Hottest Real Estate Market in the World may be Palm Beach, Florida, Brokers Say

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Published: Nov 15, 2020 | Source CNBC | By Robert Frank

‘Hottest real estate market in the world’ may be Palm Beach, Florida, brokers say

Home sales in Palm Beach (Boca Raton), the exclusive island retreat of the president and countless billionaires, tripled in the third quarter as the wealthy fled the cities and higher-tax states of the Northeast, according to a new report.

Key Points

  1. The average home price in Palm Beach, Florida, was more than $7 million during the third quarter, according to a report from Douglas Elliman and Miller Samuel.
  2. The strength shows little signs of slowing as signed contracts jumped 62% in September, the report said.
  3. The inventory of homes for sale on the island fell by 79% in the third quarter compared with a year ago, according to the report. There is now less than a five-month supply.
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“It may be the hottest real estate market in the world right now,” said Jay Phillip Parker, CEO of Douglas Elliman’s Florida brokerage. “You just can’t find homes to buy there now.”

The average home price in Palm Beach was more than $7 million during the quarter, according to a report from Douglas Elliman and Miller Samuel. The strength shows little signs of slowing as signed contracts jumped 62% in September, the report said.

Among the big recent sales in Palm Beach was the $28 million sale of a “teardown” mansion owned by telecom tycoon Donald Burns. Billionaire Jude Reyes sold his oceanfront mansion for $19 million and pulmonologist Norman Traverse sold his seven-bedroom waterfront estate for $51 million.

The inventory of homes for sale on the island fell by 79% in the third quarter compared with a year ago, according to the report. There is now less than a five-month supply.

“The demand for luxury, the perceived security, safety and pristine environment is very attractive to high net worth clients,” Parker said.

The strength in Palm Beach reflects broader demand for homes — especially at the high end — throughout southern Florida, as wealthy residents leave behind the urban density, high taxes and colder weather of the Northeast and Midwest. Prices in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton and even parts of Tampa increased by a double-digit pace in the quarter.

In Miami, luxury home prices surged 42% in the quarter, with the average sale price hitting $2.8 million. Average home prices in Ft. Lauderdale increased 16%, and they were up 11% in Boca Raton.

Brokers say that while some of the demand is tied to the coronavirus pandemic, as families fled big cities for more tropical homes with yards close to the beach, the growth is also tied to longer term, structural changes. The wealthy in the Northeast are growing older and looking to retire. More are heading to Florida. The pandemic has also led to a wave of younger families moving to Florida — at first to escape New York but now to stay and put their kids in local schools.

“At a certain point, their friends are all in Florida, they’re hearing about how much they like the experience, so they want to move too,” Parker said. “It creates a snowball effect.”

The flight to low tax states is also a driver. New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and other states are facing large budget holes from the pandemic, and some expect taxes will rise for high earners. That, coupled with a potential “blue wave,” where the Democrats win the White House and both houses of Congress in the upcoming elections, have some worried about the potential combination of higher federal and state taxes. In this scenario, Florida, which doesn’t have an income tax, becomes more attractive.

 Source CNBC | By Robert Frank

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