Palm Beach Luxury Market Reports

After three sluggish years, Gulf Stream posted $122.4M across 10 sales in 2025, double 2024's transactions. The $5M to $15M tier moved at 93.8% of ask, while trophy properties above $15M required 12% discounts.

Singer Island’s $5M+ segment recorded $50.25M across 7 sales, but single-family homes captured 71% of ultra-luxury transactions on a 91% condo island. Building tier determines everything.

Sellers in Palm Beach County's $5M+ single-family market collected just over 92 cents on every listed dollar in 2025, down from 95.5 cents at the 2022 peak. This report covers 1,764 closed sales totaling $19.46 billion across 24 municipalities from January 2021 through December 2025.

Jupiter Island's $5M+ segment is defined by scarcity: 7 annual sales, a $24.29M median, and $2,853/SF, 60% above mainland Jupiter. Every property is a one-on-one negotiation, not a market-clearing event.

West Palm Beach’s $5M+ market generated $265.3M across 28 transactions, but leverage shifted decisively to buyers: 188-day average DOM, 89.0% list-to-sale, and 33.9 months of supply. The data supports patient, disciplined bidding.

North Palm Beach generated $342M in $5M+ volume across 23 sales in 2025. The number describes two markets: Lost Tree and Old Port Village at 2.7 months of supply, and the rest of NPB at 22.3. This report treats them separately.

Three market-rate sales at 86.5% of ask. Fourteen active listings totaling $788M. Roughly 45 months of supply. This report covers every $5M+ transaction on Manalapan's barrier island in 2025, quantifies the gap between asking and closing prices, and benchmarks the market against Jupiter Island and Lost Tree.

Forty-four closed sales. $580.4 million in volume. Nearly double 2023. But 88.9% list-to-sale ratios, 122-day average DOM, and 16.1 months of supply tell a different story. Full data on all 13 micromarkets, waterfront vs non-waterfront splits, build-year cohorts, and where the deepest discounts are hiding.

This quarterly analysis examines the metrics that matter most to buyers and sellers in one of America's most exclusive oceanfront markets. We break down sold versus list prices across property types, days on market trends, price per square foot movements, and what these indicators suggest for Q1 2026.

For families who think in decades rather than cycles, rare coastal property in Palm Beach County is a portfolio allocation with characteristics that make it unusually suited to capital preservation. A framework for acquisition, structuring, and stewardship.

The market has moved from exuberance to discernment. That shift rewards principals who price with arithmetic, negotiate with structure, and manage timing. A framework for buyers, sellers, and family-office advisors allocating $5M to $50M+ across Palm Beach County.

November closed 59 sales above $3M for $361.2M, a sixth fewer than October, while the median price per square foot rose to $1,173. Stone Creek Ranch produced the county's two largest closings and a Wellington estate sold in six days.