Last updated September 2, 2026

Who Handles Probate and Inherited Property Sales in West Palm Beach?

Short answer: Yes — PBP Real Estate handles probate and inherited-property sales in West Palm Beach, 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 opinion of value estates need for their filings.

What is different about a probate sale in West Palm Beach

West Palm Beach is where Palm Beach County probate actually happens. The Fifteenth Judicial Circuit’s probate division sits in the Main Courthouse at 205 North Dixie Highway, and estates from Boca Raton to Jupiter are administered from that building. If you have inherited property in this city, the court and the property are in the same place, which is convenient, and it is also why local estate attorneys and personal representatives here tend to move faster than families elsewhere in the county expect.

The housing stock is the other difference. West Palm Beach spans a wider range than any other city we serve: historic single-family neighborhoods east of I-95, large blocks of older condominium inventory, and newer construction west of the city. That range means two inherited properties in the same city can behave nothing alike, and pricing one off the other is a mistake.

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 cost comes out of what the beneficiaries receive.

The two West Palm Beach estates that behave completely differently

Almost every inherited property we handle in this city falls into one of two patterns, and the right strategy is not the same for both.

• The older house east of I-95. Frequently a 1950s or 1960s home held by the same owner for decades, with an original roof, original windows and no impact protection. These properties sell, and often sell well, but the buyer pool splits between people who will renovate and people who need financing and insurance to work on day one. Roof age is usually the single fact that decides which pool you are selling to.
• The condominium. West Palm Beach currently has 948 active condominiums against 501 houses, and condominium supply stands at roughly 9.3 months against 5.2 for single-family. That is a meaningfully softer market, and an estate holding a condominium needs to know it before setting a price rather than after sixty days of silence. Add the association’s approval process for the buyer, the estoppel figure, and any open special assessment, all of which land on the estate.

Median days to contract runs 40 for houses and 58 for condominiums here, and for a condominium the association process runs on top of that. An estate working toward a court deadline should start the association enquiries in parallel with the petition, not after a contract is signed.

Structural reserves and assessments: ask before you price

Florida’s milestone inspection and structural reserve requirements have changed the economics of older condominium buildings across the county, and West Palm Beach has a great deal of older condominium stock. An open special assessment, or a reserve study that has not yet been funded, is a number a buyer will discover and price against. It is far better for the estate to establish that number first, put it on the table, and price accordingly, than to have it surface during a buyer’s due diligence and lose the contract.

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 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 West Palm Beach need clearing, cleaning and two or three specific repairs rather than a renovation. 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 West Palm Beach 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 counsel, never in place of counsel.

Who you are actually hiring for a West 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.

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.