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Sanford

Housing permits · Florida

Sanford, FL building permits: new housing

709 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, +8% on the year before, with $136M of construction value.

709
Housing units, last 12 months+8% vs. prior 12: $136M
Construction value: 54%
In 5+ unit buildings386 units: 11.5
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 61,508

New housing units permitted per month

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Minneola492
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In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	42 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	29 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	33 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	261 units	204 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	87 units	24 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	25 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	49 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	38 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	18 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	58 units	42 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	16 units	6 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	6 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	27 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	13 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	32 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	31 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	132 units	78 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	81 units	36 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	112 units	97 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	15 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	207 units	175 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	34 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	19 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	293	293	$79.5M
2 units	1	2	$497K
3–4 units	7	28	$2.4M
5+ units	38	386	$53.8M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	598	276	$137M
2024	642	420	$119M
2023	349	84	$85.5M

Key facts

Sanford, FL permitted 709 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $136,300,594 in construction value.
That is +8% compared with the 12 months before (656 units).
293 were single-family homes and 386 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (38 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $271,470.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 19 units were permitted.
It ranked #49 of 376 permit-issuing places in Florida by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 598 units were permitted ($137M).

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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Seminole County1,832
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford FL20,539
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