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Caloosa

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Representative community lifestyle scene for Caloosa
CaloosaRepresentative lifestyle image · Local sales, inventory and housing-stock evidence

THE CURRENT PICTURE

Begin with the evidence

Caloosa recorded 16 MLS-reported sales from October 15, 2025 through October 14, 2026, with a median sold price of $1,525,000 and median sold price per living square foot of $560. Active inventory was 7 listings on October 14, 2026. Recent sales carry Palm Beach Gardens, West Palm Beach MLS city labels. Caloosa's 16 sales include 14 carrying the Palm Beach Gardens MLS city label and 2 carrying West Palm Beach. The export groups them as Caloosa; city labels alone do not establish municipal boundaries. Owners should review current competition; buyers should compare size and condition within this community. All residential MLS property types are included; the housing mix affects the combined median.

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Considering a home here?

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What the Caloosa evidence shows

Sales 2025-10-15 through 2026-10-14; Active listings 2026-10-14.

  1. Caloosa's 16 sales include 14 carrying the Palm Beach Gardens MLS city label and 2 carrying West Palm Beach. The export groups them as Caloosa; city labels alone do not establish municipal boundaries. Supporting table.
  2. 7 Active listings equal 2.7% of the 259 residential parcels identified in the supplied tax file. The denominator includes residential vacant lots and excludes nonresidential records; the rate is current availability, not turnover. Supporting table.
  3. August 2026 recorded 0 closings versus 3 in July 2026. These are counts of observed transactions, not a measure of demand. Supporting table.

Trailing-year sales and current inventory

Caloosa: sales 10/15/25 through 10/14/26; Active 10/14/26
CommunityClosed salesMedian sold priceMedian sold $/living SFMedian market timeActive listingsAvailabilityMLS Months of supply1-year comparable $/LSF change5-year comparable $/LSF change10-year comparable $/LSF change
Caloosa16$1,525,000 16 usable sales$560 15 usable sales80 days 13 usable sales72.7% 7 / 2595.3 16 usable sales closingsLimited comparison 9 baseline and 13 current usable sales+97.9% 18 baseline and 13 current usable sales+166.6% 17 baseline and 13 current usable sales

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Contract timing

When contracts are signed in Caloosa

This chart and the findings use this market’s recorded contract dates. The month of contract is different from the month a home was listed.

Contract timing: CaloosaMonthly counts of recorded contracts. January had the most in 2021–2025, with 11 of 68 contracts. February through April had 20 contracts.Contracts signed by month2015–192021–25051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFebruary–April: 29 contracts in 2015–19; 20 in 2021–25
Caloosa contracts by PurchaseContractDate, full calendar years, Bars show contract counts, not rates; the period totals are 88 in 2015–2019 and 68 in 2021–2025, The two periods each have at least 30 recorded contracts, 2020 and partial 2026 are excluded
Monthly contract counts behind this chart
Month2015–20192021–2025
January811
February116
March87
April107
May106
June75
July54
August83
September69
October34
November72
December54

What this market shows

In Caloosa, 20 of 68 recorded contracts in 2021–2025 were signed from February through April (29.4%). January had the most contracts: 11.

February–April accounted for 33.0% of 88 contracts in 2015–2019. The later share was 3.5 percentage points lower. This compares different homes over two complete five-year periods; it does not establish the best listing date for an individual property.

MLS file last updated: September 27, 2026. Contracts are grouped by PurchaseContractDate; 2020 and the partial 2026 year are excluded from the comparisons. All residential property types are included.

Read the full contract-seasonality analysis ↗

Land, horses and a quieter routine

Lifestyle at Caloosa

Caloosa brings together substantial homesites, an established equestrian layout and access to northern Palm Beach County’s natural landscape. The appeal starts with how you would use the land.

Location
Northern Palm Beach County, along the Beeline Highway corridor.
Setting
An established residential and equestrian community with internal bridle paths.
Homes to consider
The usable grounds and existing improvements matter as much as the floor plan.
Amenities and access
Community facilities and riding access are subject to association rules; public natural areas are separate.

I would introduce Caloosa to a buyer looking for breathing room around a home and a meaningful place for horses in everyday life. Touring the grounds, riding connections and household spaces together gives a fuller picture than the house alone.

01

The setting

A home with land around it

County planning records describe Caloosa’s layout around five-acre parcels. That scale can support a different daily rhythm: more space between homes, room to enjoy the grounds and a closer relationship with the landscape. On a tour, compare the land you can actually use with the acreage on paper, including drainage, established trees and the arrangement of existing buildings.

