Furnished Apartments in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach

Furnished apartments for rent in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach: which buildings offer them, the furnished premium, short leases and rental tax.

Furnished apartments for rent in Fort Lauderdale were offered at four of the 38 purpose-built rental buildings in our research as of October 2026, and at five of the 28 in West Palm Beach. They cost more: at six AvalonBay communities, the lowest furnished one-bedroom price was $1,250 to $1,279 a month above the same building's unfurnished one.

Our research covers 118 rental buildings in Broward County and 75 in Palm Beach County, each owned by one company and leased through its own office. We read their furnished options, lease terms and prices on October 13, 2026, and seven buildings in each county said they offer furnished apartments. Corporate housing usually means the same thing: a furnished apartment rented for a work assignment, a relocation or the gap between two homes; in these buildings, you or your employer rent it directly from the building. The Miami-Dade options are in our guide to furnished apartments in Miami, and our complete guide to renting in South Florida covers the rest of the move.

Which Fort Lauderdale buildings have furnished apartments?

Four buildings in Fort Lauderdale and three AvalonBay communities elsewhere in Broward offered furnished units in October 2026. Only the Avalon communities published furnished prices:

Two more Broward buildings are worth asking about, though they aren't in the count. Motif in Flagler Village has had furnished units through Landing in past listings, and 1818 Park in Hollywood offered furnished studios when it opened. Neither says whether any are available now. Margate's buildings are on the Broward County page, and you can ask any building about furnished terms from its MiaRent page.

Which West Palm Beach buildings have furnished apartments?

In October 2026, all five West Palm Beach buildings with furnished units in our research were downtown, and two more were in Boca Raton:

For corporate housing in West Palm Beach, Avalon West Palm Beach was the one West Palm Beach building in our research that offered a furnished version of any apartment and published the price in October 2026. Azola West Palm Beach, in the western part of the city, also listed a furnished option on select apartments among its features in October 2026, but we found no price, terms or availability, so it isn't one of the five; ask before you plan on it.

How much more does a furnished apartment cost in Broward and Palm Beach?

Six AvalonBay communities in the two counties published both prices. Here is each one's lowest unfurnished base rent next to its lowest furnished price on October 13, 2026:

The furnished premium followed a near-fixed scale: about $1,250 for a one-bedroom, $1,500 for a two-bedroom and $1,650 for a three-bedroom. On a one-bedroom, that's 49 to 66 percent more than the unfurnished price, because the dollar premium stays the same while base rents differ. Some of the premium covers bills you would otherwise pay yourself. The furnished price included utilities and Wi-Fi at Avalon Fort Lauderdale, Avalon West Palm Beach and Avalon Toscana, plus cable at the first two; the two Miramar communities and Avalon 850 Boca didn't say what theirs included. Avalon Fort Lauderdale's unfurnished prices were for 24-month leases; prices change with the lease term.

Measured against the wider market, the furnished one-bedroom at Avalon Fort Lauderdale, $3,305, was $827 above the median starting one-bedroom rent in the city, $2,478 across 23 buildings (see average rent in Fort Lauderdale). In West Palm Beach, Avalon's unfurnished one-bedroom matched the city median of $2,605 across 17 buildings, so its furnished one sat $1,279 above it (average rent in West Palm Beach). Across each county, the median one-bedroom started at $2,286 in Broward (65 buildings) and $2,575 in Palm Beach County (38); our rent report explains how those medians are built.

Outside AvalonBay, no building in our Broward and Palm Beach research published a furnished price in October 2026. The Registry Las Olas adds a monthly charge for furniture, Sole at City Center adds fees for furnished or short leases, and at The Whitney the furniture comes through CORT, so ask what the package costs and whether you pay the building or the rental company.

Can you rent an apartment in Fort Lauderdale or West Palm Beach for less than a year?

Yes. In our research as of October 2026, 25 buildings in the two counties list a shortest lease under 12 months, 13 in Broward and 12 in Palm Beach County, and 18 of them start at 7 months. Only five of them also offer furnished units, so a short lease usually means an unfurnished apartment:

A shorter term can raise the rent. Sole at City Center and Palmetto Promenade charge extra for shorter leases, The Grand says a lease under 12 months may cost more, and Tamarac Village waived its short-term lease fee as part of an October 2026 special. The terms we found at Avalon West Palm Beach, Griffis West Palm and Leena Plantation weren't consistent, so confirm them before you plan around them. Margate and Tamarac buildings are on the Broward County page.

Can you rent an apartment by the night or the week?

Only one building in our Broward and Palm Beach research advertised it in October 2026: Flow Fort Lauderdale, with stays from one night. None of the West Palm Beach buildings we track advertised nightly or weekly stays; the shortest stated lease there was 7 months, at Sole at City Center and The Grand. Some buildings rule short stays out. The District at Flagler Village in Fort Lauderdale bans short-term rentals and subletting, Airbnb and VRBO included, and The Registry Las Olas says it has no short-term leases.

