The Sunshine State is a major year-round destination for all sorts of amateur, collegiate and professional sports, with United States Tennis Association headquarters in Lake Nona, Orlando’s top master-planned community, as one example.
In fact, Florida’s sports calendar really booms during the winter, when the state’s temperate climate provides the perfect conditions to enjoy not only multiple sports, but holiday celebrations and warm-weather vacations that are a respite from colder areas of the U.S.
If winning the relocation game appeals to you, use the Sunshine State’s winter months to plan your move. Here’s how to score your new custom Florida home during Florida’s cool season.
Key Takeaways
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Florida’s real estate market stays active year-round, making winter a prime time to shop for a new custom home without spring’s peak-season competition.
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Enjoy extended time to explore communities, visit model homes, and plan design details, especially for seasonal residents or winter visitors.
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Cooler months often bring builder incentives and lower buyer traffic, creating potential savings and faster timelines.
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With communities across Florida’s top cities, ICI Homes makes it easy to combine winter fun with smart homebuying moves.
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It’s always open
Unlike other U.S. regions, Florida’s residential real estate market doesn’t hibernate. It’s usually wide open, except for a few quiet weeks during big end-of-year holidays.
But with thousands of new residents arriving annually, per the U.S. Census Bureau, and an ongoing national housing shortage, developers and builders such as ICI Homes keep residential construction going all the time!
More time to search
If you’re a seasonal resident, or Florida “snowbird”, spending winter here not only gives you more time to find your new custom Florida home, but also to go to contract and choose your design materials at an ICI Homes Design Center if you’d like to build from scratch with us.
Not a snowbird? Trying before you buy gives you a taste of real life in an ICI Homes master-planned community that piques your interest, along with a break from winter chill. You can snag this opportunity at two of our signature properties, Amelia National Golf & Country Club in Fernandina Beach, and Plantation Bay Golf & Country Club in Ormond Beach.
If you’re here for holiday celebrations or seasonal sporting events, piggyback a few visits to the nearest ICI Homes community. Known as Florida’s Custom Home Builder, we’ve built all over the state for more than four decades, with active divisions in the Daytona Beach, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa Bay and Sarasota metro areas.
More potential savings
Spring is the traditional house-hunting season, which means you could be competing with many more folks in the quest to score your new custom Florida home.
The field usually isn’t as frenzied in cooler months, when families might be loathe to uproot kids from schools for a move, or readying an existing home for sale amid ice and snow isn’t appealing.
Many builders also feature special incentives for buyers scouting their new custom Florida home during the holiday and winter seasons. This gives you the potential to score BIG savings on our inventory homes, homesites and/or design perks, before springtime competition rolls in.
Ready for your new custom Florida home? Talk to ICI Homes here.