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Housing permits · Florida

Orlando, FL building permits: new housing

1,975 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, -15% on the year before, with $490M of construction value.

1,975
Housing units, last 12 months-15% vs. prior 12: $490M
Construction value: 60%
In 5+ unit buildings1,178 units: 6.8
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 289,457

New housing units permitted per month

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Orange County Unincorporated Area4,968
Osceola County Unincorporated Area3,893
St. Cloud1,156
Lake County Unincorporated Area1,061
Apopka983
Clermont813
Kissimmee738
Sanford709
Minneola492
Altamonte Springs451
Eustis

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	60 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	128 units	71 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	99 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	324 units	265 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	204 units	54 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	195 units	84 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	433 units	377 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	364 units	301 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	376 units	252 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	100 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	43 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	354 units	264 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	57 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	163 units	96 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	148 units	112 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	161 units	100 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	98 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	403 units	336 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	44 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	73 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	307 units	270 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	74 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	93 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	781	781	$282M
2 units	8	16	$3.1M
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	20	1,178	$205M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	2,986	2,026	$690M
2024	1,970	1,037	$411M
2023	2,401	1,476	$489M

Key facts

Orlando, FL permitted 1,975 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $490,227,020 in construction value.
That is -15% compared with the 12 months before (2,326 units).
781 were single-family homes and 1,178 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (20 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $361,051.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 93 units were permitted.
It ranked #26 of 376 permit-issuing places in Florida by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 2,986 units were permitted ($690M).

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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