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.
909 SE 5 Ct
Aerial from January 2026, before work began. The pink line is the surveyed parcel boundary.
Where it stands
Last city record Oct 16, 2026The numbers
From deeds, the permit and the parcel roll- Lot purchase
- $950K Dec 2025
- Lot size
- 6,001 sf 0.14 acres
- Declared permit value
- $387K as declared; real cost runs well higher
- Home size
- Not yet on the tax roll
- Plan
- 4 bd · 4 ba · 2 story
- Flood zone
- X
- Waterfront
- No
- Ownership
- Company-owned lot likely a custom home
Against the market
Fort Lauderdale · since 20217.6 months since the permit. A typical home off the water in Fort Lauderdale takes 24.4; the middle half take 18.7–31.2.
This lot cost $950K. The median new-build lot in Rio Vista went for $1.1M (81 lots).
- This home
Middle half, Fort Lauderdale off the water
80 homes off the water in Fort Lauderdale permitted 2021–2023, from the permit application to the certificate-of-occupancy packet.
- Median
Construction log
7 city records- Walls: block-wall inspection letter filedConcrete Masonry Unit (CMU) Letter · In Review
- Foundation: termite pre-treatment certifiedTermite Treatment Certification · In Review
- Foundation: spot survey filedSpot Survey · Complete
- EmailComplete
- Foundation: soil and pile report filedSoil Bearing Capacity Certification with Density Report or Pile Log · Complete
- MiscellaneousComplete
- New-home permit filedResidential New Construction Permit · Issued
Permit BLD-RNC-26030576 on LauderBuild: “New 2 story single family residence: 4 Bed 4 Bath 2 Car Garage”
More new homes nearby
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