County planning record for Caloosa

02

Equestrian life

Riding is part of the community’s design

Caloosa’s internal bridle paths and horse park give the neighborhood an equestrian purpose beyond a collection of individual barns. A rider should walk the route from a prospective property to those shared areas and ask about current access rules, maintenance and permitted activities. The suitability of an individual barn, turnout area or arena still needs its own review.

County planning record for Caloosa

03

Life at home

Choose grounds that serve your household

Think through how the outdoor areas would work for the people and animals in your home. A shaded gathering space, a private garden and useful storage can be as important as equestrian improvements. Before planning a guest building, pool or additional outbuilding, confirm existing permits and the applicable county and association approvals for that specific property.

County planning and permit resources · Caloosa association filing

04

Beyond the neighborhood

Explore the Loxahatchee landscape

Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area adds a separate public option for hiking and wildlife observation. Its Beeline Highway entrance has a paved trail and observation facilities, while designated multiuse routes elsewhere accommodate riding and cycling. These are county resources, with their own access points and rules; a Caloosa address does not establish a private trail connection.

Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area

05

Community and ownership

Understand the shared responsibilities

Caloosa has a property owners association. Request its current documents, budget, assessments and architectural requirements early in your search, then relate them to the way you want to live. That conversation is particularly useful when a property already has equestrian or accessory buildings, or when you hope to change the grounds after purchase.

Caloosa association filing · County planning and permit resources

What to explore on your first visit

Caloosa is worth considering when land and equestrian surroundings are central to your plans. I would narrow the search by the working layout of each property, then compare the home’s comfort and condition.

  • What riding access and shared facilities are available to this property under the current association rules?
  • Which barns, accessory buildings and proposed uses are documented and approved for this parcel?
  • How do the usable land, drainage, water supply and maintenance needs fit our plans?
Community information checked October 13, 2026County planning record for CaloosaDetails above summarize the linked sources. Confirm current facilities, access, planned openings and property-specific association arrangements with the community or relevant provider.

Properties by street and reporting group

Counts use distinct residential tax parcels, including residential lots and redevelopment sites. Each classification separately accounts for all 259 properties. Missing or conflicting tax labels remain unassigned. Tax labels can differ from MLS reporting labels; unavailable matches are not zero. Tax housing groups combine townhouses with villas and condos with co-ops. Multifamily parcels, where eligible, count as properties rather than dwelling units.

Street
Street · residential property counts · 1 of 3
StreetProperties (tax records)
ARROWWOOD DR6
BANDED RACCOON DR9
BLACK BEAR RD14
BLUE FOX PL3
BOXWOOD DR11
BRIDGEWOOD DR2
BROKEN ARROW PL1
BROKEN WING LN9
CALOOSA BLVD22
CHOCTAW TRCE2
COCOA PLUM RD9
CRAZY HORSE LN11
Street · residential property counts · 2 of 3
StreetProperties (tax records)
DEER CREEK DR15
FOX CROFT LN2
FREE SPIRIT WAY4
IRON HORSE CT1
MALLARD CREEK DR16
MALLARD WAY3
MICOSUKEE TRL5
NIGHT OWL LN8
PEACE RIVER WAY16
PEPPER BUSH DR6
PINE BOROUGH LN1
RED FOX DR1
Street · residential property counts · 3 of 3
StreetProperties (tax records)
ROSEWOOD LN1
RUNNING WATER RD12
SAND RIDGE RD18
SILVER FOX LN12
SUGAR CREEK DR4
TOMAHAWK TRL3
TWISTED TREE TRL3
WILDERNESS DR4
WIND FLOWER DR12
WIND RIVER DR5
WINDOVER WAY6
WINDSONG WAY2
Total properties
259
Tax city label
Tax city label · residential property counts
Tax city labelProperties (tax records)
PALM BEACH GARDENS259
Total259
Tax development
Tax development · residential property counts
Tax developmentProperties (tax records)
Caloosa259
Total259
Tax subdivision
Tax subdivision · residential property counts
Tax subdivisionProperties (tax records)
Caloosa259
Total259
Tax housing group
Tax housing group · residential property counts
Tax housing groupProperties (tax records)
Single Family Residence259
Total259

Housing, geography and local groups

Closed sales cover October 15, 2025 through October 14, 2026; Active inventory is dated October 14, 2026. Housing, city and development tables describe the same sales from different angles. Medians require five usable observations.

