Palm Beach County’s luxury contracts and asking dollar volume rose again last week, appearing to shake a mid-season lull.
Buyers signed 28 contracts between April 6 and April 12 for luxury properties in Palm Beach County, according to Douglas Elliman’s Eklund-Gomes team. The homes that went pending last week total $203.2 million in asking dollar volume and averaged 102 days on the market. The previous week, buyers signed 26 contracts totaling $198.4 million.
The report tracks signed contracts for single-family homes and condos asking $3 million or more in the Beaches MLS. It identified 30 new listings, and 1,254 active listings on the market.
Of the properties that went pending last week, 19 were single-family homes, and nine were condos. The average asking price for the condos was $5.6 million, or $1,656 per square foot. They spent an average of 79 days on the market.
The average asking price for the single-family homes was $8 million, or $1,578 per square foot, and they spent an average of 131 days on the market.
The most expensive home to find a buyer last week was the 4,900-square-foot home at 350 Seabreeze Avenue in Palm Beach, asking $16.9 million. Records show the sellers are Meira and Justin Besikof, who bought the property for $7 million in 2023.
Justin Besikof is the president of Wayzata, Minnesota-based Madeira Partners and a specialist in middle market mergers and acquisitions. The Besikofs built the five-bedroom, five-bathroom house this year, the listing shows. It also has one half-bathroom and a pool.
The couple listed it for $17 million last year, Zillow shows. Chris Leavitt with Douglas Elliman has the listing, along with Justin Besikof who is licensed with Besikof Realty PB.
The next most-expensive listing to go pending last week was the 4,100-square-foot home at 220 Esplanade Way in Palm Beach, asking $15 million. Records show the seller is a Florida entity named for the address and managed by Boston attorney Andrew Stempler. The LLC bought the home for $10.3 million in 2023 and started renovations in 2025, according to property records. The house was built in 2008 on 0.3 acres and includes four bedrooms, four bathrooms, one half-bathroom and a pool.
It hit the market for $15 million in February, Zillow shows. Samantha Curry with Elliman has the listing.