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THE CURRENT PICTURE
West Palm Beach Waterfront recorded 7 MLS-reported sales from October 15, 2025 through October 14, 2026, with a median sold price of $10,510,000 and median sold price per living square foot of $2,183. Active inventory was 4 listings in the October 14, 2026 edition; MLS file last updated October 14, 2026. Recent sales carry West Palm Beach MLS city labels. Inventory represents 6.9 MLS months of supply at the recent sales pace; this is a ratio, not a selling-time forecast. Cash purchases made up 100% of 7 closings with known buyer financing. Owners and buyers should check individual comparables before drawing conclusions from this small sample. Condos and co-ops are excluded; other residential types remain eligible. Fewer than ten sales make this a small sample.
A CLEARER WAY THROUGH THE REPORT
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Explore the communityObservations: closed sales 2025-10-15 through 2026-10-14; MLS file last updated 2026-10-14.
| Market | Closed sales | Median sold price | Median sold $/living SF | Median market time | Active listings | MLS Months of supply | 2017–2026 YTD $/living SF change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Palm Beach Waterfront | 7 | $10,510,000 7 usable sales · small sample: 7 sales | $2,183 7 usable sales · small sample: 7 sales | 121 days 7 usable sales · small sample: 7 sales | 4 | 6.9 7 usable sales · small sample: 7 sales | +291.9% 4 baseline and 7 current usable sales · small-sample comparison |
Contract timing
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.
PurchaseContractDate, full calendar years, Bars show contract counts, not rates; the period totals are 41 in 2015–2019 and 29 in 2021–2025, At least one period has fewer than 30 contracts, so only 2021–2025 is charted, 2020 and partial 2026 are excluded| Month | 2021–2025 |
|---|---|
| January | 2 |
| February | 5 |
| March | 6 |
| April | 3 |
| May | 5 |
| June | 5 |
| July | 0 |
| August | 2 |
| September | 0 |
| October | 0 |
| November | 1 |
| December | 0 |
In West Palm Beach Waterfront, 14 of 29 recorded contracts in 2021–2025 were signed from February through April (48.3%). March had the most contracts: 6.
The later period had 29 contracts. A before-and-after percentage would be fragile with fewer than 30 contracts in either period.
With 29 contracts across five years, monthly differences are especially sensitive to a few transactions.
MLS file last updated: September 27, 2026. Contracts are grouped by PurchaseContractDate; 2020 and the partial 2026 year are excluded from the comparisons. Condos and co-ops are excluded.
Counts use distinct residential tax parcels, including residential lots and redevelopment sites. Each classification separately accounts for all 137 properties. Missing or conflicting tax labels remain unassigned. Tax labels can differ from MLS reporting labels; unavailable matches are not zero. Waterfront counts exclude condominium and co-op tax classifications; eligible townhouse and villa parcels share a tax housing group. Multifamily parcels, where eligible, count as properties rather than dwelling units.
