Rising
Rising: permitted and not yet finished, with a live permit (the city extends it at each passed inspection) or city records in the past 90 days
Custom
Custom: a company owns the lot, but nothing on record says it’s being built to sell.
281 SW 14 Way
Aerial from January 2026. The lot looked much the same in January 2025. The pink line is the surveyed parcel boundary.
Where it stands
Last city record Apr 15, 2025The numbers
From deeds, the permit and the parcel roll- Lot purchase
- $591K Sep 2021 · part of a $1.84M deal for 3 parcels
- Lot size
- 7,762 sf 0.18 acres
- Declared permit value
- $460K as declared; real cost runs well higher
- Home size
- Not yet on the tax roll
- Plan
- 4 bd · 4.5 ba · 2 story
- Flood zone
- AE base flood elevation 6 ft
- Waterfront
- Yes parcel touches a mapped waterway
- Ownership
- Company-owned lot likely a custom home
Against the market
Fort Lauderdale · since 202118.9 months since the permit. A typical waterfront home in Fort Lauderdale takes 33.1; the middle half take 26.6–39.9.
This lot cost $591K. The median new-build lot in Sailboat Bend went for $592K (10 lots).
- This home
Middle half, Fort Lauderdale waterfront
95 waterfront homes in Fort Lauderdale permitted 2021–2023, from the permit application to the certificate-of-occupancy packet.
- Median
Construction log
1 city record- New-home permit filedResidential New Construction Permit · Issued
Permit BLD-RNC-25040338 on LauderBuild: “NEW 2 STORY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE- 4 BEDROOMS, 4.5 BATHROOMS WITH A 2 CAR GARAGE (NO ELEVATOR)”
More new homes nearby
Also close by: 1695 SW 4 St · 1501 SW 4 Ct · 1501 SW 5 Ct · 400 SW 12 Ave · 404 SW 12 Ave · 408 SW 12 Ave