Palm Beach County Monthly Market Detail: December 2012 Year-Over-Year

Palm Beach County Monthly Market Detail: December 2012 Year-Over-Year

  Condo prices in the Palm Beach area have been on a steady rise for some time now. The average sale price of a condo or townhome in Palm Beach County was up 54% year over year in December.  According to the same market study produced by the Florida Association of Realtors, nearly 80% of [...]

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West Palm Beach is the Most Searched City in South Florida

West Palm Beach is the Most Searched City in South Florida

According to Realtor.com search statistics, West Palm Beach comes in ahead of both Ft. Lauderdale and Miami as the most heavily searched metropolitan area in South Florida.  In fact, West Palm Beach was ranked 16th in the entire nation!  The Monthly Housing Summary posted on Realtor.com shows listing inventory decreasing more than 15% year over [...]

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West Palm Beach in the News

West Palm Beach in the News

The small town of West Palm Beach is starting to gain recognition as a fast growing place to live and vacation.  Click here to take a look at this recent article from a Philadelphia website promoting the great lifestyle West Palm has to offer.  610 Clematis would be a perfect condo building to to buy [...]

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West Palm Beach Short Sale and Bank Owned Offer Process Has Changed

West Palm Beach Short Sale and Bank Owned Offer Process Has Changed

  Times have changed.  The common thought among buyers over the past few years has been to make lowball offers on short sales, REO’s, foreclosures and even regular resales to see what kind of a “deal” they can get.  Today, that strategy doesn’t work.  Not only does the strategy no longer work, it can even [...]

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A new strategy in real estate: Return to traditional investment

A new strategy in real estate: Return to traditional investment

Palm Beach Condo Company’s main focus, as you may have guessed, is to work with buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants within the condo community of Palm Beach County.  Shocking… I know.  We’ve found that many of our buyers, who happen to originate from beyond our national boarders, are capitalizing on a favorable exchange rate to [...]

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Florida’s Condo Sales Continue to Improve

Florida’s Condo Sales Continue to Improve

According to the latest housing statistics from Florida Realtors, Florida’s existing home and condo sales rose in the first quarter of 2011 when looking to the same period last year.  Existing home sales increased 13 % while existing condominium sales rose an astonishing 29%, compared to the statistics from a year ago. Dr. Sean Snaith, [...]

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Going, Going, Gone! Has the condo market already started to shift upward?

Going, Going, Gone!  Has the condo market already started to shift upward?

The quantity of low priced inventory on the market is shrinking by the day.  Condo buildings that once had a plethora of options at the $100,000 price point no longer offer the same quantity of inventory. Palm Beach Condo Company studies the supply of the marketplace daily.  Over the past few weeks, we’ve noticed a [...]

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Checking in on: City Palms

Checking in on: City Palms

Palm Beach Condo Company recently checked in on City Palms. For those of you not “in the know”, City Palms is an elegant condominium building in the heart of Downtown West Palm Beach. With signature Key West styling, resort-style amenities, and tastefully finished condos, City Palms has proven to be a very popular location for [...]

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West Palm Beach a miserable city??? What the $&#%????

West Palm Beach a miserable city???  What the $&#%????

Forbes Magazine created a list of “America’s most miserable cities”.  According to their rankings, Miami came in at No. 2 and West Palm Beach came in at No. 8.  Obviously, the writers of this article took a long hard look at the housing market when making their decisions, but how does that make an entire [...]

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Palm Beach … Then and Now

Palm Beach … Then and Now

Whether its rubbing elbows with The Donald at his Mar-a-Lago club, singing a couple of bars with Rod Stewart or Celine Dion or maybe even playing a couple rounds of golf with Tiger, Greg Norman or Jesper Parnevik, Palm Beach is the spot to be!  It’s no secret that Palm Beach has long been the playground for [...]

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