| Street | Properties (tax records) |
|---|---|
| ARLINGTON PL | 2 |
| BEVERLY RD | 1 |
| ELWA PL | 1 |
| ESSEX CT | 3 |
| FLAGLER CT | 8 |
| FLAGLER DR | 99 |
| FLAGLER LN | 2 |
| Street | Properties (tax records) |
|---|---|
| MURRAY RD | 1 |
| PALMETTO LN | 2 |
| PLYMOUTH RD | 1 |
| POTTER RD | 1 |
| WASHINGTON RD | 14 |
| WORTH CT | 2 |
| Tax city label | Properties (tax records) |
|---|---|
| WEST PALM BEACH | 137 |
| Total | 137 |
| Tax development | Properties (tax records) |
|---|---|
| Edgewater | 1 |
| Ellamar | 1 |
| NORTH SHORE TERRACE | 1 |
| North Shore | 1 |
| North Shore Terrace | 1 |
| Northwood | 1 |
| Northwood Shores | 1 |
| SOSO | 1 |
| Unassigned / conflicting tax classification | 129 |
| Total | 137 |
| Tax subdivision | Properties (tax records) |
|---|---|
| 10-44-43 Gov Lts 01-03 | 1 |
| BEACH SHORES | 1 |
| Belair | 1 |
| Bromberg Sub | 1 |
| Bromerg | 1 |
| EDGEWATER | 4 |
| EDGEWATER REPL 1 | 1 |
| EDMOR ESTATES | 1 |
| ELLAMAR | 2 |
| ELWA PLACE EXTENSION IN | 1 |
| ESSEX LANE | 4 |
| ESTS OF SPB | 1 |
| Edgewater | 1 |
| Edgewater Rep 01 | 1 |
| Edmor Estates | 1 |
| El Cid/ Prospect Park border | 1 |
| Elwa Place Ext | 1 |
| Essex Lane | 1 |
| Ests of Spb | 1 |
| FLAGLER PROMENADE | 1 |
| Flagler Lane | 1 |
| GLADEPORT | 1 |
| GLADEPORT REPL IN | 1 |
| LAKEWOOD | 2 |
| LEWIS SHORE ESTATES 3 | 3 |
| LEWIS SHORE ESTS 3 I | 1 |
| LEWIS SHORES ESTATES | 1 |
| LITTLE RANCHES 1ST ADD | 1 |
| Lakewood West Palm Beach | 1 |
| Lewis Shores Estates | 1 |
| Little Ranches | 1 |
| MIRAMAR | 1 |
| Miramar In | 1 |
| N/A | 4 |
| NA | 1 |
| NORTH PALM BCH 1 | 1 |
| NORTH PALM BCH PL 1 | 1 |
| NORTH PALM BEACH 01 | 1 |
| NORTH SHORE TERR | 1 |
| NORTH SHORE TERRACE | 1 |
| NORTH SHORE TERRACE 03 | 1 |
| NORTH SHORE TERRACE 1 | 4 |
| NORTH SHORE TERRACE 2 | 5 |
| NORTH SHORE TERRACE 3 | 1 |
| North Shore Terr | 1 |
| North Shore Terr 1 | 1 |
| North Shore Terrace 01 | 3 |
| Northwood | 1 |
| OLD FLORIDA ON FLAGLER REPL NO 2 | 1 |
| ORCHID LANE | 1 |
| PROSPECT PARK | 1 |
| PROSPECT PARK SOUTH | 4 |
| Prospect Park | 1 |
| S/D OF 10-44-43, GOV LTS 1, 2 & 3 | 1 |
| SANTA LUCIA | 1 |
| SOUTHLAND PARK | 8 |
| SOUTHLAND PARK ADD R | 1 |
| Shadowlawn | 1 |
| Southend | 1 |
| Toledo | 1 |
| Tropic Isle | 1 |
| Unassigned / conflicting tax classification | 42 |
| VEST POCKET LAKE WORTH FARMS IN | 1 |
| WORTH COURT | 1 |
| Total | 137 |
| Tax housing group | Properties (tax records) |
|---|---|
| Single Family Residence | 137 |
| Total | 137 |
West Palm Beach waterfront-area homes. The current cohort contains 7 sales reported in MLS. Closed sales cover October 15, 2025 through October 14, 2026 in the October 14, 2026 report edition. Active inventory uses the MLS file last updated October 14, 2026.
| Recorded classification | Properties (tax records) | Closed sales | Median sold price | Median sold $/living SF | Active listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Palm Beach | 137 | 7 | $10,510,000 7 usable sales · small sample: 7 sales | $2,183 7 usable sales · small sample: 7 sales | 4 |
| Recorded classification | Properties (tax records) | Closed sales | Median sold price | Median sold $/living SF | Active listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single Family Residence | 137 | 7 | $10,510,000 7 usable sales · small sample: 7 sales | $2,183 7 usable sales · small sample: 7 sales | 4 |
| Recorded classification | Closed sales | Median sold price | Median sold $/living SF | Active listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterfront flag + Intracoastal feature (no Ocean Front) | 7 | $10,510,000 7 usable sales · small sample: 7 sales | $2,183 7 usable sales · small sample: 7 sales | 4 |
Owner mailing footprint · West Palm Beach Waterfront
A starting point for considering listing outreach, alongside recent sales and other market evidence.
