Darrell Hofheinz

These photos show it's not always smooth sailing when residential design projects go before the powerful Palm Beach Architectural Commission.

In the second quarter of 2025, Palm Beach saw robust real estate sales at lower prices than a year ago, according to a new round of sales reports.

Palm Beach's architectural board has already approved plans for a new mansion planned for a lakefront estate that just sold for $86.5 million.

Just listed at $18.9 million, a Palm Beach house ripe for renovation or replacement at 145 Clarendon Ave. is in the Mar-a-Lago security zone.

The sellers of 245 Atlantic Ave. in Palm Beach bought the house in 2017 for $4.6 million and just sold it for more than double that price.

The Palm Beach season is over but there has been plenty of sales action in recent weeks.

TV handyman Bob Vila and wife Diana Barrett close the $11.5 million purchase of a Palm Beach house after selling their larger home on the lake.

Preliminary estimates for the new tax rolls show a milder increase in Palm Beach's property values after several boom years.

Sellers in Palm Beach deal recorded at $17.95 million had bought the Wells Road home in 2018 for less than $7M and then completely remodeled it.

Seaside 'spec' house just fetched $38.75 million in Palm Beach. It was built and sold by a company managed by trash mogul Anthony Lomangino.

A house at 1072 N. Ocean Blvd. in Palm Beach sells privately for $30 million, on the tail of an off-market, $18 million sale of the home next door.