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Housing permits · Florida

Orange County Unincorporated Area, FL building permits: new housing

4,968 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, -18% on the year before, with $1.2B of construction value.

4,968
Housing units, last 12 months-18% vs. prior 12: $1.2B
Construction value: 57%
In 5+ unit buildings2,849 units: 5.5
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 897,822

New housing units permitted per month

Nearby places

Osceola County Unincorporated Area3,893
Orlando1,975
St. Cloud1,156
Lake County Unincorporated Area1,061
Apopka983
Clermont813
Kissimmee738
Sanford709
Minneola492
Altamonte Springs451
Eustis380

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	479 units	324 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	161 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	122 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	437 units	308 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	953 units	808 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	946 units	732 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	828 units	472 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	272 units	100 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	168 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	972 units	842 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	720 units	593 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	1,011 units	910 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	101 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	459 units	360 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	117 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	156 units	22 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	245 units	13 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	219 units	13 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	659 units	427 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	578 units	324 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	255 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	496 units	292 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	672 units	488 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	2,090	2,090	$705M
2 units	10	20	$4.4M
3–4 units	3	9	$2M
5+ units	65	2,849	$446M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	8,160	6,333	$1.8B
2024	3,968	1,793	$1.1B
2023	5,266	2,351	$1.3B

Key facts

Orange County Unincorporated Area, FL permitted 4,968 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $1,157,462,130 in construction value.
That is -18% compared with the 12 months before (6,058 units).
2,090 were single-family homes and 2,849 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (65 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $337,528.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 672 units were permitted.
It ranked #7 of 376 permit-issuing places in Florida by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 8,160 units were permitted ($1.8B).

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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Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford FL20,539
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