The Month in Numbers
November followed the usual pre-season pattern: fewer sales, steady prices, and less time on market. The median days on market fell from 94 to 83, which suggests the homes that sold were the ones buyers had already been watching. Six closings cleared ten million dollars. Condominiums supplied only 9 of the 59 sales, fewer than one in six, because condo demand follows the winter season and the season had not started. The median sale held at $4.7M, essentially unchanged from October, so the smaller month did not move prices.
Beaches MLS closed sales, deduplicated.
Where the Money Went
Waterfront properties accounted for 28 of the 59 closings, just under half, which is low for this county and another sign of the pre-season lull along the ocean. Houses away from the water made up the rest. No condominium appears among the six largest sales of the month, and those six together represented 31 percent of November's dollar volume, so the month's dollars were concentrated in a handful of large sales rather than spread across the whole market. Homes between three million and five million dollars remained the busiest segment with 32 closings, roughly October's pace relative to the smaller month.
The Largest Sales Were Inland
The biggest news of the month came from inland. Stone Creek Ranch, the gated community of large estates west of Delray Beach, produced the county's two largest closings this November: a $39.8M estate that sold after 175 days on the market, and a second at $19M. Wellington added an eleven million dollar closing that went under contract in six days, the fastest contract among the month's large sales, as equestrian families arrived for the winter show season.
Large sales continued along the coast. Boca Raton's Estate Section closed at $16.4M, Admirals Cove in Jupiter at $15.5M, and a Floral Park townhouse on the island of Palm Beach at $12M. Even so, November is a reminder that Palm Beach County luxury extends well beyond the shoreline. When oceanfront activity slows ahead of the season, the ranch and equestrian communities can supply the county's largest sales.
Beaches MLS closed sales, deduplicated.
What This Means for the Season
None of this is a verdict on the season ahead. November's count always understates demand, because the winter buyers arrive by Thanksgiving and start shopping by New Year's. The firmer price per square foot and the shorter time to contract suggest demand arrived on schedule this year. Our reading of the county's seasonal calendar is unchanged: the best new listings appear between December and February, and a buyer's negotiating leverage narrows as they do. For sellers the advice runs the other way. The quiet weeks are the time to finish preparing the home, because listings that launch in polished condition early in the season meet the year's deepest pool of buyers, and the contracts signed between December and March become the closings that define the spring market. Every active listing across the county is on our properties page.
Bottom Line
November closed 59 sales above three million dollars for $361.2M, a sixth fewer than October on a third less volume, while the median price per square foot rose to $1,173 and the median time to contract shortened. Stone Creek Ranch produced the county's two largest closings, and Wellington opened its winter season with an eleven million dollar sale that went under contract in six days. Prices held through the quieter month, which is the normal pattern in the weeks before the season starts.
For buyers watching the season open: The weeks before the season are the last stretch of the year when buyers hold most of the negotiating leverage. Once the winter listings arrive, the advantage shifts back to sellers of the homes buyers want most.
Dataset: 59 November and 71 October 2025 closed residential sales at three million dollars and above across Palm Beach County, deduplicated across MLS feeds. All summary figures are medians. Days on market are as recorded by the listing feed. Community names are normalized from listing records.
Source: Beaches MLS closed-sale records via direct feed access.
