Lee County New Building Permits Increase

During January, contractors pulled 162 new building permits to build single-family houses. The estimated value of the permits pulled was about $35.3 million in unincorporated Lee County. That compares with 126 permits issued in December 2017 and 134 issued in January 2017, according to the Lee County Department of Community Development.

Also, during January, 26 multi-family units valued at about $3.8 million were permitted. That’s almost double the number pulled in December 2017 which was 16 and a significant increase over January 2016 when only six units were pulled.

Finally, there were 10 commercial units pulled valued at about $16.1 million during the month. And, compared to December of last year, this is a slight decline from about $19.5 million. However, it was almost double January of 2017 when approximately $9.6 million’s worth of permits were pulled.

Overall, Lee County Community Development issued 5,704 new building permits of all kinds in January.

January 2018 Naples Golf Guy Southwest FL Market Review

Lee County Real Estate Transactions Week of Dec. 30th

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