Momentum Housing Data · Home Values · Okaloosa County
PALM ESTATES (Niceville, FL): 11 recorded closings in the 12 months ending 2026-07-25, a 14-year price record, and the year-by-year record — every number from recorded MLS closings, none from an estimate model.
In the current window, median closings ran near original asking (98.6%); the median sale took 16 days (window ending 2026-07-25).
| Year | Median sold | Median $/sqft | Median DOM | Sold ÷ original ask | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $365,000 | — | 16 | 98.6% | 11 |
| 2025 | $362,000 | — | 23 | 98.6% | 9 |
| 2024 | $401,000 | — | 6 | 100.0% | 9 |
| 2023 | $368,750 | — | 4 | 100.5% | 8 |
| 2022 | $387,000 | — | 5 | 100.4% | 9 |
| 2021 | $299,000 | — | 5 | 100.0% | 15 |
| 2020 | $250,000 | — | 10 | 100.0% | 9 |
| 2019 | $224,900 | — | 21 | 100.0% | 5 |
| 2018 | $203,000 | — | 38 | 99.0% | 7 |
| 2017 | $199,900 | — | 29 | 97.8% | 11 |
| 2016 | $192,250 | — | 43 | 90.2% | 4 |
| 2015 | $165,500 | — | 71 | 98.7% | 8 |
| 2013 | $144,250 | — | 72 | 93.7% | 4 |
| 2012 | $144,900 | — | 60 | 95.6% | 9 |
Over the recorded series, PALM ESTATES’s median sold price moved from $144,900 (2012) to $365,000 (12 months ending 2026-07-25) — +152% over that span, with every year’s figure from recorded closings, not a model.
The recorded series starts in 2012 at $144,900. The 2020–22 run-up did what it did everywhere — PALM ESTATES’s median moved +72% from 2019 to 2022. Against the 2024 peak of $401,000, the current median stands at -9%. Annual sales volume here has ranged from 2 to 15 closings a year (10-yr average 9.3). With roughly 9.3 closings a year, PALM ESTATES’s medians move in steps, not curves — a handful of unusual sales can swing a year, which is why the sales count sits next to every figure above.
What actually trades here: 100% detached single-family in the current window.
At PALM ESTATES’s $365,000 median and Okaloosa County’s adopted 12.89 mills (FY2025-26), a home assessed at that price carries roughly $4,710 a year in property tax before exemptions, or about $4,200 with the full Florida homestead exemption — a buyer’s first-year figure; a long-time owner’s Save Our Homes cap can be far lower, which is one reason resale taxes jump at closing. Municipal and special-district millage varies inside the county; see the Okaloosa County tax page.
Momentum’s market-heat index for PALM ESTATES reads 39/100 (computed from DOM, sale-to-list, and absorption; 2020–21 peaked in the 70s here).
Cash bought 0% of recorded PALM ESTATES sales in the window ending 2026-07 (0 of 11) — a fact worth knowing before assuming every buyer needs an appraisal to close. The table above is the closed-sale record to price a PALM ESTATES home against; asking prices are an opening position, recorded closings are the value.
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Communities buyers shopping PALM ESTATES are also weighing (same ZIP), each on its own recorded 12-month closings. A median well above the neighbors is a ceiling to price against; well below is where the value argument lives.
| Community | Median sold | Median $/sqft | Median DOM | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDGEWATER VILLAGE NORTH | $365,000 | — | 36 | 3 |
| INDIGO VILLAGE | $359,750 | — | 16 | 4 |
| CAROL ANNE MANOR | $380,000 | — | 195 | 3 |
| VALPARAISO PINECREST 5 | $381,000 | — | 41 | 6 |
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