Ironhorse

It is still possible to sell your house at the highest achievable price, but the amount you net from the sale may not be the number on your wish list. The reality of our free market society is that supply and demand determines the price and in today’s real estate word, the buyer holds the cards. The supply of homes on the market is high with demand dwindling. The competition is stiff as buyers look at scores of homes before making a decision. Short sales and foreclosures contribute to decli... Read Full Post

More than half the homes for for sale in Palm Beach Gardens are priced under $300,000 as the 2011 winter season begins. These include single family homes in gated communities, country club homes, townhomes and condos. It is a fantastic time for buyers who have been on the fence, waiting for the bottom of the housing market in south Florida. The median price of a single family home in Palm Beach County is now down 45 percent from what it was in June 2006 when market prices peaked. And the medi... Read Full Post

Home sales in the Palm Beach Gardens area Ironhorse community turned brighter in late March when a private individual bought its bankrupt country club breathing new life into one of the area’s most delightful neighborhoods. In the months leading up to a late December bankruptcy filing, the club lost a protracted court battle by some residents fighting mandatory club membership for everyone living in the community. So now Ironhorse is a stand alone community surrounding a very attractive gol... Read Full Post

Palm Beach Gardens and Palm Beach County real estate may have reached its watershed at the end of 2009 as the number of homes sold increased 25 percent over sales number for 2008, but prices continue struggling to find a bottom point. More than 8500 homes sold throughout Palm Beach County in 2009 compared to just under 7000 selling in 2008. The majority of homes selling were in the lower price brackets, spurred on my government policies providing qualifying first time homebuyers with as much ... Read Full Post

While many communities throughout Palm Beach Gardens are seeing an increase in sales volume coupled with sliding home prices, Ironhorse Country Club has seen an increase in the number of homes sold with prices holding fairly steady. From January through August of 2008 there were just five homes sold in Ironhorse at an average of $163 per square foot. These included a $275,000 short sale and a $525,000 foreclosure. In 2009 from January through August there were eight sales in Ironhorse at an a... Read Full Post

With more than 750 homes on the market in some of Palm Beach Gardens area country club communities savvy buyers can find fantastic deals just about anywhere. Anxious sellers are lowering their prices to attract the right buyer and homes are selling throughout the area. Our overall sales numbers are increasing as prices begin to stabilize. Today it is possible to buy a home in trendy BallenIsles for less than the lowest priced home on the market in more moderate Ironhorse Country Club. With 12... Read Full Post

With the winter season winding down in Palm Beach Gardens, we are optimistic about home sales throughout the area this spring. We have already been contacted by many people who are coming to Palm Beach Gardens and surrounding areas during the next few months with the expressed purpose of buying a home. Traditionally, the winter season brings the highest number of sales in our area simply because there are more people here. But in the past few years we have also seen savvy buyers arrive in lat... Read Full Post

Golf enthusiasts often flock to Palm Beach Gardens for its wonderful selection of homes in a variety of country club communities. Today, with hundreds of homes available for resale, it pays to be selective about where you are looking. Consider Ironhorse Country Club, a small intimate neighborhood of just 324 homes, many abutting its championship Arthur Hills golf course and surrounded by natural beauty of the Loxahatchee Nature Preserve. There are 40 homes for sale in Ironhorse including five... Read Full Post

Home prices in Palm Beach Gardens and throughout Palm Beach County, have declined about 23 percent since the highest price point was achieved in 2005. At that time, the median price of a single family home in Palm Beach County was $421,500. Today that figure is $323,300. The median price reflects half the homes selling above and half selling below the stated number. If there is a bright spot in this news, it is the fact that from January 2008 through August 2008, sales prices declined just 6 ... Read Full Post

The prices of homes in Palm Beach Gardens' Ironhorse Country Club continue to come down, but the rate of decline is less than that of homes throughout Palm Beach County indicating a possible bottoming of prices in the community. Looking at home prices in Ironhorse from January 2008 through July 15, 2008 , we find prices declined about 7 per cent throughout the community when compared with the same period in 2007. The number of sales however have increased as buyers recognize great values avai... Read Full Post