both wholesale + retail, with a famous public greenhouse-display open on weekends. The Redlands has a deep orchid + tropical-plant nursery community — multiple growers specializing in different niches (palms, ornamentals, fruit trees, succulents). The wholesale landscape industry across the southeastern U.S. sources here. For Miami homeowners who want a specimen tropical fruit tree or specimen palm, this is the supply chain.

The food — Cuban + Mexican + farm-to-table

White Lion Cafe (Homestead-adjacent, in restored historic building) — the area’s modern-American option. Casita Tejas — Tex-Mex. Shiver’s BBQ — south-Dade institution since 1957. El Toro Taco Family Restaurant. Rosita’s Restaurant — Cuban. The food scene in The Redlands proper is sparse — most dining is along US-1 or in Homestead. The farms-as-restaurants experience is something else: visit Robert Is Here for fresh fruit + milkshakes, Knaus for cinnamon rolls + strawberries, Schnebly for wine + small plates. That’s the “Redlands food culture” for many residents.


Living in The Redlands

Schools

  • Redondo Elementary, Avocado Elementary, Air Base K-8, Coral Reef Elementary — district public, ratings vary by specific zone.
  • South Dade Senior High + Coral Reef Senior High + Homestead Senior High — district public high options.
  • Florida Christian School — Christian K-12.
  • Calvary Christian Academy + Florida Bible Christian School — Christian options.
  • Multiple Mater Academy + Somerset Academy charter campuses in adjacent Homestead.
  • Many Redlands farming families homeschool through co-op groups.

Getting around

  • Krome Avenue (SR-997) — the western corridor, the agricultural artery, connects to Tamiami Trail north + Homestead south.
  • Old Cutler Road + SW 152nd Street + SW 248th Street — east-west arteries connecting to US-1 + South Dade.
  • Florida Turnpike (Homestead Extension) — quick access to Miami via the eastern edge.
  • Brickell 35-45 min via Turnpike · Coconut Grove 30 min · Homestead 5-10 min · Key Largo 30 min · Everglades National Park 20 min · MIA 30 min.
  • The Redlands is rural by design — limited public transit, very car-dependent, often dirt or gravel access roads to specific properties. Living here requires the rural-living infrastructure (4WD when wet, septic + well water on some properties, neighborhood-watch culture).

The agricultural rhythm

Different fruits have different harvest seasons, which gives The Redlands its calendar. Mangos peak May-August. Lychees peak June. Longans peak July. Dragonfruit June-November. Atemoya September-November. Strawberries December-April (Knaus’s season). Sapotes September-December. Most Redlands residents track this calendar instinctively. The local restaurants + farmers’ markets celebrate each season. The annual International Mango Festival at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (July, in Coral Gables) is the biggest celebration; The Redlands growers are the supply-side.


The Redlands 2026 market: what we’re watching

  1. Agricultural-estate appreciation. The lifestyle-estate buyer pool (Miami HNWI wanting acreage + privacy without leaving the County) has expanded since 2020. 10-20 acre estates with custom homes have appreciated meaningfully.
  2. Working-farm generational transitions. Multi-generational farming families face succession decisions — some kids continue the farm, some don’t. When working farms hit market, they often attract investor-buyers who continue the agricultural use (tax-favored) while building out estate amenities.
  3. Zoning protection. The County’s agricultural-zoning protection has held firm against development-rezoning pressure. This is the structural asset The Redlands trades on. Continued protection sustains the value proposition.
  4. Climate + water-table issues. South Dade’s water table + freeze risk + tropical-cyclone exposure affect agricultural viability. Long-term climate-resilience conversations are real.
  5. Cultural-tourism + agritourism growth. Robert Is Here, Knaus Berry Farm, Schnebly Winery, Fruit & Spice Park all see growing visitor traffic — fueling related small-business growth (food trucks, tours, weekend events).

Frequently asked questions

Is The Redlands a city?

No. The Redlands is unincorporated Miami-Dade County — a USDA-designated agricultural area, not a city or town. Most government services come from Miami-Dade County directly (sheriff, public works, schools through MDCPS). The lack of municipal incorporation is partly intentional — incorporation would require rezoning + tax-base decisions that would threaten the agricultural protection.

Can I actually farm there as a hobby?

Absolutely, and many residents do. The 5-acre minimum lots make even small-scale agriculture viable. Many lifestyle estates include 1-3 acres of working grove or orchard managed by professional grove-management services (~$3-8K/acre/year for mango grove maintenance). Tropical fruit production yields meaningful supplemental income for many estate owners + qualifies the land for Florida’s agricultural-use property tax classification, which dramatically reduces property taxes. Talk to a Redlands real estate professional about the ag-use tax math before purchase.

What about utilities, internet, septic?

Variable by specific property. Most Redlands properties have well water + septic system (vs. municipal water + sewer). Electricity is FPL grid. Internet is increasingly available via fiber + fixed-wireless + Starlink — but some specific addresses still struggle. Always verify utility access for any specific property pre-offer. Many estate buyers retrofit Starlink for reliable connectivity.

Is the commute to Miami practical?

For periodic Miami trips: yes. For daily Brickell commuting: it’s a real commitment — 35-45 min via Turnpike in good traffic, longer rush hour. Many Redlands estate owners have remote-flexible work or are retired or self-employed. For families with school-age children attending magnet schools, the daily commute is real but workable.

Hurricane + freeze exposure?

Both real. Hurricane Andrew (1992) devastated Redlands agricultural operations. Periodic mild freezes (every few years) damage tropical fruit. Successful Redlands growers + estate owners build resilience into their operations + structures. Insurance + crop-insurance + post-Andrew code apply.

Schools serving The Redlands?

District public: Redondo + Avocado + Air Base K-8 + Coral Reef Elementary; South Dade Senior + Coral Reef Senior + Homestead Senior High. Private: Florida Christian School + Calvary Christian + Florida Bible Christian. Charter: Mater + Somerset Academy networks (multiple Homestead-adjacent campuses). Many farming families homeschool through co-op groups.

Bitcoin purchases in The Redlands?

Yes. Title companies in south Dade are experienced with BTC closings. Particularly common for lifestyle-estate buyers from out-of-state crypto-wealth backgrounds. BTC pricing displayed on every listing.


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What the numbers say about living in The Redlands

Each figure below is live from MIAMI MLS active inventory + FEMA flood data — nothing illustrative.

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Flood reality

About 13% of active for-sale homes here are mapped in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. Confirm a specific home's zone, elevation and insurance before you buy.

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What you'll pay

Median asking price is $875,000 (about $404/sq ft) — +17% vs MCR median.

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What's available

Single Family Residence is the most common home type among the 197 homes for sale right now.

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Renting here

Median asking rent is $3,000/month across 31 active rentals — useful if you're weighing rent vs. buy.

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