Press release · Palm Beach, Palm Beach County · October 18, 2026

Palm Beach housing data press release, October 18, 2026

PALM BEACH, Fla., October 18, 2026 - 22.2% of the 72 single-family homes listed for sale in Palm Beach (16 listings) have a current asking price below their original list price, according to PBP Real Estate's analysis of BeachesMLS listing data as of October 18, 2026. Among those 16 reduced listings, the median reduction is 9.6% (about $2.35M). Among the city's 155 condominium listings, 27.7% are asking below their original price, by a median 7.6%.

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Key takeaways

  • 22.2% of the 72 single-family homes listed for sale in Palm Beach (16 listings) have a current asking price below their original list price, according to PBP Real Estate's analysis of BeachesMLS listing data as of October 18, 2026.
  • Among 150 active condominium listings in Palm Beach retained after excluding unusable-fee records and trimming monthly-equivalent fees below the city's 1st or above its 99th percentile, the median monthly association fee is $2,124, with the middle half between $1,683 and $3,041.

Palm Beach price cuts and days on market, October 18, 2026

Data as of October 18, 2026 (BeachesMLS pull 2026-10-18T10:02:49.950167+00:00) Live page with today's charts: Palm Beach price cuts and days on market. Every city: South Florida price cuts and days on market.

Headline options

  1. 22.2% of Palm Beach houses for sale are asking less than their original list price; 27.7% of condos
  2. Seller Blink Rate™ in Palm Beach: 22.2% of houses list below original asking, against 41.2% across Palm Beach County
  3. Buying in Palm Beach? 16 of the 72 houses for sale are asking below their original price, by a median $2.35M

Lede

PALM BEACH, Fla., October 18, 2026 - 22.2% of the 72 single-family homes listed for sale in Palm Beach (16 listings) have a current asking price below their original list price, according to PBP Real Estate's analysis of BeachesMLS listing data as of October 18, 2026. Among those 16 reduced listings, the median reduction is 9.6% (about $2.35M). Among the city's 155 condominium listings, 27.7% are asking below their original price, by a median 7.6%.

Quotable

"22.2 percent of single-family homes for sale in Palm Beach have a current asking price below their original list price; among those 16 reduced listings the median reduction is $2.35M."

"Among active Palm Beach houses, the median recorded CumulativeDaysOnMarket value is 166 days and the median recorded DaysOnMarket value is 136 days. These are MLS-recorded fields, not an independently reconstructed listing history."

"10 Palm Beach houses are under contract in this snapshot, 3 of them with a recorded asking price below original; the group is too small to report a percentage. These asking-price fields do not disclose the agreed contract price."

Charts and source labels

Horizontal bar chart. Palm Beach houses 22.2%, Palm Beach County houses 41.2%; Palm Beach condominiums 27.7%, Palm Beach County condominiums 43.4%. Share of active listings asking below their original list price, October 18, 2026.

Seller Blink Rate™: share of active listings whose current asking price is below their original list price, Palm Beach versus Palm Beach County, houses and condominiums, October 18, 2026. Not a price history. Source: BeachesMLS via PBP Real Estate. Download PNG

Column chart of recorded cumulative days on market. Houses: 0-30 days 22.2%, 31-60 days 8.3%, 61-90 days 5.6%, 91-180 days 18.1%, 181+ days 45.8%. Condominiums: 0-30 days 26.5%, 31-60 days 16.8%, 61-90 days 9%, 91-180 days 16.8%, 181+ days 31%.

Active Palm Beach houses and condominiums by MLS-recorded CumulativeDaysOnMarket value, October 18, 2026. Shares use listings with a recorded value in that field; 63.9% of houses exceed 90 days. The field is not a reconstructed listing history. Source: BeachesMLS via PBP Real Estate. Download PNG

Horizontal bar chart of the share asking below original by current asking-price band, houses: Under $500K 0 listed, count only; $500K to $1M 0 listed, count only; $1M to $2M 1 listed, count only; $2M to $5M 0 listed, count only; $5M and up 22.5% (16 of 71).

Share of active Palm Beach houses asking below their original list price, by current asking-price band, October 18, 2026. Bands with 10 to 29 listings marked small; under 10 show a count only. Source: BeachesMLS via PBP Real Estate. Download PNG

Downloads and methodology

Journalist package: PDF · Plain text · ZIP with charts. Method: Seller Blink Rate™ method. Current edition. A later snapshot may differ; this file describes only the date above.

