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THE WATERFRONT HOMES COLLECTION9

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Owner mailing footprint · Waterfront Homes

Combined owner mailing footprint

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

631 of 2,707 parcels (23.3%) 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.

Combined Waterfront Homes total: 2,707 distinct parcels across 9 community reports. Each parcel is counted once. Totals describe this category’s covered tax inventory.

81 address comparisons need review. 14 have unavailable or confidential mailing details; 67 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
2,707
Mail sent to the property
1,995
Mail sent elsewhere
631
U.S. states / districts
34

Leading mailing counties

Off-property addresses only · one count per parcel

County / stateParcelsTax records
Palm Beach CountyFloridaExplore county parcel intelligence →271View records ↗
New York CountyNew YorkExplore county parcel intelligence →20View records ↗
Broward CountyFloridaExplore county parcel intelligence →13View records ↗
Westchester CountyNew YorkExplore county parcel intelligence →11View records ↗
Fairfield CountyConnecticutExplore county parcel intelligence →10View records ↗
Montgomery CountyPennsylvaniaExplore county parcel intelligence →10View records ↗
Miami-Dade CountyFlorida9—

571 of 604 U.S. off-property mailings have a county assignment: 537 address matches and 34 ZIP-based estimates. 33 remain unresolved. Rankings include the estimates and can change as unresolved addresses are matched.

Top mailing states

604 off-property U.S. addresses

  1. Florida330
  2. New York58
  3. New Jersey23
  4. Pennsylvania22
  5. Massachusetts20

27 international mailings and 0 mailings with unrecognized geography are excluded from U.S. state and county rankings.

Compare the five categories

Off-property mailing share = confirmed different-address parcels ÷ all included residential parcels and lots. This measures the mailing footprint of existing ownership. Scroll tables sideways on smaller screens.

CategoryParcelsOff-property shareComparisons unresolved
Country Clubs29,38325.6%407
Waterfront Homes2,70723.3%81
Coastal Condos7,70945.4%554
Distinctive Communities16,87421.4%463
Palm Beach Island2,27630.1%30

Categories differ in geography, property types and address-match coverage. Parcels can appear in more than one category; these totals are not additive. Shared mailing destinations may serve several owners or entities.

Leading out-of-state mailing counties

  1. New York County, NY 20 parcels · Explore parcel intelligence →
  2. Westchester County, NY 11 parcels · Explore parcel intelligence →
  3. Fairfield County, CT 10 parcels · Explore parcel intelligence →
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 330 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Palm Beach CountyFloridaExplore county parcel intelligence →27126011View records ↗
Broward CountyFloridaExplore county parcel intelligence →13103View records ↗
Miami-Dade CountyFlorida990—
Martin CountyFloridaExplore county parcel intelligence →660View records ↗
Orange CountyFloridaExplore county parcel intelligence →220View records ↗
St. Johns CountyFlorida220View records ↗
Clay CountyFlorida110View records ↗
Duval CountyFloridaExplore county parcel intelligence →110View records ↗
Indian River CountyFloridaExplore county parcel intelligence →110View records ↗
Lee CountyFloridaExplore county parcel intelligence →110View records ↗
Marion CountyFlorida110View records ↗

County unresolved: 22.

New York 58 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
New York CountyNew YorkExplore county parcel intelligence →20191View records ↗
Westchester CountyNew YorkExplore county parcel intelligence →11110View records ↗
Suffolk CountyNew YorkExplore county parcel intelligence →963View records ↗
Nassau CountyNew YorkExplore county parcel intelligence →752View records ↗
Erie CountyNew York330—
Rockland CountyNew YorkExplore county parcel intelligence →330—
Albany CountyNew York110—
Dutchess CountyNew York110—
Onondaga CountyNew YorkExplore county parcel intelligence →101—
Richmond CountyNew YorkExplore county parcel intelligence →110View records ↗
Saratoga CountyNew York110—

County unresolved: 0.

