How many quotes should I get for a new home job in Cape Coral?

At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Cape Coral new home firms usually file between $387,294 and $541,944 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.4 times apart and both be normal for Cape Coral. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.

What range is normal for new home jobs in Cape Coral?

Half of permits were filed between $358,000 and $513,000; 8 in 10 between $316,000 and $617,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.

How much do home builders charge in Cape Coral?

The usual new home job is filed at $416,297; the middle half of firms usually file between $387,294 and $541,944. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $412,890, about the same as the usual. See every firm's usual job

Why do prices I see online differ from $416,297?

$416,297 is the construction value contractors wrote on Cape Coral permits. Online figures are usually all-in ranges whose scope you can't check (design, fees, site work), and our file mixes small and large jobs of this type in one number. Use the spread above to see where a quote sits.

Do bigger houses get bigger bills?

In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $464,162, the lower third $398,341. That is firms, not single jobs.

Where does this data come from?

City of Cape Coral building permits (the city's open permit table starts January 2025), read October 2026. How the records work in Cape Coral

Cost to Build a House in Cape Coral, FL: Usual $416,297 (2026)

How much does it cost to build a house in Cape Coral?

The usual new home job filed with Cape Coral is $416,297, from 3,254 priced permits, January 2025 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $387,294 and $541,944. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A new home permit here usually takes 232 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 3,254 priced permits across 362 firms, pooled into one. Half of Cape Coral new home permits were filed between $358,000 and $513,000.

Percentile	Filed value	Reads as
10th	$316,000	1 in 10 permits filed below
25th	$358,000	1 in 4 filed below
50th	$415,000	the middle permit
75th	$513,000	1 in 4 filed above
90th	$617,000	1 in 10 filed above

By home value

Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: the Florida Department of Revenue tax roll for Lee County (just value).

Firms working on	Usual home value	Usual filed value	Firms	Permits
Lower third	under $44,413	$398,341	120	1,622
Middle third	$44,413–$113,615	$436,759	121	1,032
Upper third	$116,280 and up	$464,162	121	600

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

Firm	Permits	Last 12 mo	Usual	Middle half	Finished
D. R. Horton, Inc	322	215	$412,890	$332,073–$468,886	99.4%
JHS Builders LLC	391	186	$398,341	$359,054–$431,348	99.7%
Coaston Homes LLC	270	160	$338,184	$330,855–$383,275	97.7%
Sunlife Builders LLC	228	159	$441,692	$377,763–$545,364	97.9%
Adams Homes of NW FL Inc	91	67	$424,754	$382,471–$474,804	92.8%
JS Coral Construction Corp	66	40	$523,503	$455,075–$577,611	88.7%
Magna Construction Inc	53	29	$543,953	$490,100–$549,543	90.6%
Lennar Homes LLC	52	27	$342,830	$327,696–$386,539	97.9%
SN Construction LLC	53	21	$534,324	$351,707–$550,000	74.4%
Maronda Homes LLC of Florida	46	19	$460,208	$398,714–$560,502	94.9%

Why filed values run low or high

The 10 busiest firms usually file $412,890; the 302 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $467,618.
Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $116,280 and up) usually file $464,162, against $398,341 for the least expensive third.
One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 new home permits is filed under $316,000 and 1 in 10 over $617,000, 2 times as much.
100.0% of the 3,254 permits carry a value; the 0 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 3,254 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Cape Coral, 1 in 10 new home filed values sit under $316,000, the middle half between $358,000 and $513,000, and 1 in 10 over $617,000.

$802,000Above $617,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Cape Coral.
$416,297Right at the usual $416,297: in the middle of the file.
$221,000Below $316,000: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule new home construction in Cape Coral

Cape Coral files the fewest new home permits in December (79 against an average month of 100) and the most in March (119). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Cape Coral →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Cape Coral building permits (the city's open permit table starts January 2025). The window is January 2025 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.

Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.

The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.

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Common questions

How many quotes should I get for a new home job in Cape Coral?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Cape Coral new home firms usually file between $387,294 and $541,944 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.4 times apart and both be normal for Cape Coral. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
What range is normal for new home jobs in Cape Coral?Half of permits were filed between $358,000 and $513,000; 8 in 10 between $316,000 and $617,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
How much do home builders charge in Cape Coral?The usual new home job is filed at $416,297; the middle half of firms usually file between $387,294 and $541,944. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $412,890, about the same as the usual. See every firm's usual job →
Why do prices I see online differ from $416,297?$416,297 is the construction value contractors wrote on Cape Coral permits. Online figures are usually all-in ranges whose scope you can't check (design, fees, site work), and our file mixes small and large jobs of this type in one number. Use the spread above to see where a quote sits.
Do bigger houses get bigger bills?In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $464,162, the lower third $398,341. That is firms, not single jobs.
Where does this data come from?City of Cape Coral building permits (the city's open permit table starts January 2025), read October 2026. How the records work in Cape Coral →

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Cost to Build a House in Cape Coral, FL: what the permits say