Sandwiched between Palm Beach to the north and Miami-Dade to the south, Broward County real estate is a sound investment. Bisected north to south by Interstate 95 and Route 1, and east to west by Interstate 75, the county encompasses some 1,205 square miles. The seventh fastest-growing county in the nation in the 1990s, its population in 2000 totaled more than 1.6 million. The average age of county residents was 38.

With a year-round temperate climate, splendid white sand Atlantic beaches, and lush tropical vegetation, Broward County real estate has much to offer. Whether you are coming here to work or to retire, the area--just northwest is Lake Okeechobee, just southwest are the Everglades--is a wonderful place to call home.

Broward County Real Estate: A Map

The county seat of Fort Lauderdale--population 152,000, lying nearly mid-state along the coast--is doubtless the best known of Broward County locales. Named for the commander of a Seminole War fort, the city gained its real fame as the setting for the 1960s movie about spring break, Where the Boys Are. Fort Lauderdale International Airport is one of three in south Florida, the other two being Miami and Palm Beach.

Inland and northwest some 21 miles is Coral Springs, a city of about 177,000, established in 1963 by Westinghouse Corporation as a retirement community. Also inland but southwest of Fort Lauderdale is Plantation, population 82,390, the site of an 1838 Seminole War battle and where Captain Walter Holloway attempted (unsuccessfully) to drain the Everglades for farming. The community of Weston, population 49,286, has a comfortably low crime rate--76 with a U.S. average of 330. You can't go wrong investing in Broward County real estate!