Pensacola news, development and what it means for housing

What's being built, what's opening, what changed in the rules, and what it means if you own here or are on your way. Written weekly. The email version is free at the newsletter.

September 14, 2026What the Pensacola-area housing numbers aren't showing youPrices look steady on paper. I pulled every sale in Escambia and Santa Rosa since March, and three things underneath the headline number don't match it.September 11, 2026PCS to Pensacola: Should You Buy or Rent on a 3-Year Tour?Should you buy or rent on a 3-year PCS to Pensacola? The VA funding fee is 2.15% or 3.3%, Florida doc stamps are 0.70%, and that 4% round trip decides it. 2026 figures, sourced.September 10, 2026This week in Pensacola: Sept 11 – 17Blue Angels practice, the last Wahoos fireworks night, Flea Across Florida and a free movie on the beach. Everything worth doing in Pensacola Sept 11-17.September 9, 2026Do I Need to Be a Florida Resident by December 31, 2026?Florida's Amendment 3 would raise the homestead exemption to $150,000 in 2027 and $250,000 in 2028 — but only for people who were residents by December 31, 2026.September 2, 2026The Corner at Blue Angel and 98 Is Filling In. That's Worth More Than It Looks.A Publix anchored this corner last year. Now a dentist and a Dunkin' are going up around it — and that order tells you what the market already decided.September 1, 2026Costco Opened on Nine Mile Road. Here’s What That Says About the Area.Pensacola's first Costco opened where a Kmart died — and a new I-10 interchange is coming to the same road. What that means if you're buying out there.August 31, 2026Pensacola needs 3,700 shipbuildersPlus: $50M to clean up an 18-acre Superfund site, and the last hotel that will ever be built on Pensacola Beach