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Housing permits · Florida

Highlands County Unincorporated Area, FL building permits: new housing

647 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, -14% on the year before, with $145M of construction value.

647
Housing units, last 12 months-14% vs. prior 12: $145M
Construction value: 0%
In 5+ unit buildings0 units: 7.8
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 82,836

New housing units permitted per month

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Highlands County673
Sebring- FL673
Florida159,666

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	136 units	80 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	49 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	62 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	53 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	38 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	51 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	44 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	94 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	81 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	84 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	60 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	67 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	55 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	55 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	42 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	65 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	51 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	63 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	42 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	35 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	50 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	75 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	47 units	0 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	635	635	$144M
2 units	6	12	$1.6M
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	0	0	—

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	729	0	$172M
2024	806	80	$168M
2023	624	52	$138M

Key facts

Highlands County Unincorporated Area, FL permitted 647 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $145,417,702 in construction value.
That is -14% compared with the 12 months before (752 units).
635 were single-family homes and 0 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (0 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $226,468.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 47 units were permitted.
It ranked #50 of 376 permit-issuing places in Florida by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 729 units were permitted ($172M).

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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