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Lee County
Cape Coral

Housing permits · Florida

Cape Coral, FL building permits: new housing

2,291 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, -8% on the year before, with $958M of construction value.

2,291
Housing units, last 12 months-8% vs. prior 12: $958M
Construction value: 17%
In 5+ unit buildings393 units: 11.4
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 200,972

New housing units permitted per month

Nearby places

Lee County Unincorporated Area6,542
Fort Myers1,521
Bonita Springs332
Estero village80
Fort Myers Beach town57

Also see

Lee County10,862
Cape Coral-Fort Myers FL10,862
Florida159,666

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	294 units	72 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	207 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	176 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	177 units	10 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	388 units	230 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	233 units	16 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	194 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	228 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	198 units	12 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	213 units	12 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	186 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	185 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	134 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	140 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	358 units	200 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	140 units	10 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	187 units	13 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	163 units	6 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	104 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	206 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	190 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	199 units	26 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	285 units	133 in 5+ unit buildings

By building size

Last 12 months. Value is the construction cost reported on the permits.

Building size	Buildings	Units	Value
Single-family	1,780	1,780	$845M
2 units	59	118	$31.7M
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	9	393	$81.5M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	2,406	285	$972M
2024	3,397	658	$1.2B
2023	3,995	1,839	$834M

Key facts

Cape Coral, FL permitted 2,291 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $958,232,699 in construction value.
That is -8% compared with the 12 months before (2,494 units).
1,780 were single-family homes and 393 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (9 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $474,763.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 285 units were permitted.
It ranked #20 of 376 permit-issuing places in Florida by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 2,406 units were permitted ($972M).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, data through September 2026. New privately owned housing units authorized by building permits, including the Bureau’s estimates for places that didn’t report; commercial buildings and renovations are not counted. How we use it

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