MLS city labels
Recorded classificationProperties (tax records)Closed salesMedian sold priceMedian sold $/living SFActive listingsMLS Months of supply
Palm Beach Gardens25914$1,500,000 14 usable sales$565 13 usable sales76
West Palm BeachUnavailable2Limited sample 2 usable salesLimited sample 2 usable sales0Limited sample 2 usable sales
MLS property subtypes
Recorded classificationProperties (tax records)Closed salesMedian sold priceMedian sold $/living SFActive listingsMLS Months of supply
Single Family Residence25916$1,525,000 16 usable sales$560 15 usable sales75.3
Development groups
Recorded classificationProperties (tax records)Closed salesMedian sold priceMedian sold $/living SFActive listingsMLS Months of supply
Caloosa25916$1,525,000 16 usable sales$560 15 usable sales75.3
Recorded subdivision labels with at least five sales, plus parent/unassigned labels
Recorded classificationProperties (tax records)Closed salesMedian sold priceMedian sold $/living SFActive listingsMLS Months of supply
Caloosa25916$1,525,000 16 usable sales$560 15 usable sales75.3

Some sources provide only the parent development label. Those rows do not establish separate neighborhoods. Legal plat labels are retained as recorded. Where a finding refers to a low-volume group, its count is in the expandable table immediately above.

Owner mailing footprint · Caloosa

Where owners direct their tax mail

A starting point for considering listing outreach, alongside recent sales and other market evidence.

56 of 278 parcels (20.1%) have a recorded mailing address that differs from the property address. These counts describe tax-mail destinations, not residency, unique households or where buyers moved from.

See the combined Distinctive Communities state and county totals →

19 address comparisons need review. 9 have unavailable or confidential mailing details; 10 have possible same-property street or unit variations. They are included in the parcel total and excluded from both the same-property and off-property counts below.

Residential parcels / lots
278
Mail sent to the property
203
Mail sent elsewhere
56
U.S. states / districts
11

Leading mailing counties

Off-property addresses only · one count per parcel

County / stateParcelsTax records
Palm Beach CountyFloridaExplore county parcel intelligence →36View records ↗
Broward CountyFloridaExplore county parcel intelligence →4View records ↗
Delaware CountyPennsylvania1—
Jefferson CountyWest Virginia1—
Lake CountyIllinoisExplore county parcel intelligence →1—
Lee CountyFloridaExplore county parcel intelligence →1View records ↗
Manatee CountyFlorida1View records ↗

54 of 55 U.S. off-property mailings have a county assignment: 52 address matches and 2 ZIP-based estimates. 1 remain unresolved. Rankings include the estimates and can change as unresolved addresses are matched.

Top mailing states

55 off-property U.S. addresses

  1. Florida44
  2. New York2
  3. California1
  4. Hawaii1
  5. Illinois1

1 international mailings are excluded from U.S. state and county rankings.

Search Palm Beach County Property Appraiser ↗Search Palm Beach County tax bills ↗
Full totals by state and county

Open a state to see its counties. State totals include unresolved counties. Each number counts parcels with off-property mailing addresses.

Florida 44 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Palm Beach CountyFloridaExplore county parcel intelligence →36351View records ↗
Broward CountyFloridaExplore county parcel intelligence →440View records ↗
Lee CountyFloridaExplore county parcel intelligence →110View records ↗
Manatee CountyFlorida110View records ↗
Miami-Dade CountyFlorida110—
Sarasota CountyFlorida110View records ↗

County unresolved: 0.

New York 2 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Nassau CountyNew YorkExplore county parcel intelligence →110View records ↗
Seneca CountyNew York110—

County unresolved: 0.

California 1 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Riverside CountyCalifornia110—

County unresolved: 0.

Hawaii 1 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Maui CountyHawaii110—

County unresolved: 0.

Illinois 1 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Lake CountyIllinoisExplore county parcel intelligence →110—

County unresolved: 0.

Michigan 1 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Oakland CountyMichiganExplore county parcel intelligence →110View records ↗

County unresolved: 0.

North Carolina 1 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Wake CountyNorth Carolina110—

County unresolved: 0.

Ohio 1 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Portage CountyOhio110—

County unresolved: 0.

Pennsylvania 1 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Delaware CountyPennsylvania110—

County unresolved: 0.

Utah 1 parcels

No county assignments are available for this scope.