If you need a place for visitors rather than for yourself, several buildings list a guest suite among their amenities: The Registry Las Olas, Hollywood Heights on the Boulevard, Tortoise One, Sole at City Center and CasaMara in West Palm Beach. Ask how residents book it and what it costs. And if you rent a regular apartment, read the lease before you sublet it or list it online.

Do you pay tax on a short furnished rental in Broward or Palm Beach?

On some stays, yes. Section 212.03 of the Florida Statutes taxes rentals of living quarters, apartments included, at 6 percent of the total rent. Counties add a tourist development tax on rentals of six months or less, and the county's discretionary sales surtax applies on top. The Florida Department of Revenue's rate lists show these rates:

Broward's and Palm Beach County's own tax offices also list the tourist development tax at 6 percent. Palm Beach County's surtax fell from 1 percent to 0.5 percent on January 1, 2026. Broward voters were asked on November 3, 2026 whether to add a 0.25 percent health care surtax for five years; if it was approved, Broward's total on a short stay rises to 13.25 percent once it takes effect, and by law a new surtax can start only on a January 1. Check the department's current surtax list before you budget.

The statute lists several exemptions; three apply to any renter. A bona fide written lease for continuous residence longer than six months is exempt from the start. Without one, a stay that runs past six months is taxed for the first six months only; Broward County says the exemption starts on the first day of the seventh month. And a building intended mainly as people's permanent residence is exempt if its owner files a declaration that more than half of its units are occupied by tenants who have lived there continuously for more than three months. Because most short leases in our research start at 7 months, a written lease at one of those buildings runs past the six-month line. For a stay of six months or less, ask whether tax will be added before you compare prices.

What should you check before you sign for a furnished apartment?

• What the furnished price includes: furniture only, or also utilities, Wi-Fi, cable and parking.
• The furniture inventory. Photograph each piece at move-in, so a damage charge at move-out can be checked against the record.
• Who supplies the furniture, the building or a rental company such as CORT, and who you pay for it.
• The lease length and its price. Ask what a 7- to 11-month term adds each month, and whether a lease of six months or less will be taxed.
• What leaving early costs. Our guide to breaking a lease in Florida explains early termination fees and your options.
• The total due at signing. Our move-in cost calculator adds up deposits, fees and the first month.

Florida's deposit law applies to a furnished apartment lease too. When the lease ends, the landlord has 15 days to return your deposit if it makes no claim, or 30 days to send written notice of a claim, and you then have 15 days to object in writing (section 83.49). A landlord who misses the 30-day notice loses the right to make a claim on the deposit. If you stay on month to month, either side can end the tenancy with at least 30 days' written notice before the end of a monthly period (section 83.57).

This is general information, not legal advice.

Frequently asked questions

How much is a furnished apartment in Fort Lauderdale?

At Avalon Fort Lauderdale, furnished one-bedrooms started at $3,305 and two-bedrooms at $4,660 a month in October 2026, with furniture, Wi-Fi, cable and utilities included. Elsewhere in Broward, in Miramar and Margate, furnished one-bedrooms at three Avalon communities started at $3,150 to $3,402. Other Fort Lauderdale buildings with furnished units didn't publish the price.

Are there furnished apartments in West Palm Beach?

Yes. Five downtown buildings in our research offered them in October 2026: Avalon West Palm Beach, The Laurel, Tortoise One, ParkLine Palm Beaches and Sole at City Center. Avalon's furnished studios started at $3,185 and its one-bedrooms at $3,884.

What is corporate housing in West Palm Beach?

A furnished apartment rented for a work assignment, a relocation or the time between two homes, sometimes paid for by an employer. In the buildings we track, you rent it directly from the building; in October 2026, Avalon West Palm Beach, for example, offered a furnished version of any apartment with utilities, Wi-Fi and cable included.

Can you find short-term apartment rentals in West Palm Beach?

Not by the night or week in the buildings we track. In October 2026, the shortest stated leases in the city were 7 months at Sole at City Center and The Grand, 10 months at Griffis West Palm and 11 months at Avalon West Palm Beach, and the terms at the last two need confirming. For nightly stays, the one option in our Broward and Palm Beach research is Flow Fort Lauderdale.

Is there tax on a three-month apartment rental in Fort Lauderdale?

There can be. At October 2026 rates, a rental of six months or less in Broward County carried 13 percent: the 6 percent state tax, the 1 percent county surtax and the 6 percent tourist development tax. A 0.25 percent health care surtax on Broward's November 2026 ballot would add to that if approved. A written lease for more than six months is exempt, and so is a building whose owner has declared it mainly permanent residences.

Do furnished apartments include utilities?

At some buildings. In October 2026, the furnished price included utilities and Wi-Fi at Avalon Fort Lauderdale, Avalon West Palm Beach and Avalon Toscana. At The Whitney, the furniture comes through CORT, a rental company, and the building doesn't say whether anything else is included. Ask each building what its furnished price covers.