Royal Palms
Homes for Sale in Atlantic Beach, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
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Homes For Sale Right Now in Royal Palms
Live MLS inventory for Royal Palms. Every active listing, what is under contract right now, and the last 12 months of closed sales, refreshed twice a day. Closed comps beat an algorithm's guess every time.
Active · 9 daysTop listing
Active · 49 days
Active · 67 days
Active · 215 days
Active · 5 days
Active · 58 days
Under Contract · 12 days
Pending · 202 daysActive and pending Royal Palms listings as of 2026-10-28, priced high to low. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Tap any home to ask about it.
Royal Palms carries a median price of $550,000 against a median $410.82 per square foot — a premium that has more to do with the Atlantic Beach address than with size, since the typical home here runs a compact 1,349 square feet. Construction spans 1947 to 2024, and a median year built of 1961 tells you this is fundamentally an older-home market where recent builds and updated properties sit alongside untouched originals across the community's 602 homes, which is a big part of why pricing can vary so widely from one sale to the next.
The last 15 closings put the median days on market at 80, and the market heat score of 15 backs that up: this is a cooled-off stretch, with prices down 4.5% year over year even though the community is still up 347% since 2012. Active listings currently sit at zero, so sellers have essentially no competing inventory to price against, but buyers need to be patient and ready to move the moment something does come to market.
Figures in this note are as of July 14, 2026. The live market numbers elsewhere on this page update nightly and are newer.
Royal Palms right now
🟡 Balanced market. 3.6 months of supply and 25% of the inventory already under contract put buyers and sellers on roughly even footing.Why it matters: months of supply is how long today's inventory would last at today's sales pace; under-contract share is the portion of homes for sale that already have a buyer.Momentum Research analysis of realMLS records, as of October 28, 2026. Confidence: High (8 active and pending listings, 8 closed sales in 12 months).
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· Updated October 28, 2026 · Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Royal Palms market snapshot (as of October 28, 2026): the median sale price is about $540K ($358 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), a median 25 days on market for closed sales, and 3.6 months of supply, a balanced market.
Royal Palms is a community of 301 homes in Atlantic Beach, Duval County, built between 1960 and 2024 (median 1962), with a median living area of about 1,262 square feet. 64% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Royal Palms is a small, established Atlantic Beach neighborhood of 602 homes, where the age and condition of the housing stock — not new construction — is currently doing most of the work in setting price.
The setting & the homes.
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Who Royal Palms is best for.
Best for
- Buyers targeting an established Atlantic Beach location with a budget around the $550,000 median
- Buyers comfortable taking on an older home or evaluating recent updates, given the median build year of 1961 and a build range stretching back to 1947
- Buyers who can move quickly and flexibly once a home lists, given the current zero active-listing count
Probably not for
- Buyers who need a live selection of homes to tour and compare today
- Buyers who need more than the typical 1,349 square feet on a budget near the $550,000 median
- Sellers expecting last year's pace — the market heat score of 15 and a 4.5% year-over-year pullback point to a slower stretch
Housing distress & ownership in Royal Palms, Atlantic Beach
Who owns here, how much is not owner-occupied, and how much for-sale inventory is under distress.
Source: Momentum Realty Research. Ownership & parcels from the FL DOR 2025 tax roll; distress from MLS active-listing status/remarks; price from MLS closed sales. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Royal Palms on the map.
Every active, pending, and recently sold home, plotted. Toggle the layers and tap a home for the details.
Listing locations from realMLS. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Life at Royal Palms
- Maintenance Grounds · reported on 1 of 4 listings
- Restaurant · reported on 1 of 4 listings
- Fishing · reported on 1 of 4 listings
Community amenities as reported across realMLS listings in this community; deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Verify current amenities and access with the HOA.
How far is everything?
Everyday stops around Royal Palms are close: the nearest dining is about 1 minutes away.
- Cantina Louie · Dining1 min
- North Beach · Shopping1 min
- Aldi · Groceries2 min
- Jack Russell Park · Parks4 min
- Panera Bread · Coffee4 min
- Beaches hospital · Health10 min
Approximate drive times via Mapbox Search + Directions, 2026-07-03. Verify for a specific address.
