Last updated September 2, 2026

Who Handles Probate and Inherited Property Sales in Boca Raton?

Short answer: Yes — PBP Real Estate handles probate and inherited-property sales in Boca Raton, working alongside the estate’s attorney, and our Broker of Record Gia Freer has been licensed in Florida since 2000 and prepares the written date-of-death opinions of value that estates need for their filings.

What is different about a probate sale in Boca Raton

Boca Raton brings two complications the rest of the county mostly does not have: mandatory-membership country club communities, where the membership question has to be answered before a buyer will commit, and a genuine luxury tier where a single unusual comparable can move an estate's opinion of value by a large sum.

Based on information from BeachesMLS for January 1 to August 31, 2026, retrieved 2 September 2026. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

Figures from our own BeachesMLS feed, retrieved 2 September 2026, across 1,505 active listings with a Boca Raton address. We publish them because an estate is paying insurance, taxes, association dues and maintenance for every one of those days, and that cost lands on the beneficiaries.

The two Boca Raton estates that behave completely differently

An inherited Boca Raton house and an inherited Boca Raton condominium are not the same sale, and the gap between them is currently the widest in the county. Single-family supply here is 3.2 months and the median house goes under contract in 24 days. Condominium supply is 8.4 months across 845 active listings, and the median condominium takes 53 days. An executor told to expect "about a month" because that is what the neighbours' house did will be badly served if the estate asset is a condominium.

For an estate that has to hold, insure and maintain a property until the court allows a sale, that difference is money. A house can often be prepared during the petition period and sold almost immediately on appointment. A condominium needs the longer runway built into the plan from day one, and pricing it as though it were a house is the most common way an estate loses six months.

Mandatory membership: the question that stalls Boca estate sales

Boca Raton has more mandatory-membership country club communities than anywhere else in Palm Beach County, and in those communities a buyer must join the club as a condition of ownership. For an estate sale that creates three practical problems that do not exist elsewhere:

• The buyer pool is narrower than the raw price would suggest, because the total cost of ownership is not just the purchase price.
• The association's approval and transfer process runs on its own timetable, which does not care about the estate's timetable.
• Any equity or refundable component attaching to the membership has to be established before the property is marketed, not during a contract. We identify which community the property sits in, confirm the requirement with the association, and put the answer in writing in the listing file.

We can tell you which communities carry a mandatory membership. We do not publish fee amounts, because they change and only the association can state them accurately — so we link you to the association rather than guess.

The opinion of value an estate actually needs

Estates usually need value as at the date of death, not value today. That is a different document from an ordinary market appraisal: comparable closings are drawn from the six to twelve months before the date of death, and sales after that date are not used simply because they exist now. We state the effective date of value on the face of the document so the historical cut-off can never be mistaken for the preparation date. Your attorney and your CPA will both want it in that form.

No automated estimate is published on this site, and no price we give an estate is produced by software.

How we work with the estate

1. Confirm who has authority to sign. Usually the personal representative appointed by the court. Nothing can be listed before that exists.
2. Written date-of-death opinion of value for the estate file.
3. An honest condition and repair assessment. Most inherited properties in Boca Raton do not need a renovation; they need clearing, cleaning, and two or three specific repairs. We will tell you which, and which are not worth doing.
4. Coordination with the attorney on court authority, beneficiary consents and timing.
5. A real launch, and weekly reporting to every beneficiary who wants it, so nobody is left guessing.

Once the court authority is in place, the sale itself follows the same disciplined process we use for every seller in Palm Beach County. You can read exactly how we prepare, price and market a home for sale before you commit the estate to anything.

How long the probate part takes

Formal administration in Palm Beach County typically runs nine to eighteen months, while summary administration usually closes in one to three — and the summary threshold doubled to $150,000 of non-exempt value on 1 July 2026, which moved a lot of estates into the faster route. The full timeline is on how long probate takes in Palm Beach County.

Related: our Palm Beach County probate hub · the Boca Raton market · information for probate attorneys · seller closing costs here

Questions and answers

Real-estate process only. This is not legal advice and it is not tax advice. Ask a Florida probate attorney about the estate and a CPA about anything to do with money, including the step-up in basis. We work alongside probate attorneys across Palm Beach County every week and can refer you to one.

Written and reviewed by Gia Freer, Broker of Record, PBP Real Estate, LLC · Florida broker license BK689801 · brokerage license CQ1064615. Last reviewed September 2, 2026.