Town of Palm Beach

Last Q3 Sale Scores Big Amidst Modest Market

Provided by the Palm Beach real estate lawyers at Rabideau Klein

Key points
  • Palm Beach’s two largest real estate transactions during Q3 were for $51.3 million and $42 million single-family homes.
  • The largest sale was lakefront mansion near former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club at 200 Via Palma.
  • The Town of Palm Beach issued an $8.74 million permit for a residential addition to an estate that was purchased for $25 million in 2023.
  • Four-building project breaks ground on the North End of Palm Beach.

Despite two spectacular sales at $51.63 million and $42 million, it wasn’t enough to push the median above last year’s top $15.6 million median when over 50% of its sales registered eight-digit prices led by the $68 million purchase of 149 Inlet Drive in July of 2023.

The priciest transaction last quarter was the $51.63 sale of 200 Via Palma. The listing, a lakefront mansion in the Town’s Estate Section near former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club. The second largest deal took place on the last day of the quarter and was also the largest sale of September, the purchase of 101 Jungle Road.

A four-building project slated for North End included the largest Q3 permit was one of four issued for 304 Maddock Way. The valuation totals for the projects surpassed $9.3 million without including the foundations of three buildings for the four-building project. The total Q3 valuations of permits issued for $100 thousand-plus large-scale construction projects approached $80 million, a 31% increase as compared to Q3 last year. Open the October report for the full story. Beach’s home sales and listings priced at $1 million or more, Quarter One, the segment shows gains in The Town’s single-family median sale price, as well as in their in-coming active inventory, as compared to the same period of last year.

The Rabideau Klein Town of Palm Beach Brief is a monthly 9-page resource that focuses on three areas of the housing industry and reveals a continuum of developing luxury real estate trends.
  1. The Top Single Family Home Sales and Listings
  2. The Top Condominium Sales and Listings
  3. Residential and Commercial New Construction

Each report shows meaningful tracking of the leading luxury real estate transactions including median pricing, as well as major building projects in the Town of Palm Beach.