{"id":111,"date":"2026-10-18T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/?p=111"},"modified":"2026-10-18T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T10:00:00","slug":"florida-home-permits-rebound-28-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/18\/florida-home-permits-rebound-28-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida home permits rebound 28% in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>August brought a surge in new-home activity across Florida, with 7,842 permits issued\u2014a 28% jump from July and nearly $2.9 billion in construction value. Tampa and Southwest Florida led the way, accounting for more than half of those permits, while Southeast Florida topped the charts for average permit value. As someone who\u2019s spent the last decade guiding buyers and sellers through the ups and downs of our market, I see numbers like these as more than just statistics\u2014they\u2019re a sign of strong demand and new opportunities, especially for families looking to make a move or invest in their future. My goal is always to help clients make sense of shifts like this, whether you\u2019re weighing your options as a buyer or considering the right time to sell. Clear information and steady support\u2014that\u2019s how we turn market changes into confident decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.floridarealtors.org\/news-media\/news-articles\/2026\/09\/florida-home-permits-rebound-28-august\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August brought a surge in new-home activity across Florida, with 7,842 permits issued\u2014a 28% jump from July and nearly $2.9 billion in construction value. Tampa and Southwest Florida led the way, accounting for more than half of those permits, while Southeast Florida topped the charts for average permit value. As someone who\u2019s spent the last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":417,"featured_media":112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/417"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions\/113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}