New Jersey 23 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Bergen CountyNew JerseyExplore county parcel intelligence →550View records ↗
Monmouth CountyNew JerseyExplore county parcel intelligence →550View records ↗
Essex CountyNew JerseyExplore county parcel intelligence →330View records ↗
Union CountyNew JerseyExplore county parcel intelligence →330View records ↗
Burlington CountyNew Jersey220View records ↗
Cape May CountyNew JerseyExplore county parcel intelligence →220View records ↗
Hunterdon CountyNew Jersey110—
Morris CountyNew JerseyExplore county parcel intelligence →110View records ↗
Sussex CountyNew Jersey110View records ↗

County unresolved: 0.

Pennsylvania 22 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Montgomery CountyPennsylvaniaExplore county parcel intelligence →1082View records ↗
Allegheny CountyPennsylvania330—
Delaware CountyPennsylvania220—
Philadelphia CountyPennsylvaniaExplore county parcel intelligence →220—
Bucks CountyPennsylvania110—
Chester CountyPennsylvania110—
Lancaster CountyPennsylvania110—
Mercer CountyPennsylvania110—
Northampton CountyPennsylvania110—

County unresolved: 0.

Massachusetts 20 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Suffolk CountyMassachusettsExplore county parcel intelligence →862—
Plymouth CountyMassachusetts330—
Essex CountyMassachusettsExplore county parcel intelligence →220—
Middlesex CountyMassachusettsExplore county parcel intelligence →220View records ↗
Norfolk CountyMassachusettsExplore county parcel intelligence →220View records ↗
Bristol CountyMassachusetts110—
Hampden CountyMassachusetts110—

County unresolved: 1.

Michigan 14 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Oakland CountyMichiganExplore county parcel intelligence →550View records ↗
Genesee CountyMichigan330—
Wayne CountyMichigan220—
Emmet CountyMichigan110—
Ingham CountyMichigan110—
Lenawee CountyMichigan110—

County unresolved: 1.

Texas 14 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Dallas CountyTexas330—
Midland CountyTexas220—
Travis CountyTexas220—
Harris CountyTexasExplore county parcel intelligence →110—
Panola CountyTexas110—
Rockwall CountyTexas110—
Tarrant CountyTexas110—

County unresolved: 3.

Connecticut 12 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Fairfield CountyConnecticutExplore county parcel intelligence →10100View records ↗
New Haven CountyConnecticutExplore county parcel intelligence →220View records ↗

County unresolved: 0.

Virginia 11 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Fairfax CountyVirginia330—
Fauquier CountyVirginia220—
Alexandria cityVirginia110—
Newport News cityVirginia110—
Richmond cityVirginia110—
Virginia Beach cityVirginia110—
York CountyVirginia110—

County unresolved: 1.

Illinois 10 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Cook CountyIllinoisExplore county parcel intelligence →440View records ↗
DuPage CountyIllinois220—
Bond CountyIllinois101—
Kane CountyIllinois110—
Lake CountyIllinoisExplore county parcel intelligence →110—
Rock Island CountyIllinois110—

County unresolved: 0.

Georgia 8 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Fulton CountyGeorgiaExplore county parcel intelligence →330—
Cobb CountyGeorgia110—
Glynn CountyGeorgia101—
Gwinnett CountyGeorgia110—
Lowndes CountyGeorgia110—

County unresolved: 1.

Maryland 8 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Montgomery CountyMarylandExplore county parcel intelligence →440—
Anne Arundel CountyMaryland220—
Frederick CountyMaryland110—
Queen Anne's CountyMaryland110—

County unresolved: 0.

Ohio 8 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Lake CountyOhio303—
Cuyahoga CountyOhio220—
Hamilton CountyOhio220—
Licking CountyOhio110—

County unresolved: 0.

California 6 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Los Angeles CountyCaliforniaExplore county parcel intelligence →440—
Orange CountyCalifornia110—
Placer CountyCalifornia110—

County unresolved: 0.

Indiana 5 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Allen CountyIndiana110—
Hamilton CountyIndiana110—
Johnson CountyIndiana101—
Marshall CountyIndiana110—
Tippecanoe CountyIndiana110—

County unresolved: 0.

Missouri 5 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Jackson CountyMissouri220—
St. Louis CountyMissouri220—

County unresolved: 1.

Tennessee 5 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Hamilton CountyTennessee110—
Putnam CountyTennessee110—
Shelby CountyTennessee110—
Sumner CountyTennessee110—

County unresolved: 1.

Iowa 4 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Scott CountyIowa330—
Polk CountyIowa110—

County unresolved: 0.

