16 Friday Mar 2012
Posted in Palm Beach Real Estate
Il Sogno, Palm Beach
It can’t be helped. When you own a historic house, it comes with history.
And, sometimes, that history not only helps explain a house’s details but also provides insight into the people who put them there.
Take, for instance, Il Sogno, Catherine and Frederick Adler’s Mediterranean-style house that stands on an ocean-to-lake lot at 1520 S. Ocean Blvd. in Palm Beach. Franklyn Smith commissioned noted society architect Marion Sims Wyeth to build the home in 1924.
08 Thursday Mar 2012
Posted in Palm Beach Real Estate
Town-wide, total dollar sales volume of single-family homes and condos/co-ops increased $73,988,994 (+10.86%) from $680,942,681 in 2010 to $754,931,675 in 2011, according to The Evans Report: Fourth Quarter 2011, which includes the 2011 year-end review.
28 Tuesday Feb 2012
Posted in Palm Beach Real Estate
Residents of the Town of Palm Beach joke that you never realize how young you are, or how poor, until you visit Palm Beach. Barron’s PENTA magazine ranks the Town of Palm Beach at 15th in their 20 Best Places For Second Homes article this March.
Brokers tell PENTA that houses not moving tend to have poor layouts or generally need work or are often sandwiched by developments or neighbors in bankruptcy or foreclosure. No fixer-uppers, thank you. The theme these days is “location, quality/condition, location.”
Town of Palm Beach
Median Price 2010: $2.7 million
Median Price 2011: $2.58 million
20 Friday Jan 2012
Posted in Florida Real Estate, International Buyers
New York and South Florida’s residential market was buoyed by an influx of foreigners last year. But a new player could be emerging from the Far East: China.
“Although [South Florida is] a long way from China, we have become very trendy, and we’re on the trendy map,” Realtor Jeanne Nicastri said.
15 Sunday Jan 2012
Posted in Florida Real Estate, Palm Beach Real Estate
High-end homes are selling again, thanks to a resurgent stock market, falling prices and the growing realization that the once-shaky economy has stabilized.
But don’t call it a boom. In contrast with the mansion-buying frenzy that peaked in 2008, shoppers this time around are driving hard bargains.
Palm Beach County had 517 sales of houses and condos for $1 million or more in the first nine months of 2010, up 13 percent from 457 transactions during the same period in 2009, according to the county property appraiser.
04 Wednesday Jan 2012
Posted in Palm Beach Real Estate
Home prices may have fallen across Palm Beach County in the third quarter, but the mansions in Palm Beach did just fine.
The median price on the island hit $2.775 million in the July-to-September period, up 22 percent from a year ago, according to The Evans Report, an analysis by Palm Beach lawyer Leslie Evans.
29 Thursday Dec 2011
Posted in Palm Beach Real Estate
A new look and a younger feeling that’s what builder Paul Wittmann and interior decorator Jack Fhillips had in mind for Wittmann Building Corp.’s latest high-end oceanfront “spec” home at 102 Banyan Road.
“When my partner, Peter Callahan, and I purchased the property, we wanted to create a fresh, clean and crisp look,” Wittmann says.
While researching, he came across a photograph of Rosedon, a small boutique hotel in Bermuda that had once been a private residence.
“It was striking — painted white with white roof and blue shutters and awnings,” Wittmann says. “I gave the photo to Michael Perry of MP Design & Architecture and said, ‘Give me this to build.’”
15 Thursday Dec 2011
Posted in Palm Beach Real Estate
The five-bedroom Mediterranean-style house was originally listed at $7.95 million.
Read More (Palm Beach Daily News)
10 Saturday Dec 2011
Posted in Miscellaneous, Palm Beach Real Estate
Rich people like living around other rich people. Palm Beach is the top zip code according to the Gadberry Group. The study ranked average income and household net worth.
08 Thursday Dec 2011
Posted in Palm Beach Real Estate
The home at 161 Clarke Ave. Palm Beach has just been sold for $4.25 million. It was originally listed for $6 million and later dropped to $5.45 million.
The property is just down the street from Midtown beach. Architect Marion Sims Wyeth designed the 1968 house.
