Luxurious residence gross sales have taken off since Donald Trump’s re-election, and Palm Seaside, Florida, residence to his Mar-a-Lago resort, is on the middle of the increase, Mansion World reported Thursday.
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Luxurious residence gross sales have taken off since Donald Trump’s re-election, and Palm Seaside County, Florida — residence to his Mar-a-Lago resort — is on the middle of the increase, Mansion World reported Thursday.
And, up to now, the luxurious increase hasn’t proven indicators of slowing down — in Palm Seaside County, no less than.
Knowledge from Douglas Elliman’s New Signed Contracts market report reveals that gross sales of single-family properties priced at $5 million or extra tripled in January in comparison with the earlier yr.
Offers from properties priced at $10 million or extra additionally spiked, rising from simply three in January 2024 to 13 this yr. In November and December alone, there have been 19 transactions above $10 million — greater than triple the six recorded throughout the identical interval the earlier yr.
Palm Seaside has been on the middle of this luxurious increase, racking up $419 million in closed gross sales since November, with one other $213 million in pending offers, in accordance with Senior Luxurious Actual Property Advisor of Premier Property Properties Margit Brandt.
“We have undoubtedly seen a huge bump after the election,” Brandt mentioned, as reported by Mansion World. “Some international buyers now have their sights set on Palm Beach, so we’ve expanded the buyer pool majorly.”
Mar-a-Lago | Christine Davis, CC BY 2.0/Wikimedia Commons
Notable offers close to Trumps’s resort embody Fox Information host Sean Hannity’s $14.9 million townhouse buy and the sale of an unfinished spec residence for $19.5 million in January, lower than half of its authentic $45 million asking worth.
Nonetheless, the gross sales increase didn’t lengthen past Palm Seaside. Miami-Dade County, Florida and Broward County, Florida noticed contract signings for single-family properties drop by over 45 p.c in comparison with January 2024. Miami Dade noticed simply 10 offers above $5 million — half of final yr’s complete — whereas Broward recorded solely two.
“Newly signed contracts for single-family homes and condos decreased after experiencing annual growth in the previous month for the first time in a year,” the report acknowledged in reference to Miami Dade, whereas it had been even longer for Broward County.
Apartment gross sales additionally took a success in each counties, dropping by 36.9 p.c in Miami-Dade and 45.7 p.c in Broward. In the meantime, Palm Seaside County was the exception, seeing an 11 p.c improve in apartment gross sales.
Past the luxurious gross sales increase, Trump’s re-election has introduced a wave of modifications to the housing market. His administration has pushed insurance policies reminiscent of tariffs on Canadian and Mexican items and a federal funds freeze, which might form the market’s trajectory transferring ahead.
