Best Home Builders in Broward County, FL: Ranked by Recorded Closings

Shopping for the best home builder in Broward County, FL? Below is every builder we can verify through builder-affiliated sales offices in contributing MLS feeds, ranked by new-construction closings (build year 2024 or newer) — with median prices, what each has on the market right now, and the communities where they build. D.R. Horton leads the county by recorded volume.

Broward County new construction at a glance

The builders, ranked by recorded closings

Methodology: closings and actives are counted from listings recorded by builder-affiliated sales offices in contributing MLS feeds, build year 2024 or newer, as of 2026-06-16. Builders who sell primarily outside the MLS may be undercounted, and volume is not an endorsement of build quality. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

Volume tells you who is active. It does not tell you who to hire.

A builder’s closing count tells you they can deliver homes in this county at scale — supply chains, trades and permitting all working. It does not tell you how they handle warranty claims, change orders, or a framing defect found at the pre-drywall walk. Before you sign: read the builder’s contract (it is not the standard Florida resale contract, and it is written by the builder’s attorneys), hire your own inspector for pre-drywall and final walks, and ask for addresses of homes delivered 12+ months ago so you can ask owners how service after closing actually went.

Negotiating with builders in Broward County

Builders protect base prices and negotiate with incentives instead: rate buydowns, closing-cost credits, design-center credits, or lot premium waivers. A $20,000 buydown and a $20,000 price cut are not the same deal — compare them properly with our builder incentive calculator. Then model the year-two tax bill (new construction is often taxed on the lot in year one, then reset to your purchase price) with the property tax after purchase calculator, and ask for the CDD assessment and remaining bond term in writing. An agent costs you nothing on a new build — the builder pays the commission — and an agent who has closed with these builders knows which incentives each will actually move on.

What it costs to own here

At Broward County’s typical combined millage of 19.84 mills, a purchase at $950,740 (the median recorded builder price) generates roughly $18,865 a year in property tax before exemptions — about $1,572 a month. Florida resets the assessed value to roughly your purchase price, so the seller’s current bill is not a preview of yours; a homesteaded owner then gets the $25,000–$50,000 exemption and the 3% Save Our Homes cap going forward. Citizens Property Insurance policies in Broward County average about $1,561 a year ($130 a month) — private-market quotes vary with roof age and wind mitigation, so price coverage before your inspection window closes. All-in, our county model puts the typical monthly cost of ownership in Broward County near $2,581 (principal and interest on the typical home, tax, and insurance).

Run your exact numbers: the property tax after purchase calculator uses Broward County’s verified millage, and the buyer closing costs calculator builds the full cash-to-close.

Demand and supply in Broward County right now

In the most recent IRS migration data (2022-2023), Broward County lost a net 13,129 people to relocation, with the largest inbound flows from NY, NJ, CA. Households moving IN reported average incomes of $90,662 versus $75,372 for those leaving — the income mix of demand, straight from tax filings. Population is up about 1.9% over the recent multi-year window. On the supply side, builders pulled 2,690 residential permits in Broward County in 2025 (712 single-family), up 62.5% year over year — against 4,069 at the 2021 peak. Permits are tomorrow’s inventory: a shrinking pipeline supports prices, a swelling one hands buyers leverage. Our valuation model reads the county as overvalued by about 15.6% versus its income-and-rent fundamentals.

The Broward County market, in context

Broward County sits between Miami-Dade and Palm Beach with Fort Lauderdale — the yachting capital of the world — at its heart. It offers a more attainable entry to the tri-county than Miami, a diversified economy spanning marine, cruise, aviation, and tech, and a nearly built-out landscape of established suburbs from Weston to Parkland.

The economy behind the market: {'drivers': 'the marine industry, tourism and cruise (Port Everglades), aviation, healthcare, and finance and tech', 'summary': "Broward's economy is unusually diversified for South Florida. Fort Lauderdale is the marine-industry capital — yacht building, refit, and the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show — while Port Everglades is one of the world's busiest cruise ports and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International is a major airport. AutoNation, a Fortune 500 company, is headquartered here, Broward Health and Memorial Healthcare anchor one of the largest public health systems in the country, and a growing tech and finance presence rounds it out.", 'employers': ['Broward County Public Schools (6th-largest district in the U.S.)', 'Memorial Healthcare System', 'Broward Health', 'AutoNation (Fortune 500 HQ, Fort Lauderdale)', 'Nova Southeastern University', 'American Express', 'Port Everglades', 'Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport'], 'jobNote': 'AutoNation is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale; Port Everglades is among the busiest cruise ports in the world.'}

What could change it: As coastal South Florida, Broward carries high insurance and hurricane/storm-surge exposure, with sea-level rise and king-tide flooding affecting low-lying areas. The county is largely built out, so new single-family supply is limited, and older condos face post-Surfside reserve and assessment requirements that must be checked before buying.

Near-term outlook: Expect steady demand as the tri-county's relative-value option, with modest near-term price movement. Insurance and affordability are the brakes, and the condo market remains the softest segment as assessments work through; well-located single-family in top-school suburbs stays the most resilient.

Run the numbers in Broward County

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• Buyer closing costs calculator

See also: New construction communities in Broward County.

Common questions

Builder figures are aggregates from contributing MLS feeds as of 2026-06-16, deemed reliable but not guaranteed; ranking reflects recorded closing volume only and is not an endorsement or quality rating of any builder. Equal Housing Opportunity.