ActiveWaterfront
$205,000,000
1491 N Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, FL 33480
Listed by Christian Angle Real Estate
Palm Beach · Luxury
Luxury Homes for Sale in Palm Beach, FL
Palm Beach is a barrier island town that runs the length of the Lake Worth Lagoon and often a few blocks wide. What you can build, change or even repaint is governed, and that shapes every purchase here.
Luxury listings
Luxury homes for sale in Palm Beach right now
ActiveWaterfront
$205,000,000
1491 N Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, FL 33480
Listed by Christian Angle Real Estate
ActiveWaterfront
$200,000,000
1980 S Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, FL 33480
Listed by The Corcoran Group
ActiveWaterfront
$195,000,000
1616 S Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, FL 33480
Listed by Christian Angle Real Estate
ActiveWaterfront
$185,000,000
911 N Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, FL 33480
Listed by Illustrated Properties LLC (We
ActiveWaterfront
$157,000,000
800 S County Road, Palm Beach, FL 33480
Listed by Premier Estate Properties Inc.
ActiveWaterfront
$105,000,000
920 S Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, FL 33480
Listed by Christian Angle Real Estate
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Market snapshot
81 active listings at $5,000,000 and up
Highest asking price right now: $205,000,000
Straight from the MLS feed on this page. It moves when the feed moves, and it is the only market number I publish here.
Where the luxury homes are
The Estate Section The widest part of the island south of Worth Avenue, holding most of the ocean to lake parcels. Many houses date from the 1920s Mediterranean revival period and carry landmark designations.
The North End North of the Palm Beach Country Club the island narrows and the lots get smaller and more regular. Construction runs from the 1950s through recent replacements, with ocean block and lake block streets alternating.
In Town and Midtown The blocks around Worth Avenue and the Royal Poinciana Way corridor, where houses, villas and low rise buildings sit together. Walkable, and the most tightly regulated part of the island for exterior work.
Everglades Island and El Bravo Park Made land in the Lake Worth Lagoon with dockage on many lots, reached by a single bridge. Build years run from the 1930s onward and the water is lagoon rather than ocean.
The South End The narrow southern stretch running toward the South Lake Worth Inlet (Boynton Inlet), largely low rise oceanfront buildings from the 1960s and 1970s, now working through their structural inspections.
Palm Beach is a town on a barrier island, and it governs itself in detail. The landmarks commission reviews designated properties. The architectural commission reviews design on most exterior work. The state coastal line governs the ocean blocks, and dock permitting governs the lagoon side. None of that is hidden, but it does mean the question here is rarely what a house looks like today. It is what the town will let it become.
So I start with three documents: the designation status, the survey with the coastal line drawn, and the permit record on the house and every accessory structure on the parcel. With those in hand we can talk honestly about a renovation, an addition or a replacement. Without them, buyers on this island regularly pay for a plan that was never going to be approved, and that is an expensive way to learn the rules.
What to check before you buy
What to check before you buy
Whether the house carries a landmark designation
Designated properties go through the landmarks commission for exterior change, and the review covers more than the front elevation. I pull the designation report before you start sketching an addition.
What architectural review will and will not approve
The town reviews design on most exterior work, including height, massing, roof material, walls and hedging. Two neighboring lots can have very different room to build. Read the rules while you still have an inspection period.
The seaward limit on an ocean parcel
On the ocean blocks the state coastal construction line and the dune system decide what can be rebuilt and where. A survey with that line drawn tells you what the parcel really is, which is not always what it looks like.
Dockage rules on the lagoon side
Docks on the Lake Worth Lagoon are permitted work with seagrass and setback constraints, and existing docks are not automatically replaceable at the same size. Confirm what is permitted, not just what is built.
Elevation, flood zone and a bound insurance quote
A 1920s house sitting low on an island lot prices very differently from a newer build raised above it. I want the elevation certificate and a bound quote inside the inspection period so the carrying cost is real.
Guest houses, garages and the accessory structures
Guest houses, garages and cabanas on these parcels frequently predate current code. The permit history tells you whether they are legal, legal nonconforming, or a problem waiting for a buyer.
FAQ
Palm Beach luxury questions
Where are the highest asking prices on the island?
On the ocean to lake parcels in the Estate Section, which hold ocean frontage and lagoon frontage on a single lot, and on the direct ocean blocks. Frontage on both sides of the island is the scarcest thing here. The number on this page comes live from the MLS feed.
How does Palm Beach compare with the Miami market?
Different product, not a different tier. Palm Beach is a low rise town of houses and small buildings with landmark and design review on most exterior work. Miami offers far more high rise inventory and far fewer restrictions on what you can rebuild. Tell me which you want to own.
Can I tear down a 1920s house and build new?
Sometimes, and sometimes not at all. If the property is designated, a demolition is a landmarks question, not a permit question. Even on an undesignated lot, the design review governs what replaces it. I check the designation status first, every time.
Is there dockage in Palm Beach?
Yes, on the lagoon side, most of it around Everglades Island, the El Bravo area and the lake block streets. The Lake Worth Inlet gives a short run to the ocean. What varies is what a specific dock is permitted for, which I verify with the town rather than the listing.
What makes a North End lot different from the Estate Section?
Size and shape. The North End is a regular grid of smaller lots on a narrow part of the island, so you are usually on an ocean block or a lake block rather than both. The Estate Section holds the wide parcels that can reach water on two sides.
Let us talk
Shopping Palm Beach at this level?
Tell me the budget and the must-haves. I will send the homes that fit, with the water, the building, and the carrying costs checked before you see them, in English o en español.