Where Does Julio Iglesias Live in Florida? His Indian Creek Island Land

Where does Julio Iglesias live? The Spanish singer has owned a home and a string of bayfront lots on Indian Creek Island in Miami-Dade County for decades. That was long before the island earned its Billionaire Bunker nickname. He has sold several of those lots to famous buyers, including Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. Spanish outlets report that he now spends most of the year in the Bahamas and in Punta Cana. Here is what reporting says about his Miami land, where he lives now, and what homes nearby cost.

Key takeaways

• Indian Creek Island, Miami-Dade County: the private 300-acre island village off Surfside where he has owned land since the 1990s.
• Reported listing: in 2017 he put four vacant waterfront lots, about 7.3 to 8 acres in total, on the market for $150 million.
• Reported sales: one lot went to a Miami plastic surgeon for about $30 million, and another, bought for $22 million in 2014, went to Trump and Kushner for about $30 million in late 2020.
• Where he lives now: the Bahamas and Punta Cana for most of the year, per Infobae and Hola, with a large estate near Marbella, Spain, for summers.

Where does Julio Iglesias live in Florida?

Indian Creek is a village of about 40 homes on a man-made island in Biscayne Bay. A private golf course fills the middle, and every lot has water frontage. One guarded bridge connects it to Surfside. Iglesias was one of the first entertainers to buy there. That was decades before Jeff Bezos, Tom Brady and Mark Zuckerberg made it famous. For years he held more of the island's shoreline than anyone else.

His Miami ties run deep. He moved to the city in the late 1970s as his career went global, and Miami stayed his American base through the 1980s and 1990s. Indian Creek gave him privacy a few minutes from the studios and the airport. Over time he bought neighboring lots as they came up. That is how he ended up with several acres of bay frontage in one stretch. See the island on our Indian Creek page and the county on our Miami-Dade County page.

Inside the reported Indian Creek holdings

The lots made more news than the house. In 2017 Iglesias listed four adjoining vacant parcels, about 7.3 to 8 acres in total, for $150 million. Robb Report and The Real Deal covered the listing. It was among the highest asking prices in Florida at the time. The land did not sell as one piece. Instead he sold it off lot by lot. One parcel went to a Miami plastic surgeon for about $30 million, per The Real Deal.

The best-known sale came in December 2020. Hola and other outlets reported that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner paid about $30 million for a 1.4-acre lot. Iglesias had bought that lot for $22 million in 2014. He had listed it at $31.8 million in January 2020, according to the Daily Business Review. Public records also show he bought a built home on the island. So his own residence and the vacant lots were separate holdings. Pure Equity does not publish private addresses, so we name the island only.

Why Julio Iglesias chose Miami

Miami was the natural landing spot for a Spanish singer chasing the American and Latin American markets at once. In the 1980s the city became the capital of Spanish-language entertainment in the United States. Record labels, television networks and studios all moved in. Iglesias recorded and did business there, and his children, including Enrique Iglesias, grew up in Miami.

The island itself offered something else: land. Most of Miami Beach's guard-gated islands have small lots and close neighbors. Indian Creek had acre-plus parcels and a golf course buffer. He bought land the way other stars bought cars. So the island was a long-term investment as well as a home. The $150 million listing proved the point. He had assembled the land over years at far lower prices.

Where else does Julio Iglesias live?

Today, mostly outside Florida. Infobae, Hola and El Debate have all reported that he splits the year between the Bahamas and Punta Cana. One is a house on a private island in the Bahamas. Then there is a compound in Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, which he has owned for years. It reportedly has a main house with seven bedrooms and a recording studio. There are guest bungalows, a helipad and a private beach. It was his base during the pandemic lockdowns.

In Spain he owns Las Cuatro Lunas, an estate of about 450 hectares near Ojen, a few miles inland from Marbella. He bought it in 2000. His family uses it in summer. So the honest answer is that Miami is where his land is, but not where he spends most of his time. He is in his 80s now and rarely appears in public. The Caribbean homes are where the reports place him.

What homes near Julio Iglesias cost

Indian Creek has no open listings. Our MLS feed as of September 2026 shows zero active listings on the island. Recent sales have run from $68 million to a reported $170 million for Zuckerberg's 2026 purchase. The lots Iglesias sold for $30 million each would fetch far more now. For public numbers, Surfside, at the foot of the bridge, has about 129 listings with a median asking price near $1.1 million. Bal Harbour has about 155 listings and a median near $2.7 million.

Buyers who want the same setup of acreage and water can look at Golden Beach. It has about 28 listings and a median near $21.9 million. Coral Gables is another option, since Gables Estates and Cocoplum have deep-water lots. Our waterfront homes hub covers those, and our luxury homes page tracks the top of the county market. Vacant waterfront land is rare, but it does show up on our acreage page from time to time. Most of it is west of the city rather than on the bay.

One more number helps put his land in context. When he listed the four lots in 2017, the $150 million price worked out to roughly $19 million an acre. Zuckerberg's 2026 purchase, at $170 million for a single built home, shows how far the island has moved since then. An owner who bought in the 1990s, as Iglesias did, has seen values rise many times over. That is the real story of his Miami holdings: patience, not a single big house.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Julio Iglesias live now?

Reports place him mostly in the Bahamas and Punta Cana. He still owns on Indian Creek Island in Miami-Dade County and visits, but the Caribbean homes are where he spends the year. Where does Julio Iglesias live in summer? Often at his estate near Marbella, Spain.

Where in Miami does Julio Iglesias live?

On Indian Creek Island, the private village between Surfside and Bay Harbor Islands. We do not publish the lot or house number. His land sits on the bay side of the island near several of his famous former lots.

Where does Julio Iglesias live full time?

No single place. He divides the year among the Bahamas, Punta Cana, Spain and Miami, according to Spanish press reports. Miami was his full-time home in the 1980s and 1990s and is now more of a base for business and family.

How much did Julio Iglesias sell his Indian Creek lots for?

About $30 million each for the two reported sales: one to a plastic surgeon and one to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner in 2020. He had asked $150 million for four lots together in 2017. The other parcels have not been reported as sold.

Does Julio Iglesias still own land on Indian Creek?

Yes, per the most recent reporting. He sold two lots but kept his home and at least some of the remaining parcels. Check the Miami-Dade property appraiser for the current record.

Can you buy a lot on Indian Creek?

Rarely. Vacant lots there are among the scarcest land in Florida. The last ones to trade went to buyers with direct ties to the sellers. An agent who works the island can watch for the next one.

Own a waterfront home in Miami-Dade County? Request a free home valuation from Pure Equity and find out what it would bring today. Buyers can browse Surfside listings or see luxury homes across South Florida. For his island neighbors, read where Jeff Bezos lives, and for the buyers of his lot, where Ivanka Trump lives.

Sources

• Robb Report via Yahoo, Julio Iglesias hangs $150 million price tag on four vacant Indian Creek lots
• Hola, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner purchase $30 million lot from Julio Iglesias
• Daily Business Review, Julio Iglesias lists waterfront Indian Creek Village lot for $32 million
• Infobae, the real estate holdings of Julio Iglesias (2025)

Based on publicly reported information; details may change and are not independently verified by Pure Equity. We do not publish private addresses.