Lantana New Construction Homes (2026)
Updated November 11, 2026
Lantana is a two-square-mile town, and its new-construction market splits cleanly in two with essentially nothing in the middle. At one end, new townhomes from about $464,000 at roughly $300 per square foot. At the other, new waterfront and near-waterfront houses from about $6.9 million to about $13 million at roughly $1,540 to $1,990 per square foot. As of November 11, 2026 there was no active new single-family listing between those two poles. The town's general 35-foot building height limit and its small land area are most of the reason why, and understanding that split is the whole job on this page.
The short version, if you only read one section
If you want new construction in Lantana at a price that resembles the rest of inland Palm Beach County, you are buying a townhome at Everton, and that is a genuinely reasonable thing to do. If you want a new single-family house here, you are buying waterfront or near-waterfront at a per-foot number that competes with Delray's best streets, because that is the only new single-family product the town is producing.
What does not exist in Lantana right now is the middle: a new four-bedroom house on a dry lot for $1.5 to $3 million. Buyers come in looking for exactly that, and the honest answer is that the inventory is not there. It is in Boynton Beach, in west Delray, and in Royal Palm Beach. In Lantana it is not.
Two markets, one town
That is not a market with tiers. That is two separate markets that happen to share a post office. The blended average per square foot across all active new construction in town works out near $888, and I want to be direct about something: that average is a useless number. Nothing in Lantana is selling at $888 per square foot. It is the arithmetic midpoint of a $300 product and a $2,000 product, and if you see that figure quoted anywhere as the Lantana new-construction price, it is describing a house that does not exist.
Counts and prices change weekly. The live MLS search below this article is current and includes both single-family homes and townhomes, because in this town leaving the townhomes out would show you almost nothing.
Everton: the only new construction in Lantana at volume
Everton is a gated townhome community by Pulte Homes at 6749 Moda Lane, Lantana 33462. It is the only place in town where new construction is happening at any real scale, and it is the reason a buyer with a budget under $600,000 has a new-construction option in Lantana at all.
Two points worth making plainly. First, the no-CDD item is not a marketing throwaway. A great many new communities in Palm Beach County carry a community development district assessment on top of the HOA, and it can run into the thousands annually for decades. Its absence here is a real difference in carrying cost that a buyer comparing Everton against a CDD community should actually calculate rather than skim past.
Second, the listed homes at Everton have moved. Some currently show prior higher asking prices and builder incentives. That is useful information about where the builder is in its release schedule, and it is the kind of thing worth knowing the current state of before you walk in rather than after. Townhome plans at a community this size are released in phases, and which phase is open changes what is actually buyable.
One thing to verify yourself: Pulte markets Everton under both Lantana and Lake Worth addressing, and the MLS records the active listings under Lantana. If the municipality matters to you for any reason, confirm the jurisdiction on the specific address in the contract rather than relying on the community name.
The new houses, and why they are all on or near the water
Both active new single-family listings in Lantana are waterfront or a short walk from it. That is not a coincidence and it is not a quirk of one week's inventory. It is the economics of a two-square-mile coastal town that was largely built out decades ago.
When the only available lots are infill lots in an established town, the land cost is high and effectively fixed. A builder recovers that cost by building the largest and best-finished house the lot and code allow. On a dry interior Lantana lot the numbers are difficult. On a lot with Intracoastal or canal frontage they work, because the frontage carries a premium that the land cost can be set against. So the new houses get built on the water, and the dry lots mostly get renovated instead of replaced.
About $6.9 million
Roughly 4,470 square feet, six bedrooms, a 2026 build year, on W Marbella Lane. About $1,543 per square foot. This is the entry point for a new single-family house in Lantana.
About $13 million
Roughly 6,510 square feet, five bedrooms, eight baths, a 2025 build year, on Hypoluxo Island. About $1,996 per square foot, which is the highest new-construction per-foot figure in any town I cover. Island waterfront with one road in is an inherently scarce product and prices accordingly.
Hypoluxo Island, in plain terms
Hypoluxo Island sits in the Intracoastal between the mainland and the barrier island, and part of it falls within Lantana. For new-construction purposes it matters for one reason: it is where the highest-value new building in town happens, and the supply of lots is finite in a way that is easy to verify by looking at a map.
If the island is what you are after, the practical advice is that the lot drives the result far more than the house does. Frontage type, water depth, dock permitting and bridge clearance to the ocean are the variables that set value, and they vary substantially lot to lot. A house of identical size and finish is a different asset on a wide-water lot than on a narrow canal with a fixed-bridge constraint. I keep a separate page on Hypoluxo Island homes for sale with the broader market there.
Why Lantana does not have more new construction
Three structural reasons, all verifiable, all permanent enough to plan around.