County unresolved: 1.

West Virginia 1 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Jefferson CountyWest Virginia101—

County unresolved: 0.

Source, scope and address matching

Prepared 2026-10-12 from the tax snapshots underlying the established property directories (source files modified 2026-09-05). These file dates do not establish a tax-roll year. This scope contains 259 developed residential parcels and 19 residential vacant lots. Commercial, common-area and agricultural classifications are excluded. Multiple parcels belonging to one owner count separately.

Capitalization, punctuation, common street abbreviations, unit labels and ZIP+4 suffixes are normalized. Recorded legal-unit aliases are used when they identify one parcel at a building; mailing to a different recorded unit remains off-property. Uncertain local street or unit variants and confidential or missing mailing details are withheld from the off-property rankings. A different mailing address elsewhere within the same community can still qualify.

Counties use the U.S. Census Geocoder. If a street cannot be matched, a county is estimated only when its 2020 Census ZIP area falls in a single county and agrees with the mailing state. A ZIP area is an approximation of postal delivery geography; ZIP-based counts are estimates. County boundaries use the 2020 vintage, including Connecticut’s historical counties. Connecticut tax assessments are maintained by towns.

Published figures contain aggregate counts only. A mailing destination can be a home, business, trustee, adviser or post-office box. Unresolved addresses may change the final rankings.

How to use this evidence

Tax-mail destinations may be personal or second residences, businesses, family offices, trusts, registered agents, attorneys or accountants. These records describe existing ownership as of the source snapshot; they do not establish primary residence, where wealth is held, buyer origin, decision-making authority or purchase intent. Long-held properties and recent purchases both appear in this ownership snapshot.

IRS migration data measures year-to-year tax-filing address changes for a different population and period. It is complementary context, not a count of incoming homebuyers. Neither dataset identifies a qualified buyer or proves future demand.

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Inventory availability relative to housing stock

Caloosa: Active inventory 10/14/26 compared with tax-record residential stock
Housing categoryTax-record housing stockActive listingsAvailabilityTrailing-year salesMLS Months of supply
All residential25972.7%165.3 16 usable sales
Single family25972.7%165.3 16 usable sales
Condominium / cooperativeNo matching tax stock0Unavailable0Limited sample 0 usable sales
Townhome / villaNo matching tax stock0Unavailable0Limited sample 0 usable sales

Availability is Active listings ÷ tax-record housing stock. Property-type MLS months of supply is shown only with at least five sales. The overall row uses unique residential parcels and is not the sum of MLS listing counts.

Buyer financing

Cash and other buyer financing

Buyer-financing period: through . Source: BeachesMLS; financing snapshot 2026-10-14.

62.5% of the 16 closings with known buyer financing were coded Cash (10 cash purchases). Other reported financing accounted for 37.5% (6 closings).

Buyer financing · Caloosa · 10/15/25 through 10/14/26
MeasureClosings
Cash purchases10
Other reported financing6
Closings with known buyer financing16
Unknown or unreported buyer financing0
Total closings in this financing snapshot16

Cash share = closings coded Cash ÷ closings with known buyer financing. Other reported financing is the remaining known category; it can include mortgages and other arrangements. Blank, unknown or conflicting financing is excluded from both percentages and counted separately. These are MLS-reported closings; the financing period above may differ from other tables on this page.

Comparable 1-, 5- and 10-year sold $/living SF

Caloosa: matched year-to-date transaction cohorts
HorizonBaseline periodBaseline median $/LSFCurrent periodCurrent median $/LSFChange
1 year01/01/25–10/14/25$452 9 usable sales01/01/26–10/14/26$560 13 usable salesLimited comparison 9 baseline and 13 current usable sales
5 years01/01/21–10/14/21$283 18 usable sales01/01/26–10/14/26$560 13 usable sales+97.9% 18 baseline and 13 current usable sales
10 years01/01/16–10/14/16$210 17 usable sales01/01/26–10/14/26$560 13 usable sales+166.6% 17 baseline and 13 current usable sales

Each change requires at least ten usable observations in both matched periods. These transaction-level medians compare different sold cohorts and do not measure same-home appreciation.

August 2026: recorded activity

0 closings in August 2026 and 3 in July 2026: 3 fewer closings. Small monthly counts do not establish a broad change in demand.

