Where Does Ricky Martin Live in Florida? The Golden Beach and Miami Beach Homes He Sold

Where does Ricky Martin live? Not in Florida, at least not anymore. The singer owned two South Florida homes, an oceanfront mansion in Golden Beach and a bayfront house in Miami Beach's La Gorce neighborhood, and sold both in 2012. HuffPost reported the Golden Beach sale at $12.8 million, well under the $16.2 million he paid. Today he is based mainly in Puerto Rico. Here is what reporting says about the homes he had, why he left, and what those two enclaves cost now.

Key takeaways

• Golden Beach, oceanfront: bought in 2007 for $16.2 million, listed at $19 million, sold in November 2012 for $12.8 million, per HuffPost.
• Miami Beach, La Gorce: a bayfront house that sold for $10.6 million in 2012 after almost five years on the market.
• Both homes are sold; his spokesman said a Broadway schedule made keeping Miami property impractical.
• Golden Beach median list price is about $21.9 million across roughly 30 active listings, per our MLS feed as of September 2026.

Where does Ricky Martin live in Florida?

He does not own a home here now, as far as public reporting shows. But for about five years he owned two of the best-located houses in northeast Miami-Dade County. The first was in Golden Beach, a small town of about 350 homes on the ocean between Sunny Isles Beach and the Broward line. It has no condos and no hotels. The beach is private. That is why its prices are the highest of any town in the county.

The second was in La Gorce, a neighborhood on the bay side of Miami Beach built around the La Gorce Country Club golf course. Its waterfront streets have drawn musicians and athletes for decades. Martin's house there sat on the water and took nearly five years to sell.

Pure Equity does not publish private addresses, so we name the town and the neighborhood only. You can see current inventory on our Golden Beach page and our La Gorce community page.

Inside the reported Golden Beach mansion

HuffPost covered the sale in November 2012. Martin bought the oceanfront home in 2007 for $16.2 million, near the top of the last boom. He listed it at $19 million, and it sat for about two years before an unnamed buyer paid $12.8 million. That is a loss of $3.4 million before carrying costs. A 2007 purchase and a 2012 sale looked like that almost anywhere on the Florida coast.

The article did not give the size or bedroom count, and we found no major outlet that did. A brokerage blog that tracked the listing described a large oceanfront lot with a pool and direct beach access, which is standard for the town. Golden Beach lots on the ocean are the town's scarcest asset, and the house itself mattered less than the sand in front of it.

One caution on the record. A local real estate blog also reported a second, smaller Golden Beach sale tied to Martin in 2011 at $6.3 million, after an $8.8 million ask. We could not confirm that deal with a major outlet, so treat it as unverified. The $16.2 million purchase and $12.8 million sale are the figures HuffPost and other outlets agree on.

The La Gorce house in Miami Beach

Haute Residence and a Miami brokerage blog reported that Martin's Miami Beach home finally sold in 2012 for $10.6 million, after almost five years on the market. HuffPost noted the sale in its Golden Beach story and placed the house in La Gorce. The blogs reported that Beyonce and Jay-Z had toured it at one point, which is the kind of detail that follows a famous listing without ever being confirmed.

Five years is a long time to carry a bayfront house you are not living in. It says two things about the market then. First, 2008 to 2012 was the worst stretch for luxury sales in Miami Beach in a generation. Second, sellers who bought in 2006 or 2007 had to wait for prices to come back or take the hit. Martin, by the reporting, did some of both.

Why Martin left Miami

The reason on the record is work. When the Golden Beach sale closed in November 2012, he was starring in the Broadway revival of Evita at the Marquis Theatre. His spokesman told HuffPost that the performance schedule made it impractical to keep Miami properties, and that Martin would always consider Miami his home alongside Puerto Rico.

That statement matches his later pattern. He has lived in New York, Los Angeles and Puerto Rico since, and each move has followed a job. A Broadway run, a television role, a residency in Las Vegas. Miami was his base during the years he was recording and touring out of South Florida's Latin music industry, and when the work moved, so did he.

Money likely played a part too, though nobody said so. Selling two homes at a loss in the same year suggests one thing. He wanted to stop carrying expensive property he rarely used. Two waterfront houses cost real money to insure and staff. Empty ones cost the same.

Where else does Ricky Martin live?

Puerto Rico is the main home. He was born in San Juan, and reporting places his current home in the Dorado area west of the capital, where he has spent much of his time with his four children. He kept a base in Beverly Hills for years; celebrity-home trackers have reported that house listed and relisted in the mid-teens of millions, and we could not confirm whether he still owns it.

New York is out of the picture. Cottages and Gardens reported that he sold his full-floor Upper East Side condo. So the honest summary is Puerto Rico first, Los Angeles when work calls, and no Florida property since 2012.

What homes near Ricky Martin's old homes cost

Golden Beach has become a much pricier town than the one he sold in. Our MLS feed as of September 2026 shows about 30 active listings with a median list price near $21.9 million and an average of about 240 days on market. His $12.8 million oceanfront sale in 2012 would not buy a non-waterfront house in the town today.

Miami Beach as a whole carries a median near $650,000 across about 2,500 listings, but La Gorce waterfront homes trade in the tens of millions. The five-year wait Martin endured has flipped; well-priced bayfront houses there now sell in months.

Nearby options run the range. Sunny Isles Beach, just south of Golden Beach, is a tower market with a median near $726,000. Bal Harbour sits near $2.7 million. For oceanfront houses across the region, see our beachfront homes hub, and for the county picture see the Miami-Dade County page.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Ricky Martin live now?

Mainly in Puerto Rico, in the Dorado area near San Juan, with time in Los Angeles for work. He has not owned a Florida home since selling his Golden Beach and Miami Beach houses in 2012.

Where in Miami does Ricky Martin live today?

Nowhere that reporting shows. He owned an oceanfront home in the town of Golden Beach and a bayfront home in the La Gorce neighborhood of Miami Beach. We do not publish addresses. Where does Ricky Martin live when he visits Miami now? That is not reported.

Where does Ricky Martin live full time?

Puerto Rico is the full-time base by most accounts. His 2012 statement called Miami and Puerto Rico both home, but only Puerto Rico still has a house attached to it in reporting.

How much did Ricky Martin pay for the Golden Beach home?

HuffPost reported a 2007 purchase at $16.2 million. He sold it in November 2012 for $12.8 million after listing it at $19 million.

Did Ricky Martin lose money on his Miami homes?

Yes on Golden Beach, by about $3.4 million before costs. The Miami Beach purchase price was not reported, so the result there is unknown, but the house took almost five years to sell.

Can you buy an oceanfront home in Golden Beach?

Rarely. The town has about 350 homes and only a few dozen listings at any time. Oceanfront lots list well above the $21.9 million town median, and most trade off market.

If you own a home in Golden Beach, Miami Beach or anywhere in Miami-Dade County and want to know what it is worth at current prices, ask Pure Equity for a free valuation. Buyers can browse Golden Beach listings or see luxury homes across South Florida. For singers who stayed, read where Shakira lives and where The Weeknd lives.

Sources

• HuffPost, Ricky Martin sells Golden Beach mansion for $12.8 million
• Haute Residence, Ricky Martin (finally) sells Miami Beach manse
• Miamism, Ricky Martin's Golden Beach home for sale
• Cottages and Gardens, Ricky Martin just sold his full-floor condo on the Upper East Side

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