- The town is about two square miles. Lantana was incorporated in 1921, when it covered about one square mile and had roughly 100 residents, with 22 people voting in the first election. It is about two square miles today. There is no undeveloped frontier here.
- The general height limit is 35 feet. Lantana generally limits buildings to 35 feet, with exceptions. That rules out the mid-rise and high-rise condominium product that has absorbed most of the new residential supply in West Palm Beach and Boynton Beach, which is why Lantana's new housing arrives as townhomes and houses instead.
- What is left is infill. With no new frontier and a low height ceiling, new supply comes from redeveloping specific parcels one at a time. Each one is its own approval process, and each one is small.
For a buyer, the honest read on that is favorable if you already own here and unfavorable if you are trying to buy new. Constrained supply supports existing values. It also means waiting for more new-construction options to appear is a poor strategy, because the pipeline that would produce them is narrow by design.
What is actually under development in town
The project to watch is on Ocean Avenue. In December 2025 Lantana town leaders indicated support, at a workshop and without a formal vote, for a seven-story mixed-use project by Kenco Communities at 210 E. Ocean Avenue, with a hotel as the main component plus a restaurant, retail space and a parking garage of roughly 100 spaces. Town leaders said traffic studies would be completed before any final decision.
Note what that is and is not. It is workshop-level support, not an approval, and it exceeds the town's general 35-foot height limit, which the reporting did not describe as formally changed. I am including it because a buyer looking at new construction in a town this small should know what is proposed near the downtown core, not because it is settled. If you are buying within sight of Ocean Avenue, look at the application yourself before you commit.
What per-square-foot comparison actually tells you here
Lantana's new houses are the most expensive per square foot in the table, above Jupiter and Wellington, and roughly double Delray Beach. That is a small sample of two properties and it is driven almost entirely by waterfront, so do not read it as a statement about the town as a whole. Read it as a statement about what kind of new house gets built in a built-out coastal town: a large one, on water, finished to the top of the market.
Builder inventory that never reaches the MLS
Most of what a builder has for sale is not in the MLS. Quick move-ins, newly released plans and homes on lots that have not broken ground are routinely sold off a builder's own list without ever being entered as a listing. At a phased townhome community that is the normal way inventory moves, which means a buyer working only from public portals is looking at a slice of what is actually buyable in Lantana this week.
I hold a branded builder portal that searches that inventory directly. Registering through it also records me as your broker with the builder from your first visit. That sequencing is the part people get wrong: the agent sitting in the model center represents the builder, not you, and once you have walked in unrepresented it is difficult and sometimes impossible to undo.
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New construction or a recent resale in Lantana
The answer differs sharply depending on which of the two Lantana markets you are in.
At the townhome end, new is usually the stronger buy. There is very little townhome product in this town from the last ten years, so the resale alternative is older stock with a roof and systems of unknown remaining life, in a state where roof age drives insurance pricing hard. A new build at about $300 per square foot with no CDD assessment is a straightforward proposition.
At the waterfront end, it is a real decision. A well-kept house built in the last ten to fifteen years on comparable Lantana frontage generally trades well below $1,500 per square foot. What the new-construction premium buys you is current code, impact-rated glazing throughout, a roof and systems with full service life ahead, insurance pricing that reflects a new build, and no deferred maintenance to inherit, which on a waterfront property also means the seawall and the dock. That last item is not small: seawall condition and remaining life on an older waterfront house can represent a very large expense that no listing square footage discloses.
I have written the same comparison from the condominium side in older resale or new build in South Florida.
Coastal lot questions specific to Lantana
- Elevation and flood zone on the specific lot, not the street. In a town this close to the Intracoastal, designations change over short distances and they drive insurance.
- Seawall and dock on any waterfront purchase. Age, condition, permit history and remaining life. On a new build, confirm whether the seawall is new or inherited from the prior structure, because those are very different assets.
- Water depth, bridge clearance and dock permitting if a boat is part of the reason you are buying. Ocean access is not a single thing; it depends on the route and the fixed bridges on it.
- Impact rating on every opening. "Impact windows" sometimes means most of them. Sliders and front entries are the usual omissions, and in a coastal wind zone that matters.
- Setbacks and buildable envelope on infill lots. In a built-out town, a lot that looks generous can have very little room for a pool, a generator pad or an addition once setbacks and easements are applied.
What to check before you sign on a new build here
- Have your broker registered before your first visit. Most builders require registration on the first visit or first contact with the sales center, and going in alone can cost you the ability to be represented in that community permanently.
- Read the warranty, not the brochure. Structural, systems and workmanship coverage run on three different clocks and vary enormously between builders.
- Ask what the allowances actually are. Published prices generally assume base-level finishes. At a townhome community the gap to the model can be meaningful relative to the purchase price; on a custom waterfront house it can run well into six figures.
- Get the HOA budget and assessment schedule in writing, confirm there is no CDD, and ask what has changed in the last two years.
