Known for its vibrant main drag with shops and restaurants, and a tennis center that hosts major tennis and pickleball tournaments, Delray Beach just added a new bragging right. Its popular two miles of free and lifeguarded beaches were named the #1 best beach in Florida by USA Today’s Readers’ Choice. Delray also has oceanfront hotels, bars, and restaurants. All that activity reflects continually growing housing choices in the town just north of Boca Raton with the motto “village by the sea.”
Lang Realty keeps track of fast-moving sales of condos, bungalows, townhouses, homes in private golf and country clubs suburban 55+ communities, and waterfront estates. There’s also hard-to-find new construction in South Palm Beach County.
With an office in Delray Beach, Lang Realty specializes in real estate in Delray Beach, waterfront condos, the Lake Ida area, and historic homes. So, if you have pinpointed a property and you’re moving to Delray Beach FL, here’s some news you can use:
What’s the cost of living in Delray Beach Florida? The city’s budget year with annual taxes and fees ends September 30.
Here’s property ownership information
Here’s new resident information including parking permits, garbage and recycling, water, and utilities.
Delray Beach is famous for its 100-foot Christmas tree lighting, July Fourth activities, and sand sculpture contest. If you’re bringing a family or just want to keep busy, here are some things to do in Delray Beach:
Atlantic Avenue from Swinton Boulevard east to A1A at the beach is full of restaurants, shops, and bars with live music including nightlife. Here’s the downtown district’s link to all Delray Beach activities.
Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens is a tranquil oasis that offers strolling gardens, a teahouse, exhibits, programming and events from drumming to a kimono fashion show that is the legacy of land owned by a former Japanese farming community.
Arts Garage is the hub for live music, comedy, theater, visual arts and arts education in the area.
Delray Beach Playhouse community theater with plays, off-Broadway musicals, cabaret, concerts, and children’s theater.
Spady Museum Cultural Heritage Museum chronicles Black history in Palm Beach County with events, programming, ‘Ride & Remember” bus tours and exhibits.
Old School Square restored the historic campus with Cornell Art Museum, Amphitheatre, Vintage Gym, the Park and Crest Theatre building.
South County Civic Center in a park with free tai chi.
Wakodahatchee Wetlands is an outdoor nature preserve on a 50-acre wetland with a 0.75 mile boardwalk.
