Your back forty is on Lennar’s spreadsheet.
September 9, 2026 · from the county record, published agendas, SEC filings and licensed MLS aggregates
Builders shop a year before the model home opens, and they leave receipts. Lennar recorded 780 deeds in Hillsborough in twelve months, PulteGroup 288, and Ashton Woods is accelerating. The boards heard 227 land-use items in Hillsborough in 90 days, every one of them public. If you own acreage in the path, the worst move is selling before the approval next door lands, and the second worst is signing the first option contract you are handed. Five items from the deed and hearing record.
Five examples
- Hillsborough · Land Use Hearing Officer · September 14, 2026
Application Number: VAR 26-1216 Applicant: Vivian Mejia Location: 9935 E Fowler Ave Folio Number: 060846.0070 Acreage (+/-): 1.05 acres, more or less Comprehensive Plan: R-4 Service Area: Rural Existi…
- Pinellas · Planning And Zoning Commission Meeting · September 10, 2026
2 ORDINANCE NO. . AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PINELLAS PARK, PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A REVISED MASTER PLAN CONTROLLING DEVELOPMENT OF A MIXED USE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMEN…
- Pinellas · Planning And Zoning Commission Meeting · September 10, 2026
NOTE: The applicant is requesting a Major Planned Unit Development (PUD) amendment of PUD- 1224-00001 to modify the size and location of the previously approved 4,000 square-foot, one-story building t…
- Pasco · Board Of County Commissioners · September 9, 2026
P52 Zoning Amendment (Continuance) — Chanzep LLC - Chanzep MPUD Master Planned Unit Development - A Rezoning Petition Request From an A-R Agricultural Residential District to an MPUD Master Planned Un…
- Pasco · Board Of County Commissioners · September 9, 2026
P53 Zoning Amendment Substantial Modification (Continuance) - Palmetto Ridge MPUD – Palmetto Ridge Cattle Company LLC, EPG Palmetto Ridge Holding LLC, – Rezoning Request from an MPUD Master Planned Un…
Examples are public records: county appraiser parcels, recorded deeds, published agendas, SEC filings. No listing, photo or valuation of a specific home.
Five more answers
Which builders are buying the most land in Tampa Bay?
Lennar (780 deeds, Hillsborough, steady), PulteGroup (288 deeds, Hillsborough, steady), D.R. Horton (175 deeds, Hillsborough, slowing), David Weekley Homes (147 deeds, Hillsborough, steady).
Is rezoning activity up or down?
Hillsborough: 227 items in 90 days vs 269 a year ago; Pasco: 65 items in 90 days vs 68 a year ago; Pinellas: 87 items in 90 days vs 111 a year ago.
How many vacant lots are there?
Hillsborough 23,211, Pasco 38,612, Pinellas 8,110 vacant residential parcels on the appraiser rolls.
When should I sell acreage to a builder?
After an approval on your parcel or a neighbor’s; builders pay for entitled land and only option the rest.
Can you find land for a project?
Yes: the vacant-lot roll, each parcel’s zoning and the hearing calendar are joined in my system; tell me the use and the area.
Sources: Recorded deeds grouped into buyer families · County and city meeting agendas · County Property Appraiser vacant-land rolls · Cited press coverage for project stages. Homes for sale that fit this play: Proven.