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

How much does it cost to build a house in Miami? The usual new home job filed with Miami is $648,376, from 760 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $450,126 and $850,000. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$648,376usual filed value
$450,126–$850,000middle half of firms' usual jobs
760priced permits (100% of 760)
311firms on file
648days, permit issue to final
Sep 2026records through

How much does it cost to build a house in Miami?

The usual new home job filed with Miami is $648,376, from 760 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $450,126 and $850,000. 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 648 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 760 priced permits across 311 firms, pooled into one. Half of Miami new home permits were filed between $440,000 and $871,000.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$272,0001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$440,0001 in 4 filed below
50th$648,000the middle permit
75th$871,0001 in 4 filed above
90th$1,320,0001 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 Miami-Dade (just value).

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $521,250$392,500102225
Middle third$521,250–$933,391$700,000102307
Upper third$957,775 and up$876,500102223

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.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle halfFinished
K.L.R Construction LLC3013$485,500$427,387–$699,00042.1%
Own Construction I LLC1412$760,000$600,250–$800,000—
Portobello Construction LLC2011$300,000$250,000–$306,43879.3%
Val Florida Inc1411$982,500$674,000–$987,800—
Admer Construction Group LLC1810$776,500$692,500–$837,500—
Diango Group Inc246$822,255$708,337–$1,001,25846.5%
CMG General Contractors Inc146$504,600$457,255–$656,145—
HB Construction Group LLC66$599,000$575,500–$651,938—
Metric Construction Group LLC175$700,000$500,000–$750,000—
Xenith Construction LLC145$828,750$669,463–$1,168,965—

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $700,000; the 298 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $654,750.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $957,775 and up) usually file $876,500, against $392,500 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 new home permits is filed under $272,000 and 1 in 10 over $1,320,000, 5 times as much.
  • 100.0% of the 760 permits carry a value; the 0 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 760 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Miami, 1 in 10 new home filed values sit under $272,000, the middle half between $440,000 and $871,000, and 1 in 10 over $1,320,000.

  • $1,720,000Above $1,320,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Miami.
  • $648,376Right at the usual $648,376: in the middle of the file.
  • $190,000Below $272,000: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule new home construction in Miami

Miami files the fewest new home permits in November (88 against an average month of 100) and the most in May (115). 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 Miami →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Miami building permits (since 2014). The window is October 2023 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.

Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Miami →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a new home job in Miami?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Miami new home firms usually file between $450,126 and $850,000 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.9 times apart and both be normal for Miami. 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 Miami?Half of permits were filed between $440,000 and $871,000; 8 in 10 between $272,000 and $1,320,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do home builders charge in Miami?The usual new home job is filed at $648,376; the middle half of firms usually file between $450,126 and $850,000. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $700,000, more than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Why do prices I see online differ from $648,376?$648,376 is the construction value contractors wrote on Miami 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 $876,500, the lower third $392,500. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?City of Miami building permits (since 2014), read October 2026. How the records work in Miami →

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