Last updated September 2, 2026
Who Handles Probate and Inherited Property Sales in Royal Palm Beach?
Short answer: Yes — PBP Real Estate sells probate and inherited property in Royal Palm Beach, working alongside the estate’s own attorney. Our Broker of Record Gia Freer has been licensed in Florida since 2000 and prepares the written date-of-death opinion of value an estate needs for its filings. The estate is administered in West Palm Beach even though the property is in the Village, and Royal Palm Beach is currently the faster half of that equation: 3.2 months of single-family supply and a median 36 days to contract this year.
What is different about an inherited property in Royal Palm Beach
Royal Palm Beach is a Village in the central-western part of Palm Beach County, and most of its housing stock was built from the 1970s through the 2000s in platted subdivisions and planned communities. That matters to an estate for two practical reasons. First, comparable sales are genuinely comparable here in a way they are not east of I-95: a 1990s house in a Royal Palm Beach subdivision usually has near-identical neighbours that have sold recently, so a defensible value can be established quickly. Second, most of those homes sit inside a homeowners association, so the estate will need an estoppel figure and will have to satisfy the association’s transfer requirements before closing.
The other Royal Palm Beach reality is age of systems. Homes of this era commonly reach the estate with an original or first-replacement roof, older air conditioning and, in some cases, polybutylene supply plumbing. Those three items decide whether a financed and insurable buyer can purchase at all, which is a far bigger question for an estate than cosmetic condition.
| Royal Palm Beach, current market | Single-family | Condominium and townhouse |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 90 | 71 |
| Median asking price | $622,500 | $287,100 |
| Median closed price, year to date | $570,000 | $267,000 |
| Closed sales, year to date | 259 | 126 |
| Median days on market to contract, year to date | 36 | 48 |
| Median close price as a share of list | 98% | 97% |
| Months of supply | 3.2 | 3.5 |
Based on information from BeachesMLS for August 2026 and for January 1 through August 31, 2026, retrieved 2 September 2026. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Listings permitted for internet display.
We publish these figures because an estate pays insurance, taxes, association dues and maintenance for every one of those days on market, and that money comes out of what the beneficiaries finally receive.
Why the estate should not simply price to the neighbours
Royal Palm Beach houses have closed year to date at a median of 98% of the final asking price, and at a median of 36 days to contract, on 259 closings. That is a market where a correctly priced property transacts and an overpriced one is visible almost immediately. The trap for an estate is that the recent neighbouring sale was very often an updated house: same floor plan, new roof, renovated kitchen. An inherited home in original condition is not that property, and pricing it as though it were produces the slow, drifting listing that costs the estate carrying costs for months.
The honest method is the opposite. Establish what the property is, in its current condition, against closings of comparable condition, and decide from there which two or three repairs are worth doing.
The opinion of value an estate actually needs
Estates usually need value as at the date of death, not value today. Comparable closings are drawn from the six to twelve months before that date, and later sales 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 cannot 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
- Confirm who has authority to sign. Usually the personal representative appointed by the court. Nothing can be listed before that exists.
- Written date-of-death opinion of value for the estate file.
- Association enquiries started early. In Royal Palm Beach that means the estoppel figure, the transfer or approval requirements and any open assessment — requested in parallel with the petition, not after a contract is signed.
- An honest condition and repair assessment, with roof age, air conditioning and plumbing type addressed first because they govern whether a financed buyer can close.
- Coordination with the attorney on court authority, beneficiary consents and timing.
- A real launch, with weekly reporting to every beneficiary who wants it, so nobody is left guessing.
Once court authority is in place, the sale 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.
Where the probate part happens, and how long it takes
A Royal Palm Beach property is administered in the probate division of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, at the Palm Beach County Main Courthouse, 205 North Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach. Formal administration in this 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 ordinary Village 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 Royal Palm Beach market · information for probate attorneys · seller closing costs here
Questions and answers
Do you handle probate and inherited property sales in Royal Palm Beach?
Yes. PBP Real Estate handles probate and inherited-property sales in Royal Palm Beach and across Palm Beach County, working alongside the estate's attorney. Gia Freer, our Broker of Record, has been licensed in Florida since 2000 and prepares the written date-of-death opinion of value estates need for their filings. We provide real estate services only, not legal advice, and we work with the estate's own attorney rather than in place of one.
Where is probate filed for a Royal Palm Beach property?
In the probate division of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, at the Palm Beach County Main Courthouse, 205 North Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach. The Village of Royal Palm Beach has no separate probate court; estates for the whole county are administered from that building. Your probate attorney handles the filing itself, and questions about procedure and deadlines belong with them, because we provide real estate services only.
What is an inherited house in Royal Palm Beach worth?
For a sale, what matters is the current market: Royal Palm Beach single-family homes closed at a median of $570,000 year to date across 259 sales, at a median of 98% of list price and 36 days to contract, with the median active asking price at $622,500. Condominiums and townhouses closed at a median of $267,000 across 126 sales. For the estate's filings, what matters instead is value as at the date of death, which is a separate calculation from comparable closings before that date. Gia Freer prepares that document by hand from our own BeachesMLS data; no automated estimate is used.
Can we sell the Royal Palm Beach house before probate is finished?
Usually yes. The estate normally has to be opened and a personal representative appointed with authority to sign, but the sale itself does not have to wait for the administration to close. Depending on the will, the letters of administration and whether the beneficiaries agree, the property can often be marketed while probate continues. Your attorney will confirm what authority the estate actually has.
Does the homeowners association slow down an estate sale in Royal Palm Beach?
It can, which is why we start those enquiries at the same time as the petition rather than after a contract. Most Royal Palm Beach homes sit within an association, so the estate needs the estoppel figure, the transfer or approval requirements and confirmation of any open assessment. None of that is difficult, but each item has its own turnaround time and they are the most common avoidable delay we see in Village estate sales.
Should we renovate an inherited Royal Palm Beach home before selling?
Usually not a renovation, but do address the items that decide whether a financed, insurable buyer can purchase: roof age first, then air conditioning, then the supply plumbing in homes of this era. Beyond that, most inherited properties here need clearing, cleaning and two or three specific repairs. A full renovation spends estate money and estate time on work the market will not reliably pay back, and with a median of 36 days to contract the time cost is real.
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 counsel, never in place of counsel.
See what the property is worth
Gia Freer, our Broker of Record, prepares a written opinion of value from our own BeachesMLS data. No automated estimate is published on this site and no price here is produced by software.
Request an opinion of value or call 561-395-8418.
Probate in nearby cities
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For the county-wide process, the $150,000 summary administration threshold and the paperwork an estate needs, see our probate real estate hub for South Florida and how long probate takes.
Who you are actually hiring for a Royal Palm Beach probate sale
Personal representatives and estate attorneys are not looking for a brokerage, they are looking for a named broker who has done this before. At PBP Real Estate you work directly with the broker-owners, not a team or a call center.
- Gia Freer — Broker of Record, licensed in Florida since 2000 (broker license BK689801). Probate and inherited property is one of her core specialties, and she prepares the written date-of-death opinions of value estates need for their filings.
- Credentials: REALTOR; SFR (Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource), National Association of REALTORS; CDPE trained; member, BeachesMLS. Fluent in English and Spanish. Brokerage license CQ1064615.
- Track record: 759 closed transactions representing $201,574,127 in volume across Palm Beach and Broward County (BeachesMLS production report, all-time through 22 August 2026).
- How we work with the estate: alongside the estate's own attorney, never in place of one. PBP provides real estate services only — not legal or tax advice.
Families we have helped
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