Latest complete month and comparison months
MonthClosed salesMedian sold priceMedian sold $/living SFMedian market time
August 20260No eligible sales 0 usable salesNo eligible sales 0 usable salesNo eligible sales 0 usable sales
July 20263Limited sample 3 usable salesLimited sample 3 usable salesLimited sample 2 usable sales
August 20250No eligible sales 0 usable salesNo eligible sales 0 usable salesNo eligible sales 0 usable sales

Median $/living SF change from July 2026: Limited comparison 3 baseline and 0 current usable sales. Sample rules.

Annual market evidence

Calendar-year sales; 2026 partial through 10/14/26
YearClosed salesMedian sold priceMedian sold $/living SFMedian market timeYear-on-year $/living SF change
201717$580,000 17 usable sales$216 17 usable sales72 days 16 usable salesBaseline
20189$799,000 9 usable sales$231 9 usable sales172 days 9 usable salesLimited comparison 17 baseline and 9 current usable sales
201913$690,000 13 usable sales$238 13 usable sales84 days 13 usable salesLimited comparison 9 baseline and 13 current usable sales
202016$861,667 16 usable sales$267 16 usable sales61.5 days 16 usable sales+12.2% 13 baseline and 16 current usable sales
202121$995,000 21 usable sales$295 21 usable sales31.5 days 18 usable sales+10.4% 16 baseline and 21 current usable sales
202215$1,200,000 15 usable sales$385 15 usable sales27 days 15 usable sales+30.6% 21 baseline and 15 current usable sales
20236$982,500 6 usable sales$313 6 usable sales139.5 days 6 usable salesLimited comparison 15 baseline and 6 current usable sales
20249$1,875,000 9 usable sales$463 9 usable sales185 days 9 usable salesLimited comparison 6 baseline and 9 current usable sales
202511$1,390,000 11 usable sales$461 11 usable sales93 days 10 usable salesLimited comparison 9 baseline and 11 current usable sales
2026 YTD14$1,500,000 14 usable sales$560 13 usable sales70.5 days 12 usable sales+21.4% 11 baseline and 13 current usable sales

Changes describe different sold cohorts. They are not repeat-sales appreciation, and 2026 is an incomplete year.

Related market context

Put this market in context

These reports provide related context. Each defines its own geography, property types and reporting dates; the links do not make the markets interchangeable.

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Analysis and perspective

David Abernathy is a Palm Beach County real estate agent with Waterfront Properties & Club Communities, where he served as Business Manager from 2008 through August 2026. During that tenure, he helped lead the development of Waterfront’s award-winning artificial-intelligence initiatives. He was 2020 JTHS-MIAMI president, serves on the MIAMI REALTORS® division board and is confirmed for the 2027 BeachesMLS board. His individual honors include MIAMI REALTORS® Thought Leader of the Year and JTHS-MIAMI AI Innovator of the Year.

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Reporting period, definitions and sample rules

All residential MLS property types are eligible. Medians require five usable observations, percentage changes ten at each endpoint, and supply at least five sales.

MLS months of supply = Active listings ÷ (trailing-year sales ÷ 12). Each n is the usable count for that metric. A missing figure is not zero. Read the collection rules and metric definitions.

Detailed calculation and source notes

Closed sales: 2025-10-15 through 2026-10-14, inclusive in America/New_York. All 14 MLS exports are treated as the 2026-10-14 refresh. The source operator updates an export only when activity occurs, so an earlier Drive modified time means no activity since that timestamp; it does not make the export incomplete. Exact source timestamps remain visible in each report. Tax file dates are independent.

Source roles: BeachesMLS supplies community membership, listing status, dates, prices, living area, financing and MLS property type. Palm Beach County property-tax records supply residential parcel/property counts, situs fields and county classifications used for street/group tables, housing-stock denominators and availability. Tax data does not classify MLS sales or determine reported sale prices.

All residential MLS property subtypes are retained. These reports use complete development exports; geography follows source membership rather than a city-label filter. Distinctive Communities uses a five-observation median rule, ten-observation change rule and five-sale supply rule.