Palm Beach condominium association fees, October 18, 2026

Data as of October 18, 2026 (BeachesMLS pull 2026-10-18T10:02:49.950167+00:00) Live page with today's charts: Palm Beach condo fees. Every city: South Florida Condo Fee Index.

Headline options

  1. Palm Beach condo monthly association fees have a median of $2,124 in the retained usable-fee sample of 150 listings, 165% above the five-county median
  2. In Palm Beach's retained usable-fee sample (150 listings after exclusions and percentile trimming), 98% have monthly-equivalent fees of $1,000 or more and 0% are below $500
  3. Palm Beach's retained usable-fee sample (n=150): reported monthly-equivalent association fees range from $1,683 to $3,041 at the 25th to 75th percentiles

Lede

PALM BEACH, Fla., October 18, 2026 - Among 150 active condominium listings in Palm Beach retained after excluding unusable-fee records and trimming monthly-equivalent fees below the city's 1st or above its 99th percentile, the median monthly association fee is $2,124, with the middle half between $1,683 and $3,041, according to PBP Real Estate's analysis of BeachesMLS listing data as of October 18, 2026. There are 155 active condominium listings before those exclusions and trimming; the fee statistics describe the retained sample, not every property for sale. The city median is 165% above the separately trimmed five-county median of $800 and ranks 3rd among 69 published city medians.

Quotable

"The median monthly-equivalent association fee in Palm Beach's retained usable-fee sample (n=150), after exclusions and percentile trimming, is $2,124, compared with $800 in the separately trimmed five-county sample."

"Among Palm Beach condos in the retained usable-fee sample (n=150) after exclusions and percentile trimming, 98 percent have listed monthly-equivalent fees of $1,000 or more and 0 percent are below $500."

"Among 150 retained listings with a current asking price of at least $20,000 in Palm Beach's usable-fee sample after exclusions and percentile trimming, a year of reported association fees equals a median 1.73 percent of the current asking price (median of per-listing ratios)."

Charts and source labels

Dot strip chart in five county lanes. Palm Beach retained-sample median $2,124 a month (n=150); five-county median $800 (n=25,298, region-level trim).

Median monthly-equivalent association fee in the retained usable-fee sample after exclusions and percentile trimming, Palm Beach and the published comparison cities, grouped by county, October 18, 2026. City medians use city-level trimming; the five-county reference uses a separate region-level trim and is not a median of city medians. A published city requires at least 30 listings with a valid fee before percentile trimming; the retained sample size is stated on the chart. Source: BeachesMLS via PBP Real Estate. Download PNG

Column chart of the retained usable-fee sample by fee band: Under $250 0% (0 listings); $250 to $500 0% (0 listings); $500 to $750 0% (0 listings); $750 to $1,000 2% (3 listings); $1,000 to $1,500 18.7% (28 listings); $1,500 to $2,000 20% (30 listings); $2,000 and up 59.3% (89 listings).

Monthly-equivalent association fee bands for the 150 active Palm Beach condominium listings retained after unusable-fee exclusions and city-level 1st/99th-percentile trimming, October 18, 2026. Shares describe this retained sample, not all active listings. Source: BeachesMLS via PBP Real Estate. Download PNG

Column chart of median fee by recorded decade built: 1950s count only (7 listings); 1960s $1,780 (25 listings); 1970s $1,830 (58 listings); 1980s $3,107 (45 listings); 2000s count only (2 listings); 2020s count only (2 listings).

Median monthly-equivalent association fee by recorded YearBuilt decade among Palm Beach condominiums in the retained usable-fee sample after exclusions and percentile trimming, October 18, 2026. Each decade uses the retained records with a recorded construction year; decades under 10 listings shown gray with a count only. Source: BeachesMLS via PBP Real Estate. Download PNG

Downloads and methodology

Journalist package: PDF · Plain text · ZIP with charts. Method: South Florida Condo Fee Index method. Current edition. A later snapshot may differ; this file describes only the date above.

How to cite this release

Attribution: PBP Real Estate analysis of BeachesMLS listing data, listings as of October 18, 2026. For a figure that must not change after publication, cite the dated file names in the downloads above or the frozen monthly edition.

Comment and licensed quotes: Gia Freer, Broker of Record (Lic. BK689801), and Grant Freer, Owner and Broker Associate, 561-395-8418 · info@pbpre.com. How figures are sourced, reviewed and corrected: editorial and corrections policy.

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