Where Does Sergio Busquets Live in Florida? The Sea Ranch Lakes Home He Sold

Where does Sergio Busquets live? Not in Florida anymore, as far as public reporting shows. The former Barcelona and Inter Miami midfielder bought a lakefront home in Sea Ranch Lakes, a small gated village in Broward County, in 2023. He retired from soccer at the end of the 2025 season, listed the house that December, and sold it in January 2026 to Florida Panthers star Sam Reinhart for $9 million. Here is what The Real Deal and Robb Report reported about the home, the two record-setting sales, and where he appears to be headed next.

Key takeaways

• Sea Ranch Lakes, Broward County. A gated village of a few hundred homes on the beach side of Fort Lauderdale, about five miles from Inter Miami's stadium, per The Real Deal. Pure Equity does not publish private addresses.
• Bought for about $8.7 million in 2023, a record for the village at the time, and sold for $9 million in January 2026.
• About 7,100 square feet, built in 2023, with seven bedrooms, six and a half baths and roughly 100 feet of frontage on Lake Seneca, per The Real Deal.
• The buyer is a hockey player. Sam Reinhart, who won the Stanley Cup with the Panthers, bought it below the $9.8 million asking price, per Robb Report.

Where does Sergio Busquets live in Florida?

For a little over two years the answer was Sea Ranch Lakes. It is one of the smallest municipalities in Broward County: a gated village on the barrier island between Lauderdale-by-the-Sea and Pompano Beach, with its own beach club and a lake at its center. Most outsiders have never heard of it, which is part of the appeal.

Busquets and his wife, Elena Galera, bought there in 2023, the year he joined Inter Miami alongside Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba. The Real Deal reported the price at about $8.7 million, then a record for the village. The house is a short drive up A1A from Fort Lauderdale and about five miles from Chase Stadium, where the club plays and trains.

That period ended with his retirement. In September 2025 he announced he would stop playing after the season, which closed with Inter Miami's first MLS Cup win in December. Days before that final, The Real Deal reported he had listed the house at $9.8 million. So this is a "sold and moved" story rather than a current-home story, and we treat it that way.

Inside the Sea Ranch Lakes home he sold

The Real Deal described a new house of about 7,100 square feet with seven bedrooms and six and a half bathrooms, finished in 2023. It sits on roughly 0.3 acres with about 100 feet of frontage on Lake Seneca, the freshwater lake at the center of the village. Because the home was new when he bought it, he appears to have been its first owner.

Robb Report's coverage of the resale noted a contemporary design with large glass walls facing the lake, a pool and a dock. The listing ran at $9.8 million. The January 2026 sale closed at $9 million, per Robb Report and The Real Deal, which is about 8 percent below the ask and about 3 percent above what he paid. After commissions and closing costs, the deal roughly broke even.

The timeline is short. He listed in the first week of December 2025. The sale recorded in the third week of January 2026. That is about seven weeks from listing to closing, which is fast for a home near $10 million. It helps that the buyer was local and did not need a mortgage contingency, though reporting did not say how he paid.

The buyer, Sam Reinhart, is a forward for the Florida Panthers, who play in Sunrise, about 20 miles west. The sale shows how the same small pool of gated, waterfront homes in Broward passes between athletes from different teams.

Why Sergio Busquets chose Sea Ranch Lakes

He never explained the choice in public, so the reasons below come from the reporting and the map. Condo Vultures, a Miami market analyst, ran a piece asking why he bought near Fort Lauderdale rather than Miami. The answer it gave was the commute: Inter Miami trains in Fort Lauderdale, and Sea Ranch Lakes is 15 minutes away with no bridge traffic.

Privacy fits too. Sea Ranch Lakes has a single guarded entrance and only a few hundred homes. A player who spent 15 years at Barcelona, under constant attention, would find that useful. And a new-construction lakefront house needs no work, which suits someone on a short contract who may not stay long. As it turned out, he stayed two seasons. The math on a new build is simple. No permits. No contractors. Move in and play.

Where does Sergio Busquets live after retiring?

Public reporting has not confirmed his next home. He was born in Sabadell, near Barcelona, and spent his entire European career at FC Barcelona, so Catalonia is the likely base. Spanish outlets covered his retirement at length but did not report a new purchase. We will not guess at a town.

What is clear is that he did not keep a Florida foothold. Unlike Messi, who owns condos in Sunny Isles Beach on top of his Fort Lauderdale house, Busquets had one reported property here and sold it. If he returns for club events or ambassador work, he will do so as a visitor. As of September 2026, no other U.S. home has been reported.

What homes near the Busquets house cost

Sea Ranch Lakes is too small to show a useful median on its own, so the nearest comparison is Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, the beach town next door. Our MLS feed as of September 2026 shows about 170 active listings there, with a median list price near $699,000 and an average of 141 days on market. That median is mostly condos. Single-family homes on the water in the village itself have traded between about $5 million and $9 million in recent years, with the Busquets sales at the top.

Fort Lauderdale proper shows about 3,390 active listings with a median near $679,000 and an average of 136 days on market. Its northeast waterfront, where Messi and Luis Suarez live, is the closest match in price to Sea Ranch Lakes.

Buyers who want the same mix of a gate, water and new construction can start with our gated communities hub, the waterfront homes page and the new construction section, which covers builders across the county.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Sergio Busquets live now?

His current home has not been reported. He sold his only known Florida house in January 2026 after retiring from Inter Miami. He is from the Barcelona area, and Spanish press coverage points there, but no purchase has been confirmed.

Where in Florida does Sergio Busquets live?

Nowhere, as of the latest reporting. From 2023 to early 2026 he lived in Sea Ranch Lakes, a gated village north of Fort Lauderdale. We do not publish the street.

Where does Sergio Busquets live full time?

During his Inter Miami years, the Sea Ranch Lakes house was his full-time home in season. Since retiring he has no reported primary residence in the United States. So where does Sergio Busquets live full time today? Public reporting does not say.

How much did Sergio Busquets pay for the Sea Ranch Lakes home?

About $8.7 million in 2023, per The Real Deal, a record for the village at the time. He listed it at $9.8 million in December 2025 and sold it for $9 million in January 2026.

Who bought Sergio Busquets's Florida house?

Sam Reinhart, a forward for the Florida Panthers and a Stanley Cup winner, per Robb Report and The Real Deal. The $9 million sale set a new record for Sea Ranch Lakes.

Can you buy a home in Sea Ranch Lakes?

Yes. The village has a few hundred single-family homes, and several come to market each year. Lakefront and new-build homes sit at the top of the range. Residents get access to a private beach club on the ocean side of A1A.

If you own a home in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Fort Lauderdale or anywhere in Broward County and want to know what athlete-driven sales have done to your value, ask Pure Equity for a free home valuation. Buyers can browse Fort Lauderdale listings or see luxury homes across South Florida. His former teammates are still here: read where Lionel Messi lives and where Luis Suarez lives.

Sources

• The Real Deal, Inter Miami's Sergio Busquets lists waterfront Fort Lauderdale house
• The Real Deal, Stanley Cup winner buys Sergio Busquets' Sea Ranch Lakes house for $9M
• Robb Report, Hockey star Sam Reinhart buys Sergio Busquets's Florida home for $9M
• Condo Vultures, Why did Inter Miami's Sergio Busquets buy a mansion in Fort Lauderdale rather than Miami?

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