Palm Shores · Selling
Selling an inherited home in Palm Shores
The probate steps in order: who can sign, what the court needs, and when the home can be sold.
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Palm Shores is one of the smallest towns in Brevard, between Melbourne and Viera.
If someone you love has died and left you a home, you may be grieving and handling paperwork at the same time. Walking through their rooms, deciding what to keep, and answering calls from lawyers, lenders and relatives can be exhausting. There is no right way to feel about it, and there is no shame in needing help.
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What this means in Palm Shores
- The typical owner-occupied home in Palm Shores is worth about $351,600, 4% above the Brevard County typical value. At about 6–8% total selling costs, that is roughly $21,100–$28,100 on a typical sale here; your own number depends on your price and mortgage.
- Court papers for probate, divorce and foreclosure cases in Palm Shores are filed with the Brevard County Clerk of the Circuit Court, which has offices in Viera, Titusville, Melbourne, Palm Bay and Merritt Island. Recorded deeds and the property's sale history are on the Brevard County Property Appraiser site.
What’s different for you
- Find out which probate applies. Florida has a short probate for estates of $150,000 or less (raised from $75,000 on July 1, 2026) (or when the owner died more than 2 years ago) and a full one for the rest.
- Hire a Florida probate attorney. The personal representative needs one in almost every case.
- Get the court’s OK to sell. Letters of Administration, and a court order if the home was a protected homestead or the will doesn’t allow a sale.
- Send title the court papers. So nothing waits at closing.
When you start in CloseHive from this page, your plan already includes these steps, along with the usual ones for selling in Palm Shores. You always see what to do next, and your agent handles the how.
Palm Shores in numbers
- The typical home here is valued at about $351,600, close to Brevard County as a whole ($339,600).
- The typical home here was built around 1997, about 29 years ago. Ask about the roof's age early, because Florida insurers look at it closely.
- 88% of homes are lived in by their owners, more than the county's 77%. Homes here change hands less often, so good ones can go quickly.
- So few homes in Palm Shores are rented that the Census can't report a typical rent here. Nearly every home is lived in by its owner, so listings come up less often than in bigger cities.
At a typical Palm Shores price of about $350,000, Florida's deed tax is $2,450 and the owner's title policy is about $1,825. Typical value here is 4.5 times the typical household income, compared with 4.3 for the county.
Questions people ask
Can I sell an inherited house before probate is finished?
Often the personal representative can sell once the court gives them authority; your probate attorney confirms what your estate needs.
What is a protected homestead?
In Florida, a home the owner lived in can have special protection when they leave a spouse or minor child, which can limit who receives it and how it is sold.