51 of 160 parcels (31.9%) 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 Waterfront Homes state and county totals →
4 address comparisons need review. 3 have unavailable or confidential mailing details; 1 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.
Off-property addresses only · one count per parcel
| County / state | Parcels | Tax records |
|---|---|---|
| Palm Beach CountyFloridaExplore county parcel intelligence → | 33 | View records ↗ |
| Miami-Dade CountyFlorida | 4 | — |
| New York County (Manhattan)New YorkExplore county parcel intelligence → | 3 | View records ↗ |
| Los Angeles CountyCaliforniaExplore county parcel intelligence → | 2 | — |
| Erie CountyNew York | 1 | — |
| Fulton CountyGeorgiaExplore county parcel intelligence → | 1 | — |
| Iredell CountyNorth Carolina | 1 | — |
50 of 51 U.S. off-property mailings have a county assignment: 47 address matches and 3 ZIP-based estimates. 1 remain unresolved. Rankings include the estimates and can change as unresolved addresses are matched.
51 off-property U.S. addresses
0 international mailings are excluded from U.S. state and county rankings.
Search Palm Beach County Property Appraiser ↗Search Palm Beach County tax bills ↗Open a state to see its counties. State totals include unresolved counties. Each number counts parcels with off-property mailing addresses.
| County / state | Parcels | Address matched | ZIP based | Tax records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Beach CountyFloridaExplore county parcel intelligence → | 33 | 32 | 1 | View records ↗ |
| Miami-Dade CountyFlorida | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
County unresolved: 1.
| County / state | Parcels | Address matched | ZIP based | Tax records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York County (Manhattan)New YorkExplore county parcel intelligence → | 3 | 3 | 0 | View records ↗ |
| Erie CountyNew York | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Nassau CountyNew YorkExplore county parcel intelligence → | 1 | 0 | 1 | View records ↗ |
County unresolved: 0.
| County / state | Parcels | Address matched | ZIP based | Tax records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles CountyCaliforniaExplore county parcel intelligence → | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
County unresolved: 0.
| County / state | Parcels | Address matched | ZIP based | Tax records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton CountyGeorgiaExplore county parcel intelligence → | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
County unresolved: 0.
| County / state | Parcels | Address matched | ZIP based | Tax records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffolk CountyMassachusettsExplore county parcel intelligence → | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
County unresolved: 0.
| County / state | Parcels | Address matched | ZIP based | Tax records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union CountyNew JerseyExplore county parcel intelligence → | 1 | 1 | 0 | View records ↗ |
County unresolved: 0.
| County / state | Parcels | Address matched | ZIP based | Tax records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iredell CountyNorth Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
County unresolved: 0.
| County / state | Parcels | Address matched | ZIP based | Tax records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma CountyOklahoma | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
County unresolved: 0.
| County / state | Parcels | Address matched | ZIP based | Tax records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrant CountyTexas | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
County unresolved: 0.
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 137 developed residential parcels and 23 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, consistent with the current community reports. 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.
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.
Combine the ownership mailing footprint with relevant sales, pricing and the home’s specific appeal when considering listing distribution.
Request a listing outreach strategy →Buyer-financing period: through . Source: BeachesMLS; financing snapshot 2026-10-14.
100.0% of the 7 closings with known buyer financing were coded Cash (7 cash purchases). Other reported financing accounted for 0.0% (0 closings). Small sample: fewer than 10 known financing observations.
| Measure | Closings |
|---|---|
| Cash purchases | 7 |
| Other reported financing | 0 |
| Closings with known buyer financing | 7 |
| Unknown or unreported buyer financing | 0 |
| Total closings in this financing snapshot | 7 |
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.
| Other market group | Closings also in this group |
|---|---|
| No matched closing events in the other eight selected groups | 0 |
Matched by normalized parcel number, closing date and price. Missing parcel IDs limit cross-group matching; a zero match count does not certify non-overlapping geographic boundaries.
