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.
944 Cypress Dr
Drag to compare the lot in 2024 with 2026. The pink line is the surveyed parcel boundary.
Where it stands
Last city record Oct 20, 2026The numbers
From deeds, the permit and the parcel roll- Lot purchase
- $2M May 2024
- Lot size
- 9,718 sf 0.22 acres
- Declared permit value
- $883K as declared; real cost runs well higher
- Home size
- ~5,988 sf under air from the permit’s plans
- Plan
- Not in the permit
- Flood zone
- AE base flood elevation 7–8 ft
- Waterfront
- Yes parcel touches a mapped waterway
- Ownership
- Company-owned lot likely a custom home
Against the market
Delray Beach · since 202111.5 months since the permit. A typical waterfront home in Delray Beach takes 25.9; the middle half take 21.3–31.1.
This lot cost $2M. The median new-build lot in Tropic Isle went for $1.8M (28 lots).
- This home
Middle half, Delray Beach waterfront
36 waterfront homes in Delray Beach permitted 2021–2023, from the permit application to the certificate-of-occupancy packet.
- Median
Construction log
14 city records- Second Floor or Higher Deck InspectionPassed
- Roof: truss drawings filedFloor/Roof Truss System Plans/Shop Drawings · Passed
- Tie/Rake/Bond Beam InspectionPassed
- Columns InspectionPassed
- Slab InspectionPartial Pass
- Grade Beam only InspectionPassed
- Foundation: termite pre-treatment certifiedTermite Treatment Report · Passed
- Form Board SurveyPassed
- Foundation: soil and pile report filedEngineer's Pile Log · Re-inspection required
- New-home permit issuedNew-Home Permit Issued · Issued
- Dock or seawall permitBoatlift-Dock-Seawall-Pile Permit · Issued
- New-home permit filedResidential New Construction Permit · Issued
- Dock or seawall permitBoatlift-Dock-Seawall-Pile Permit · In Review
- Demolition permitDemolition Permit · Issued
Permit BLDR-007546-2025 on Delray Beach eServices: “New SFR”
More new homes nearby
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