New Hampshire 4 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Hillsborough CountyNew Hampshire220—
Carroll CountyNew Hampshire110—
Rockingham CountyNew Hampshire110—

County unresolved: 0.

North Carolina 4 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Mecklenburg CountyNorth CarolinaExplore county parcel intelligence →220—
Iredell CountyNorth Carolina110—
Onslow CountyNorth Carolina110—

County unresolved: 0.

Rhode Island 4 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Newport CountyRhode Island220—
Bristol CountyRhode Island110—
Providence CountyRhode Island110—

County unresolved: 0.

Washington 4 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
King CountyWashington330—

County unresolved: 1.

Delaware 3 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Sussex CountyDelaware330—

County unresolved: 0.

Louisiana 3 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Bossier ParishLouisiana101—
Jefferson ParishLouisiana110—
Lafourche ParishLouisiana101—

County unresolved: 0.

Nevada 3 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Clark CountyNevada220—
Washoe CountyNevada110—

County unresolved: 0.

Oklahoma 3 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Oklahoma CountyOklahoma321—

County unresolved: 0.

South Carolina 3 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Charleston CountySouth Carolina110—
Georgetown CountySouth Carolina110—
Horry CountySouth Carolina110—

County unresolved: 0.

Wisconsin 3 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Milwaukee CountyWisconsin220—
Dane CountyWisconsin110—

County unresolved: 0.

Wyoming 2 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Sheridan CountyWyoming110—

County unresolved: 1.

Colorado 1 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Arapahoe CountyColorado110—

County unresolved: 0.

District of Columbia 1 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
District of ColumbiaDistrict of ColumbiaExplore county parcel intelligence →110View records ↗

County unresolved: 0.

Kansas 1 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Johnson CountyKansas110—

County unresolved: 0.

Kentucky 1 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Oldham CountyKentucky110—

County unresolved: 0.

Nebraska 1 parcels
County / stateParcelsAddress matchedZIP basedTax records
Douglas CountyNebraska110—

County unresolved: 0.

Communities included in this total

Shared development inventories and overlapping area reports are deduplicated by parcel ID for this category. A parcel may belong to more than one category; the five category totals should not be added together.

Source, scope and address matching

Prepared October 12, 2026 from the tax snapshots underlying the established property directories (source files modified September 5, 2026). These file dates do not establish a tax-roll year. This scope contains 2,532 developed residential parcels and 175 residential vacant lots. Commercial, common-area and agricultural classifications are excluded. Multiple parcels belonging to one owner count separately.

Waterfront Homes excludes tax-classified condominiums and cooperatives. Residential vacant lots remain included.

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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When have buyers put homes under contract?

All 9 waterfront regions, combined by recorded contract month. These bars add the saved monthly counts for each region; they describe the collection rather than an average region or all of Palm Beach County.

Full calendar years 2015–2019 and 2021–2025; 2020 and partial 2026 are excluded. Contract month differs from listing and closing month.

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January 2015–2019: 67February 2015–2019: 64March 2015–2019: 71April 2015–2019: 73May 2015–2019: 59June 2015–2019: 46July 2015–2019: 37August 2015–2019: 51September 2015–2019: 33October 2015–2019: 45November 2015–2019: 47December 2015–2019: 36January 2021–2025: 43February 2021–2025: 73March 2021–2025: 79April 2021–2025: 53May 2021–2025: 43June 2021–2025: 42July 2021–2025: 28August 2021–2025: 34September 2021–2025: 21October 2021–2025: 39November 2021–2025: 27December 2021–2025: 34JFMAMJJASOND
2015–20192021–2025
Waterfront Homes collection contracts by recorded contract date, full calendar years. Bars show contract counts, not rates; the period totals are 629 in 2015–2019 and 516 in 2021–2025. Both periods meet the 1% display minimum. 2020 and partial 2026 are excluded.
Source coverage and reporting limits

The 1% display minimum is 27 recorded contracts per period, from 2,710 distinct residential properties in this area and property-type scope, including verified residential vacant lots. Current tax inventory is used for these historical windows; historical parcel counts are unavailable. This display rule does not establish statistical reliability.

