Last updated October 18, 2026

Short answer: Yes — PBP Real Estate sells probate and inherited property in Palm Beach Gardens, alongside the estate’s own attorney. Gia Freer, our Broker of Record, has been licensed in Florida since 2000 and prepares the written date-of-death opinion of value the estate needs for its filings. Palm Beach Gardens estates are usually higher-value than the county average — the median single-family closing here is $1,100,000 year to date — which raises the cost of getting the date-of-death figure wrong.

What makes selling an inherited property in Palm Beach Gardens different?

Palm Beach Gardens is a north-county city built around planned communities, many of them gated and a number of them golf communities with their own membership structures. For an estate this creates a specific sequence of work that does not arise in most of the county.

• Community documents come first. Estoppel figures, transfer or approval requirements, capital contribution or transfer fees payable at closing, and any open assessment. Each has its own turnaround, and together they are the most common avoidable delay in a Gardens estate sale.
• Membership is a separate question from the house. Where a community carries a mandatory membership, the terms, the transfer treatment and any refundable deposit are governed by that club’s own documents, and they differ from community to community. We read the documents for the specific community rather than assume; we do not publish fee figures for mandatory-membership clubs.
• The value spread is wide. Active single-family asking prices here have a median of $1,499,990 against a median closing of $1,100,000 year to date, which tells you the top of the market lists long and the middle transacts. An estate priced off the asking prices it can see online, rather than off closings, will sit.

Based on information from BeachesMLS for September 2026 and for January 1 through September 30, 2026, retrieved October 18, 2026. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Listings permitted for internet display.

An estate pays insurance, taxes, association dues, club dues where they apply, and maintenance for every one of those days on market. At Gardens price levels that carrying cost is not a rounding error, and it comes out of what the beneficiaries receive.

Why does the date of death figure matter here?

Palm Beach Gardens single-family homes closed at a median of $1,100,000 year to date, against $996,100 for the same period last year, across 922 closings. When values move at that level, the gap between the value on the date of death and the value on the day the estate finally lists can be substantial — and those are two different numbers with two different uses. The estate’s filings need the historical one. The listing decision needs the current one. Producing only one of them, or producing the wrong one, is the error we see most often in higher-value estates.

We state the effective date of value on the face of the document so the historical cut-off cannot be mistaken for the preparation date. Comparable closings for a date-of-death opinion are drawn from the six to twelve months before that date, and later sales are not used simply because they exist now. Your attorney and your CPA will both want it in that form.

No automated estimate is published on this site, and no price we give an estate is produced by software.

How do you work with the estate?

1. Confirm who has authority to sign. Usually the personal representative appointed by the court. Nothing can be listed before that exists.
2. Written date-of-death opinion of value for the estate file, with the effective date stated.
3. Community and club documents requested immediately — estoppel, transfer requirements, fees due at closing, open assessments, and how membership is treated on a transfer.
4. An honest condition and repair assessment. Most inherited Gardens properties need clearing, cleaning and a short list of targeted repairs rather than a renovation; at this price level presentation and roof and impact-protection status usually matter more than a new kitchen.
5. Coordination with the attorney on court authority, beneficiary consents and timing.
6. A real launch, with weekly reporting to every beneficiary who wants it.

Once court authority is in place, the sale follows the same disciplined process we use for every seller in Palm Beach County. You can read exactly how we prepare, price and market a home for sale before you commit the estate to anything.

Where does probate happen and how long does it take?

A Palm Beach Gardens property is administered in the probate division of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, at the Palm Beach County Main Courthouse, 205 North Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach. Formal administration in this county typically runs nine to eighteen months, while summary administration usually closes in one to three; the summary threshold doubled to $150,000 of non-exempt value on July 1, 2026, although at Gardens values many estates will still be outside it. The full timeline is on how long probate takes in Palm Beach County.

Who signs depends on how the estate is set up: see the personal representative's guide to selling a house in Florida probate. If the house was the decedent's homestead, the heirs sign rather than the personal representative; see homestead property in a Florida probate. And if the family is not of one mind, see when heirs disagree about selling an inherited house. Once the sale closes, what the heirs owe in tax is set by the stepped-up basis; and if the property is a unit, see selling an inherited condominium.

Related: probate and inherited property in Jupiter · our Palm Beach County probate hub · the Palm Beach Gardens market · information for probate attorneys · seller closing costs here

Questions and answers

Real-estate process only. This is not legal advice and it is not tax advice. Ask a Florida probate attorney about the estate and a CPA about anything to do with money, including the step-up in basis. We work alongside probate counsel, never in place of counsel.

Who are you hiring for a probate sale in Palm Beach Gardens?

Personal representatives and estate attorneys are not looking for a brokerage, they are looking for a named broker who has done this before. At PBP Real Estate you work directly with Gia Freer, Broker of Record, and Grant Freer, Owner and Broker Associate.

• Gia Freer — Broker of Record, licensed in Florida since 2000 (broker license BK689801). Probate and inherited property is one of her core specialties, and she prepares the written date-of-death opinions of value estates need for their filings.
• Credentials: REALTOR; SFR (Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource), National Association of REALTORS; CDPE designation in 2012 (earned with Grant Freer); member, BeachesMLS. Fluent in English and Spanish. Brokerage license CQ1064615.
• Track record: Gia and Grant Freer have closed 764 transactions and $203,032,127 in sales volume since 2000 (Flexmls, October 1, 2026).
• How we work with the estate: alongside the estate's own attorney, never in place of one. PBP provides real estate services only — not legal or tax advice.

The same Palm Beach County process, with each city's own house and condominium figures: probate real estate in Boynton Beach; probate real estate in Lake Worth; probate real estate in Wellington; probate real estate in Royal Palm Beach.

Published by Gia Freer, Broker of Record, PBP Real Estate, LLC · Florida broker license BK689801 · brokerage license CQ1064615. Last updated October 18, 2026.