Insights & Intelligence

A Phipps dredge built it, one bridge reaches it, and eleven sales in the five years through August 2026 across two boards are its whole visible record, none below $21.75M. The manufactured island that became the town's most disciplined market.

The median compounded near 10 percent a year through August 2026 on supply that cannot grow, and the carry turns the trade into a store of wealth. What an acre costs, how the island compares with the mainland and the market, and where the season goes quiet.

Week-one contracts at $3M and up kept 98.4 percent of the original asking price in the year through August 2026. Listings past six months kept 84.5 percent. That speed is arranged before the listing exists. The three quiet lanes of a Palm Beach County sale, and the playbook for choosing one.

Banyan Tree Residences sells at approval stage: a cleared tower, a 2029 target and a developer's contract carrying the weight. This guide walks the fifteen day window, the Sanctuary Club terms and the wellness floor's budget.

Membership at the Lost Tree Club starts only after closing, with two sponsors. The record covers the rest: dues by neighborhood, what each tier buys, the 45 percent of sales with no MLS closing, and the nine residences offered now.

Eight neighborhoods behind one gate in North Palm Beach, and the spread between them is wider than the spread between many towns.

Fifteen hotels across eight towns, each chosen for the market it puts you inside, with the closed sales behind it and a word on when to come.

Lost Tree Village recorded 50 house sales and 13 condominium sales, $532.7M in all, between 2021 and August 2026. Separated by product throughout.

Banyan Group's first American residences land at 400 Hibiscus Street: an OMA tower of 88 corner homes on 25 stories. Cleared unanimously in August 2026, reported from $1.9M, targeted for 2029.

Palm Beach County recorded 45 house sales at $50M and up from 2021 through August 2026, worth $3.5 billion, and 22 of them closed privately. The complete club, from the $173M Manalapan record down, with every sale classified by how it sold.

Of 1,204 Palm Beach County closings at $3M and up in the twelve months through August 2026, 190 were under contract within a week of listing. That speed is the signature of deals arranged in private. The quiet lane measured by town and price, the fully private layer beneath it, and how buyers reach both.

Over the twelve months through August 2026 Palm Beach ran $3,148 per square foot as three markets: $5,950 on the ocean side, $4,807 lakefront, $3,071 inland. The water multiple is widening and the new-build premium has compressed to zero. The full matrix, year by year, counts included.