Buyer Intelligence & Acquisition Advisory

Palm Beach County holds 176 homes between $4.25M and $5.75M, split into 129 houses and 36 condominiums, and every one of its 17 oceanfront listings is in a building. This study shows what five million dollars really buys, product by product, from the MLS record.

Palm Beach has 198 residences on the market and exactly one house priced below five million dollars. Everything else under that number is an apartment, oceanfront starts at $275K in a building and $18.2M as a house, and the market carries about 8 months of supply. The island buyer's briefing, from the MLS record.

Fort Lauderdale recorded 204 luxury closings last year, three-quarters of them on water, at $1,124 per foot. West Palm Beach recorded half as many at $1,310. One market offers depth and the other offers scarcity, and the choice comes down to which asset the buyer actually wants.

The entry point to the South Flagler corridor: 79 closings since 2021 at a median $880 per square foot, a 2022 run-up that nearly doubled the building's prices in a year, and a two-year decline the corridor's newest towers have not experienced. This report measures the complete sales record.

Frenchman's Creek is 600 homes on 720 acres with two championship courses, a private beach club, and a new $90M clubhouse. This report covers the membership structure, the inventory dynamics, the pricing by tier, and the carrying costs that define what entry actually requires.

In Admirals Cove, 78% of single-family sales since 2020 have been waterfront. The trailing $/SF premium over interior homes stands at +67% and has widened from +49% in 2020. Every $10M+ sale was waterfront, and 93% of all waterfront transactions were cash. This analysis segments 259 transactions into three tiers: ICW frontage, canal front, and interior golf course.

If you are weighing new construction against resale in Admirals Cove, 398 closed transactions from 2020 through early 2026 provide a clear answer on the premium and what it buys. The data covers single family homes and condos across every price tier.

The Loxahatchee Club operates on mandatory equity membership with roughly 11 homes trading per year from a 285-residence community. This report maps pricing by tier, build era, and negotiating dynamics using 64 closed sales from 2020 through early 2026.

Old Marsh Golf Club has roughly 60 homes on 456 Audubon-certified acres with a Pete Dye course. With 56 closed sales since 2020, current pricing above $1,000/SF, and the fastest absorption rate in the corridor, this report maps the buying landscape.

Old Palm Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens offers roughly 300 estate homes on a Raymond Floyd championship course, with a $350K equity membership on top of a current market median above $5M. This report covers 162 closed sales from 2020 through early 2026 to map the buying landscape.

Every closed sale represents market rate. The question is not when prices are lowest. The question is when conditions favor the buyer's selection, process, and strategic position.

A framework for evaluating private club membership economics in Palm Beach County's golf communities. Worked examples use publicly documented fee schedules from Admirals Cove and Old Palm.