Schools
- Duval County Public Schools
- Verify the zoned schools by address
- Magnet and choice options may be available
- Atlantic Beach Elementary SchoolFLDOE grade A · PreK-5
- Mayport Coastal Sciences Middle School · 6-8
- Duncan U. Fletcher High SchoolFLDOE grade A · 9-12
Grades are official Florida Department of Education school grades for 2025-26. Assignments are reported as of the 2025-26 year and can change; always confirm with Duval County Public Schools for a specific address.
Buying with schools in mind? We can confirm the exact zoned schools for any Royal Palms address.
The Royal Palms buying strategy.
If we were buying in Royal Palms today, this is the order of operations we would run for our clients.
Underwrite the condition first. Price the roof, HVAC, and systems honestly before judging any list price; condition swings value here more than square footage alone.
Match the home to real comps. Recent sales of similar condition and lot, not the asking price, tell you what a home is worth.
Move deliberately, not desperately. Neither side has a decisive edge, so a well-prepared, fairly-priced offer wins without overpaying.
Line up financing and inspection early. A pre-approval and an inspection plan let you act fast and negotiate from evidence.
Keep an agent in your corner. The listing agent works for the seller; we represent you and prepare a hand-built valuation before any offer in Royal Palms.
The Housing Stock Behind the Price
With homes built anywhere from 1947 to 2024 and a median build year of 1961, Royal Palms is not a single-vintage community — it is a mix of original mid-century construction, decades of updates, and newer infill, all averaging out to a median 1,349 square feet. That spread is exactly why a single median price or per-square-foot figure only tells part of the story here; the same $410.82 median per-square-foot rate can represent very different homes depending on age and condition.
A 69.8% homestead-exemption share across the 602 homes points to a base of long-held properties rather than a fast-turnover inventory, which lines up with the current snapshot of zero active listings. Combined with a median 80 days on market over the last 15 closings and a market heat score of 15, the data points to a market that moves in bursts rather than a steady drip of new listings.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Royal Palms. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Momentum Buy Score.
Our proprietary 0 to 10 read across the factors that decide how a home in Royal Palms buys, holds, and resells. Momentum Research; not an appraisal.
Momentum Intelligence Scores are our proprietary, qualitative assessment on a 0 to 10 scale, built from the record-level market data on this page. They are a framework for comparing communities, not a guarantee of future value and not advice on a specific home; unlike an automated value estimate they do not price your home, they grade the community on evidence you can inspect. Composite is the plain average of the 3 factors (6.6). Basis: Liquidity & Demand 3.6 months of supply; Owner Commitment 64% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 95.4% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
A community with homes ranging from 1947 to 2024 and zero active listings at the moment is not one you can price or shop by formula. It takes a local read to know how a given home's age and condition stack up against the $550,000 median, and it takes an agent watching this specific inventory closely to catch something the moment it lists, since there is currently nothing sitting on market to compare against.
Royal Palms in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
- No CDD
- HOA status not on record. Verify any dues before you offer
Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.
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Flood & Insurance Context
Of 17 sampled listing addresses in this community: 94% outside the FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area (Zone X/B/C); 6% in an A-series Special Flood Hazard Area zone.
Address-sampled; individual parcels vary - verify any specific address at msc.fema.gov. Check any address at FEMA's Flood Map Service Center, and see average home-insurance costs by Florida county.
Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, address-level lookups (n=17) · as of 2026-10
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | realMLS, refreshed twice daily (last: October 28, 2026) |
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending October 28, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR assessment roll (street-list match (5 streets, ZIP 32164/32233)) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-10-25 |
| Schools | 2025-26 district assignments + FLDOE school grades; verify with the district |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2026 (8 transactions analyzed) |
Verify the primary sources yourself: Florida DOR · U.S. Census · FEMA flood maps · Citizens Property Insurance.
Momentum Research figures are our own analysis of realMLS records; MLS data is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Methodology: how Momentum market scores are computed. Market metrics describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
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