0 closings in August 2026, compared with 0 in July 2026 (0 difference in closings). The small counts do not support a percentage-based market-direction claim.
| Month | Closed sales | Median sold price | Median sold $/living SF | Median market time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | 0 | No eligible sales 0 usable sales | No eligible sales 0 usable sales | No eligible sales 0 usable sales |
| July 2026 | 0 | No eligible sales 0 usable sales | No eligible sales 0 usable sales | No eligible sales 0 usable sales |
| August 2025 | 0 | No eligible sales 0 usable sales | No eligible sales 0 usable sales | No eligible sales 0 usable sales |
Median $/living SF change from July 2026: No eligible comparison 0 baseline and 0 current usable sales. Calculation and sample rules.
| Year | Closed sales | Median sold price | Median sold $/living SF | Median market time | Year-on-year $/living SF change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | $2,505,000 4 usable sales · small sample: 4 sales | $557 4 usable sales · small sample: 4 sales | 20.5 days 4 usable sales · small sample: 4 sales | Baseline |
| 2018 | 6 | $3,950,000 6 usable sales · small sample: 6 sales | $864 6 usable sales · small sample: 6 sales | 57 days 6 usable sales · small sample: 6 sales | +55% 4 baseline and 6 current usable sales · small-sample comparison |
| 2019 | 9 | $3,285,000 9 usable sales · small sample: 9 sales | $679 9 usable sales · small sample: 9 sales | 73 days 9 usable sales · small sample: 9 sales | -21.4% 6 baseline and 9 current usable sales · small-sample comparison |
| 2020 | 9 | $3,274,200 9 usable sales · small sample: 9 sales | $832 9 usable sales · small sample: 9 sales | 86 days 9 usable sales · small sample: 9 sales | +22.6% 9 baseline and 9 current usable sales · small-sample comparison |
| 2021 | 14 | $6,972,000 14 usable sales | $1,026 14 usable sales | 55.5 days 14 usable sales | +23.3% 9 baseline and 14 current usable sales · small-sample comparison |
| 2022 | 4 | $5,900,000 4 usable sales · small sample: 4 sales | $1,527 4 usable sales · small sample: 4 sales | 50.5 days 4 usable sales · small sample: 4 sales | +48.8% 14 baseline and 4 current usable sales · small-sample comparison |
| 2023 | 2 | $8,059,175 2 usable sales · small sample: 2 sales | $1,640 2 usable sales · small sample: 2 sales | 191 days 2 usable sales · small sample: 2 sales | +7.4% 4 baseline and 2 current usable sales · small-sample comparison |
| 2024 | 1 | $12,900,000 1 usable sale · single transaction | $6,434 1 usable sale · single transaction | 23 days 1 usable sale · single transaction | +292.4% 2 baseline and 1 current usable sales · small-sample comparison |
| 2025 | 4 | $13,750,000 4 usable sales · small sample: 4 sales | $2,137 4 usable sales · small sample: 4 sales | 112 days 4 usable sales · small sample: 4 sales | -66.8% 1 baseline and 4 current usable sales · small-sample comparison |
| 2026 YTD | 7 | $10,510,000 7 usable sales · small sample: 7 sales | $2,183 7 usable sales · small sample: 7 sales | 121 days 7 usable sales · small sample: 7 sales | +2.2% 4 baseline and 7 current usable sales · small-sample comparison |
Year-on-year rows compare recorded calendar-year cohorts; 2026 is incomplete. Changes reflect property mix as well as pricing. They are not same-home appreciation.
Related market 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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Review the property’s flood mapping, elevation information, drainage, wind protection and insurance quotes. Ask about past water intrusion and the expected care of waterfront structures, exterior finishes and equipment. The shoreline position, home construction and recorded history matter more than an area-wide description.
Check which waterfront, beach, dock, parking and shared spaces belong to the home or have documented access rights. Review applicable association obligations and guest arrangements. Visit at different times to assess privacy, traffic on the water, outdoor comfort and the household’s land-based routine. For a beachfront property, ask where the Coastal Construction Control Line lies and which approvals apply to intended changes.
