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.
October 16, 2026Pensacola apartment sales are down 73% this yearPensacola metro apartment-complex sales fell 73% to $77.7 million through August 2026, and the average price per unit fell 27% to $108,670, per Yardi Matrix via Multi-Housing News. Bowden Cos. bought The Emory for $24.1 million.
October 7, 2026A hurricane watch just changed your closing dateHurricane Watch for Escambia and Santa Rosa counties: what a storm does to a closing, why insurers stop writing new policies, and where to get free sand today.
October 1, 2026This week in Pensacola: Oct 2 – Oct 8The last Bands on the Bayou, lawnmower races in Milton, a free songwriters finale downtown and the festival's move to the beach. Everything worth doing in Pensacola Oct 2 - 8.
September 24, 2026This week in Pensacola: Sept 25 – Oct 1Seafood, lionfish and salsa all take over downtown the same weekend, plus Gabriel Iglesias and the first night of the Songwriters Festival. Everything worth doing in Pensacola Sept 25 - Oct 1.
September 18, 2026Costco Was the Big One. Here's What's Moving In Behind It on Nine Mile Road.A doughnut shop in an old car wash, an arcade bar, a card store and a third drive-thru coffee stand. What one road tells you about that side of Pensacola.
September 17, 2026This week in Pensacola: Sept 18 – 24Gallery Night turns into a Latino festival, 200 Corvettes on the sand, a jazz weekend downtown and the last Blue Angels practice on the September schedule. Everything worth doing in Pensacola Sept 18-24.
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
October 7, 2026A hurricane watch just changed your closing dateHurricane Watch for Escambia and Santa Rosa counties: what a storm does to a closing, why insurers stop writing new policies, and where to get free sand today.October 1, 2026This week in Pensacola: Oct 2 – Oct 8The last Bands on the Bayou, lawnmower races in Milton, a free songwriters finale downtown and the festival's move to the beach. Everything worth doing in Pensacola Oct 2 - 8.September 24, 2026This week in Pensacola: Sept 25 – Oct 1Seafood, lionfish and salsa all take over downtown the same weekend, plus Gabriel Iglesias and the first night of the Songwriters Festival. Everything worth doing in Pensacola Sept 25 - Oct 1.September 18, 2026Costco Was the Big One. Here's What's Moving In Behind It on Nine Mile Road.A doughnut shop in an old car wash, an arcade bar, a card store and a third drive-thru coffee stand. What one road tells you about that side of Pensacola.September 17, 2026This week in Pensacola: Sept 18 – 24Gallery Night turns into a Latino festival, 200 Corvettes on the sand, a jazz weekend downtown and the last Blue Angels practice on the September schedule. Everything worth doing in Pensacola Sept 18-24.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