Closed sales
Latest record per ListingKey; Closed status, a usable CloseDate through the snapshot and a finite closing price of at least $10,000. Repeated normalized parcel, closing date and price combinations count once. ListingKey substitutes for a missing parcel. Active inventory counts latest listing keys marked Active, excluding pending and active-under-contract.
Medians and n
At least five eligible observations are required for a median; n identifies that metric's usable observations. Fewer than five display “Limited sample”; zero display “No eligible sales.” Neither means a zero price. Sold $/living SF is the median of transaction-level closing price divided by positive living area.
Market time
Calendar days from OnMarketDate, with ListingContractDate as fallback, to PurchaseContractDate. Valid intervals are 0–3,650 days. This is derived market time, not the MLS DOM field. Timezone-aware timestamps are converted to UTC; naive MLS timestamps are first assigned America/New_York. Conflicting duplicate intervals or living areas are withheld only from the affected metric.
Housing stock and availability
Overall housing stock counts unique improved residential parcels plus nonblank residential vacant-lot parcel IDs not already counted as improved. Nonresidential rows and blank parcel IDs are excluded. Property-type denominators use their individual improved residential classifications; vacant lots are included only in the overall denominator. The current overall denominator is 259 residential parcels: 259 improved residential parcels plus 0 additional residential vacant lots. Availability is current Active listings ÷ tax-record residential housing stock. Type-level availability maps MLS Single Family Residence to single-family stock, Condominium and Stock Cooperative to condominium stock, and Townhouse and Villa to townhome/villa stock. A zero tax denominator displays unavailable.
Months of supply
Active listings ÷ (trailing-year closed sales ÷ 12), overall and by property type where at least five sales support the rate. It is a ratio to the recent pace, not a forecast. Active listings are not a deduplicated count of physical homes.
Comparable price horizons
One-, five- and ten-year comparisons use transaction-level median sold $/living SF for the recorded current year-to-date period (January 1, 2026 through October 14, 2026) and the corresponding baseline date ranges shown in each price-horizon table. These are separate from the trailing-year sales cohort. Each endpoint requires ten usable observations and a positive baseline. These are different sold cohorts, not repeat-sales appreciation. The annual history table remains a separate calendar-year view; 2026 is partial through 2026-10-14.
Buyer financing
Cash share uses closings with a known financing classification. A duplicate closing event with conflicting financing values is classified as unknown. Financing is a candidate market signal, not a valuation adjustment.
Geography and subgroups
City labels are MLS classifications, not verified municipal boundaries. Development and subdivision labels identify supplied groups, not verified home models or comparable amenities. Parent-only subdivision labels are shown explicitly; an unnamed subgroup is not invented. Low-volume named groups retain counts in a collapsed table.

Source folder inventories did not contain saved boundary polygons, selection queries or a definitive city-label crosswalk. Tax-derived housing stock is an analytical denominator, not a certified unit count or turnover measure. No all-community total or peer rank is presented. Site methodology · David's credentials.

Sources and calculation details

Figures are derived from BeachesMLS records. Property types use MLS classifications. Tax files support the audit and do not determine the reported housing type or sales figures.

Inspect source files, coverage and revisions

This report is built from BeachesMLS listing exports and property-tax records. MLS data supplies community membership, status, dates, prices, living area and property type; tax data independently supports the housing-stock denominator described below and does not classify MLS sales. Source completeness and fingerprints are verified internally, but raw filenames, links, identifiers and fingerprints are not published.

Full-source geography, property types and data quality

These counts include all statuses and historical years, not just current sales. MLS city labels: Palm Beach: 5; Palm Beach Gardens: 515; West Palm Beach: 104. MLS property types: Single Family Residence: 624.

624 unique listing keys; 3 repeated closing events collapsed; 0 Closed records without usable dates; 0 future closings excluded; 0 records excluded for missing or sub-$10,000 prices. Conflicting duplicate fields: days: 3. Affected classification rows remain visibly conflicting; affected metric values are withheld.

Tax records contain 552 rows, 259 distinct populated parcel IDs and 259 qualifying residential parcels used for housing-stock availability. Residential vacant lots are included; nonresidential land-use rows are excluded. This analytical denominator is not a certified unit count. Tax city labels: PALM BEACH GARDENS: 552.

Changes from the previous report snapshot

The previous source update times were 2026-10-13T07:38:32.299Z. Current source dates are verified internally and used to define each report period. Earlier metadata recorded 0 geographic row exclusions across the full file; that filter's complete selection record was unavailable. This release consistently uses full development membership and discloses city labels. Revised market-time samples also exclude conflicting duplicate dates.

The six current headline figures reconcile to the prior snapshot; eligible metric counts may differ where duplicate fields conflict.

Analysis by David Abernathy, derived from BeachesMLS exports and property-tax records. Aggregate evidence only; licensed listing records and owner information are not republished. Source groups are editorial comparisons, not evidence of buyer cross-shopping.

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