Weiss Clawson's Blog: Palm Beach Gardens homes for sale

The Weiss-Clawson Team will provide you with up to date real estate market reports on home sales in Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach Country and in any community that interests you. We provide these services routinely for our clients and are now putting these reports on our website.  Check us out!

 Market reports can help you determine when is the best time for you to buy or sell your home.

Thought generally heading down, there are some months when home prices and sales actually increased.  And while those following the market believe that we have at least one more year of declining home prices, sales figures are up, indicating that when priced right, homes will sell.

The Weiss-Clawson Team is a duo of award winning agents, focussed on providing…

Interested in buying a home in Palm Beach Gardens, but not living here now? 

Perhaps you are relocating to Palm Beach Gardens, West Palm Beach or somewhere in Palm Beach County. 

Or maybe you want a seasonal home to enjoy during the winter months.

Regardless of your motive, The Weiss-Clawson Team wants to work with you.

We have extensive experience working with buyers from out of the area and establish a strong relationship through telephone or internet contact.  We will consult with you to learn your motives for buying, your preferences in living space and what your lifestyle encompasses.

We will send you information on all homes that closely fit your needs. Or you can begin your search on our website.  We will meet you when you get to the area…

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Fall is a smart time to buy a home in Palm Beach Gardens, West Palm Beach or throughout Palm Beach County. And we are seeing more people, both seasonal and year 'round residents, looking at and buying homes. Prices are down more than 20 percent from the high price point in 2005 and sellers are getting anxious.

There is still a lot of homes on the market -- almost 30,000 -- single family homes, town houses and condos throughout Palm Beach County, and almost 2000 of those in Palm Beach Gardens.  Both short sales -- when the sales price of the house is less than the amount the seller owes on the mortgage(s) -- and foreclosures are further eroding home prices beyond the impact from oversupply of inventory.

Many smart buyers are coming…

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 percent.  And there were some months where prices increased, but the increases were not able to sustain. Prices have been up and down throughout the year. We hope that this indicates prices may be bottoming, but we need to look at sales during the next four to six…

If you are looking for a reasonably priced condo in North Palm Beach where you can keep your boat in the backyard, we have just listed that property in Hampton House.

This is a one bedroom, one bath condo on a canal off the intracoastal with access to the Atlantic Ocean within minutes.  And there is dock space available for condo owners.

The first floor unit has recently been renovated and updated.  With one bedroom, one bath and a large great room with a good sized dining area, the unit also has a screened in porch with overlooks the canal.  There is a lovely view of Singer Island from the porch.

Located at the eastern end of Northlake Boulevard east of US 1 (actually it is called Shore Court at that point), the condo is just a long chip shot away from…

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 available in this small and intimate country club community. 

Between January 1 and July 15, 2007 five homes sold in Ironhorse at an average dollars per square foot of $189.  Most of these homes were under 3000 square feet with just one over 4500 square feet.  Between…

If you are on the fence about continuing to rent for another year in Palm Beach Gardens, or your just not sure whether this is the time to buy that winter vacation home, come and take a look at all the wonderful homes home the market in Palm Beach Gardens this summer.

There are single family homes, condos and townhouses in country club communities, with water and/or golf views, on natural preserves or with garden views.  You can have a pool in your backyard or no backyard at all.  Cost of that new home can range from the $100,000's up in to the millions of dollars. 

Prices are down to the levels they were four years ago so there are many good deals to be inked.  There are many fine homes for sale just waiting for new owners, interest rates remain…

If you bought a single family home in Palm Beach Gardens, West Palm Beach or throughout Palm Beach County in October 2004, the market value of your home has run up and back down again.  There is virtually no appreciation in your home today.  In fact, if you are trying to sell now it may cost you money considering your closing costs.

The median sales prices of a single family home in Palm Beach County for the first quarter of 2008 is $334,500.  That is slightly below the $335,100 median sales price of a Palm Beach County single family home in October 2004, according to statistics released by the Florida Association of Realtors.   And the number of home sales in Palm Beach County is also down, about 11 percent in first quarter 2008 compared with first…