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Classes will be offered in both Spanish and English in West Palm Beach aiming to help educate new homeowners on the process of buying a home. The first class, to be offered in Spanish, is scheduled for Feb. 8. The second will be offered in English on Feb. 15. Both courses will cover the basics of the housing market.

They will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Debthelper’s offices, 1325 N. Congress Ave. in West Palm Beach. The cost is $25 per household. The two classes are the only to be offered in the month of February, and if there is a strong reception of the program than there will likely be more frequent classes added throughout the year.

There is definitely benefit to a course like this, and the West Palm movers know that education is a strong combatant to foreclosure and other real estate and financial woes. Learn more at Debthelper.com.

Real estate is booming here in Palm Beach, and a site off of South Dixie Hwy is going to be the location for 35 town homes and 11 carriage houses. The project, known as, The Villas on Antique Row, a new boutique residential community on the former Goodwill site in West Palm Beach, is set for a grand opening Jan. 25 that will showcase three furnished model homes. West Palm locals are excited to see residential growth in this area of town.

The homes, which range in space from 1,800 square feet to 2,700 square feet are selling for between the low $300,000’s to $489,900. The land has been a vacant lot since 2006 when the old Goodwill store was razed and moved south to the 5400 block of Dixie. At the time, another developer had plans for 82 condominiums and townhomes, and 14,000 square feet of shops. The West Palm movers are excited for this project unveiling and will keep you posted on the development as it continues to grow!

According to the Sun Sentinel, GL Homes was the busiest builder last year in Palm Beach County, with 605 single-family housing starts throughout Palm Beach. In Broward, that position goes to Lennar Corp, with 237 housing starts.

The Palm Beach county movers have found there was a lot of new construction in the area as South Florida markets continue to grow to meet demand. Here are Metrostudy’s rankings of the top builders by housing starts in each county for 2013:

Palm Beach County

1. GL Homes 605

2. DiVosta Homes 214

3. Minto 180

4. Lennar 178

5. K. Hovnanian 126

Broward County

1. Lennar Corp. 237

2. CC Devco 235

3. Standard Pacific Corp. 152

4. D.R. Horton 73

5. Minto Communities 65

Fewer than 1,000 home transactions in Palm Beach County last year were “flips”, a 14 percent decrease from 2012 and a likely result of steadily increasing sale prices cutting into potential profit. This means a lot of local investors who bought properties with the intention of remodeling and flipping are becoming fewer and farther between, likely due to the strengthening of the local Palm Beach real estate market and the disconnect between work on a home and the profit margin.

Even the famous house flipping company We Buy Ugly Houses is having a tough time in Palm Beach.  Wall Street investors and well-funded hedge funds have all got into the home-buying market in recent years hoping to buy low, rent out, and sell when real estate fully recovers. Jacksonville had a 92 percent increase in flipping in 2013. Statewide, Florida flips were up 6.4 percent from 2012. The average growth profit on a flip in Palm Beach County last year was $67,265, up from $50,065 in 2012.

The sale has closed on the enormous Jupiter, FL estate Michael Jordan purchased recently, and he hasn’t wasted any time in requesting the permits to make it even bigger. Jordan applied for a permit to add 3,000 square feet to the 37,000 square foot estate in the Bear’s Club golf community. The addition would connect the main house to a cottage on the 3-acre property. Despite the size of the property, you might be surprised to know that it’s still substantially smaller than his Chicago home, which ranked in at 56,000 square feet. The Jupiter movers have found that the Chicago home, which failed to reach its reserve at auction last month has been re-listed for $16 million.

The Bear’s Club also has a familiar athletic face that plans to build a home on a recently purchased property plot, none other than tennis champ Serena Williams. Jordan’s home is believed by some to be the biggest house in South Florida, despite plenty of competition.