Monthly contract counts behind this chart
Month2015–20192021–2025
January6743
February6473
March7179
April7353
May5943
June4642
July3728
August5134
September3321
October4539
November4727
December3634

In the Waterfront Homes collection, 205 of 516 recorded contracts in 2021–2025 were signed from February through April (39.7%). March had the most contracts: 79.

February–April accounted for 33.1% of 629 contracts in 2015–2019. The later share was 6.7 percentage points higher. This compares different homes over two complete five-year periods; it does not establish the best listing date for an individual property.

The 1% display minimum is 27 recorded contracts per period, from 2,710 distinct residential properties in this area and property-type scope, including verified residential vacant lots. Current tax inventory is used for these historical windows; historical parcel counts are unavailable. This display rule does not establish statistical reliability. Monthly differences can be sensitive to a few transactions and to the mix of properties represented.

Contracts are grouped by recorded contract date; 2020 and the partial 2026 year are excluded from the comparisons. All residential property types are included.

Use this history alongside current inventory and your home’s readiness. Combining the saved region studies does not fill gaps in individual source histories or establish the best listing date for a particular home.

All 9 community studies

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Cash / terms

Across the 9 regions, 84 of 105 purchases with reported terms were cash (80.0%). This is the combined count of the same 105 trailing-year closings used on the Market pages, from October 29, 2025 through October 28, 2026.

Waterfront Homes collection · financing terms reported for trailing-year closings
MLS purchase termsSalesShare of reported terms
Cash8480.0%
Conventional2019.0%
Other11.0%
Unreported0Excluded from reported-term percentages

105 sales have reported financing; 0 are unreported and excluded from percentages. “Other” does not identify a specific loan product. Collection percentages use the 1% display minimum of 27 known-financing sales across 2,710 residential properties. Region-by-region percentages keep each region’s own minimum.

Cash and other financing · all 9 regions

Cash and financing, market by market

Compare how recent buyers completed their purchases. Cash and other financing shares use only sales with known buyer financing; unknown or conflicting records are shown separately. Other reported financing can include mortgages and other arrangements. Both percentages require the measured area’s 1% display minimum of known-financing sales. Counts and single-transaction results are labeled.

Buyer financing comparison · counts are closed sales
Community / marketCityClosed salesCash purchasesOther reported financingKnown financingUnknown financingCash shareOther financing shareSales period startsSales period endsReporting date
Loxahatchee RiverJupiter and Tequesta1710717058.8%17 known financing sales41.2%17 known financing sales10/29/2510/28/2610/28/26
Jupiter Area Wide-WaterJupiter1311213084.6%13 known financing sales15.4%13 known financing sales10/29/2510/28/2610/28/26
Palm Beach Gardens Area Wide-WaterPalm Beach Gardens8718087.5%8 known financing sales12.5%8 known financing sales10/29/2510/28/2610/28/26
North Palm Beach Area Wide-WaterNorth Palm Beach1211112091.7%12 known financing sales8.3%12 known financing sales10/29/2510/28/2610/28/26
Singer Island–Palm Beach Shores WaterfrontSinger Island and Palm Beach Shores1613316081.3%16 known financing sales18.8%16 known financing sales10/29/2510/28/2610/28/26
West Palm Beach WaterfrontWest Palm Beach77070100.0%7 known financing sales0.0%7 known financing sales10/29/2510/28/2610/28/26
Palm Beach–Manalapan–Lantana IntracoastalPalm Beach, Manalapan and Lantana2116521076.2%21 known financing sales23.8%21 known financing sales10/29/2510/28/2610/28/26
Boca Raton Waterfront East of the ICWBoca Raton44040100.0%4 known financing sales0.0%4 known financing sales10/29/2510/28/2610/28/26
Boca Raton Mainland – West of ICWBoca Raton7527071.4%7 known financing sales28.6%7 known financing sales10/29/2510/28/2610/28/26

Cash plus other reported financing equals known financing. Known plus unknown financing equals closed sales. Markets can overlap and must not be added together.

Compare the actual offer price, proof of funds or loan approval, contingencies and proposed timing. Past cash purchases do not establish a cash-only requirement or prove that a particular offer is stronger.

Market as-of October 28, 2026. Each region report retains its own source date. See current prices, inventory and comparisons in Market ↗ · Public Methodology ↗

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