Real Estate

Housing is the region's running story: home prices, rents and the subdivisions spreading south into Osceola County and west into Lake County. The Chronicle tracks the market with Realtor.com and Zillow data, HUD rent benchmarks and Census Bureau figures on what Central Florida households pay to live here, and weighs flood risk with FEMA records.

Orange County homeownership rebounds to 59.2% but trails its 62.1% mark

The rate has recovered 3.5 percentage points from its 55.6% low after the housing bust, while the share of cost-burdened households has edged up from its low.

By The Orlando Chronicle Data Desk · Oct 11, 2026

Orange County homeownership rebounds to 59.2% but trails its 62.1% mark