Following the end of the semester this December, the off-campus housing division of Florida Atlantic University will have their hands full as they try to put 150 student leases into place, which is about three times the typical amount of students usually seeking housing at this point in the year. FAU has room for about 4,000 students on the Boca Raton campus, but many FAU undergrads end up getting their own place after about a year, which is typical in many university settings throughout the country.

FAU is located conveniently off of I-95, so there are a lot of commuter students who choose to live in other areas of South Florida. Within 2 miles of campus, a one-bedroom apartment rents for about $950 a month, Sklar said. If students look north to Delray Beach or Boynton Beach, the Boca Raton student movers have found that they usually can find a one-bedroom for $875.

From 2003 to the end of 2013, ore than 3,300 condo units have been sold in the West Palm Beach and downtown areas, leaving only about 115 downtown condos from the real estate building boom that remain available for interested buyers. The Palm Beach condo movers have found that the low supply has spurned the discussion of new projects in the area, despite the fact that the international demand is higher in Broward and Dade counties.

Currently, the total number of proposed condo units in South Florida is about half as much as the amount of condos from the housing boom. West Palm Beach ranks second of the South Florida markets with 11 towers and more than 1,800 newly proposed condo units, and Sunny Isles Beach ranks third with a dozen proposed towers and nearly 1,650 new condos.

As the real estate market continues to grow after the recession, some properties that have sat on the market for extended periods of time are finally getting snatched up and changing hands. Homes that were listed for $5 million just a few years ago are attaining buyers as price cuts on par with today’s market are a more appealing price tag, with cuts by several million in the closing price. In Palm Beach, the demand for high quality homes is high while inventory remains low.

The Palm Beach Gardens movers have found that buyers are entering competitive bidding for properties that seem under-valued, but are as less keen to bid on homes that are too expensive to start with. For successful real estate sales in Palm Beach, the price has to be right—or at least, in the right realm for negotiations.

December 7^th, a Wellington equestrian estate will hit the local auction block, as reported by the Sun Sentinel. The property was recently listed for sale on the Palm Beach MLS for over $6.5 million, but it now will be auctioned at or above the reserve price of $2.75 million. The home, named Wild Orchid Estates, includes a main residence with more than 5,700 sq. ft. of luxurious living space, with 4 bedrooms and 4.5 baths, while a separate guesthouse offer an additional 750 sq. ft., 1 bedroom and 1 bath. The property is located in the gated Homeland development which is located fairly close to the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, which hosts the annual Winter Equestrian Festival.

Previews are available Thursday through Sunday leading up to the auction date. Local Palm Beach real estate auction company Platinum Luxury Auctions and also Illustrated Properties are teaming up to auction off the property. Outdoor living areas feature a vast loggia with multiple lounge areas, fireplace, flat-screen televisions and a surround sound audio system. The resort-style, saltwater pool boasts a stunning rock waterfall, waterslide, swim-up wet bar, and a hot tub grotto with its own television and audio system. The Wellington local movers encourage you to check out the property and don’t forget to head to the auction house December 7^th to try your luck at this impressive Palm Beach County estate.

The housing market in Palm Beach is hot, hot, hot, and the short span of time that homes are spending on the market are a clear indicator of this. According to real estate data, 20.4 percent of Palm Beach County homes sold within two weeks of listing on the MLS, making it the fastest pace for selling since 2010—for comparative purposes, 10.8 percent of homes in the area sold at that rate in September 2012. Anyone who has tried to buy a home in the Palm Beach County area has probably seen the brevity with which homes are moving, and sales are speeding up throughout South Florida, including Broward and Dade Counties.

The percentage of homes selling at that rapid rate aren’t even enough to make Palm Beach the fastest selling homes in the US—according to Redfin Real Estate Data, San Jose, California has almost 50 percent of their homes being snatched up within two weeks. Other areas topping ours? San Francisco, Austin, San Diego, Phoenix, and Atlanta. Despite the fact there are still a fair amount of vacant homes in the area, the residential moves in Palm Beach are competitive and climbing in the area, even for homes with missing appliances and striped interiors.