These are questions for an individual purchase. Confirm current property documents, physical conditions, approvals, navigation information and insurance terms with the appropriate professionals.
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Condos and co-ops are excluded; other residential MLS property types remain eligible. One eligible transaction is enough to report a figure. Small-sample labels identify fewer than ten usable 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.
Closed-sales period: 2025-10-15 through 2026-10-14, inclusive, in America/New_York. Report edition: 2026-10-14. MLS file last updated: October 14, 2026. Tax file last updated: October 9, 2026. Original file dates are separate from the common report edition and sales period; an earlier file cutoff is not updated by a later edition. Source dates follow each file’s Drive modification date and do not prove that every off-MLS sale or late-reported event is present.
All Waterfront figures exclude MLS subtypes Condominium and Stock Cooperative. Townhouses, villas and other residential subtypes remain eligible. The same exclusions apply to sales, Active inventory, annual history, monthly figures and composition tables. Their boundaries are not independently certified; recorded city labels and housing mixes vary. No combined total, league-table rank or county-wide market estimate is calculated. A city is the recorded MLS label, not a surveyed municipal boundary. “Wide water” is a source-group name, not a measured width. Ocean access alone does not establish direct frontage.
Source mapping and physical boundaries remain distinct: export membership has been checked against wf_region_name, but saved boundary polygons, a city-label crosswalk and parcel-level frontage verification were not in the source folders. Conflicting records and historical label anomalies are disclosed. Tax records provide residential parcel/property counts and recorded situs and classification fields; they do not establish occupied-home or dwelling-unit counts, turnover rates, waterfront status or a waterfront premium.
Market analysis and comparison methodology by David Abernathy. Data derived from BeachesMLS and identified public sources. Comparison communities are editorial selections intended to provide market context, not evidence of buyer cross-shopping, and may change over time.
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.
Legacy export name: West Palm Beach Waterfront. Every MLS row matched that wf_region_name. Display wording reflects the observed source population; the established URL is retained.
Property-type exclusions: 0 trailing-year closing events and 0 Active listings removed; 0 closed events excluded across the full source history. MLS subtypes excluded: Condominium and Stock Cooperative. All headline, historical and monthly metrics use the retained cohort.
This report is built from BeachesMLS listing exports and property-tax records. MLS data supplies geography, property type, waterfront flags, listing status, dates, prices and living area; tax data supplies the residential parcel/property counts, situs fields and county classification groups used in the property-count tables and, where shown, availability context; it does not determine MLS sales, property type or waterfront classification. Source completeness and fingerprints are verified internally, but raw filenames, links, identifiers and fingerprints are not published.
These audit counts cover the original unfiltered file, including excluded condos/co-ops, across all statuses and years. They are not the population used in the reported metrics or unique home counts.
MLS city labels: West Palm Beach: 369.
MLS property types: Condominium: 2; Single Family Residence: 367.
MLS waterfront flags: false: 8; true: 361.
Observed closing dates: 2000-03-14 through 2026-10-09. Transaction dates do not establish source freshness.
Tax: 514 rows; 137 distinct populated parcel IDs. Rows include repeated building/land records and may include vacant/nonresidential uses; unique parcel counts are not certified home counts. Tax and MLS populations are not assumed equivalent. The collection summary generated 2026-10-14 reports 514 tax rows, matching the supplied tax file. Neither row count is reported as certified housing inventory.
Tax situs city labels (row counts): WEST PALM BEACH: 514.
369 unique listing keys; 0 duplicate closing rows collapsed across the full history; 0 closed records without a usable closing date; 0 future-dated closings excluded.
Conflicting duplicate fields: none. Affected geography/housing/water rows are labeled conflicting; conflicting market-time and living-area observations are withheld.
Current-value revisions reflect condo/co-op exclusions, the one-observation reporting rule and, where present, removal of conflicting market-time or living-area observations.
Analysis by David Abernathy from BeachesMLS exports and property-tax records. The tables publish aggregates; licensed listing records and owner information are not republished.
The group result supplies context. A property analysis can narrow the evidence to housing type, location and verified water access.
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