- Get the delivery date in writing with a remedy attached. A date with no consequence for missing it is a hope, not a term.
- Have it inspected anyway. New does not mean inspected on your behalf. Here is what I watch for at a home inspection.
Selling the house you are in now
Most buyers I walk through a new Lantana purchase already own something, and the second half of that sentence is the harder half. The two Lantana markets create two different problems. A townhome at a phased community means the builder wants a closing date you do not fully control, usually inside a tight window once the home is complete. A custom waterfront house can be a year or more out.
If your new house is a year away, listing today is premature, and waiting for the builder to call is worse. If it is standing, the sequence has to be worked backward from the builder's closing date. Coastal Palm Beach County inventory is thin in some pockets and crowded in others, so which month you come to market matters here more than people expect.
I will walk your current house, tell you plainly what I think it brings today and what it would bring with some work, and lay out the order the two transactions should run in so you are not carrying both at once or caught between them.
or see what your home is worth.
Frequently asked questions
How many new construction homes are for sale in Lantana?
A small number. On November 11, 2026 the MLS showed two active new-construction single-family houses and three new townhomes in the town. That figure moves weekly and it excludes builder inventory that is never entered into the MLS, which at a phased townhome community is a substantial share of what is actually buyable. The live search on this page reflects current MLS inventory for both houses and townhomes.
How much does new construction cost in Lantana?
It depends entirely on which product. New townhomes at Everton start from about $464,000, roughly $300 per square foot on about 1,550 square feet. New single-family houses start at about $6.9 million and run to about $13 million, roughly $1,540 to $1,990 per square foot. There was no active new single-family listing between those two levels as of November 11, 2026.
What is the new construction community in Lantana?
Everton, a gated Pulte Homes townhome community at 6749 Moda Lane, planned at over 200 townhomes of about 1,550 to 1,750 square feet, three bedrooms, two and a half baths and a one-car garage on the currently listed plans. Published amenities include a pool and cabana, a tot lot and a dog park, and the builder states there are no community development district fees. It is the only new construction in town at volume.
Can you buy a new construction waterfront home in Lantana?
Yes, but the supply is two properties at the time of writing and the entry point is about $6.9 million. The highest, on Hypoluxo Island, is about $13 million at roughly $1,996 per square foot. In a town of about two square miles that was largely built out decades ago, waterfront infill is the only new single-family product the economics support, which is why there is nothing new and dry in the middle of the market.
Why is there so little new construction in Lantana?
Three reasons. The town covers about two square miles, so there is no undeveloped land to build out. Lantana generally limits buildings to 35 feet, with exceptions, which rules out the mid-rise and high-rise product that has absorbed most new residential supply in neighboring cities. And what remains is parcel-by-parcel infill, each requiring its own approval. Supply is constrained by design rather than by cycle.
Does Everton have CDD fees?
The builder states that Everton has no community development district fees. Because a CDD assessment can add thousands of dollars a year for decades in communities that have one, this is worth confirming in your own contract documents and factoring into any comparison against a community that does carry one.
What is being built on Ocean Avenue in Lantana?
In December 2025 town leaders indicated support at a workshop, without a formal vote, for a seven-story mixed-use project by Kenco Communities at 210 E. Ocean Avenue, with a hotel as the main component plus a restaurant, retail space and a parking garage of roughly 100 spaces. Traffic studies were to be completed before any final decision. It would exceed the town's general 35-foot height limit. Treat it as proposed rather than approved.
Is new construction in Lantana a good value compared to Delray Beach?
On the townhome side, Lantana is the lower-cost option because there is very little comparable new townhome product in Delray Beach. On the single-family side, no. Lantana's new houses average roughly double Delray Beach's new-construction price per square foot, because the Lantana sample is entirely waterfront and the Delray sample includes a wide band of dry infill. Compare lot to lot rather than city to city.
Do I need my own agent to buy a new construction home in Lantana?
You do not need one. The condition is timing: most builders require your broker to register with you on your first visit or first contact with the sales center. Go in alone and you can lose the ability to be represented in that community permanently. The agent in the model center represents the builder. What representation gets you is someone reading the contract, the warranty, the allowance schedule and the delivery language from your side of the table.
When will Lantana new construction homes be finished?
It varies. The active single-family listings carry 2025 and 2026 build years and are complete or close to it. Townhomes at Everton are released in phases, so what is available ranges from finished quick move-ins to homes on lots not yet started. On any home not yet finished, get the completion date written into the contract with a remedy if it slips.
Damara Cohn
Broker and Founder, Mangrove Realty, Inc.
Florida real estate broker license BK3015318
(561) 637-4559
Licensed Florida real estate broker since 2002, with 25+ years in the industry and over 35 years living in South Florida. Based in Delray Beach and working the coastal towns of Palm Beach County. , or see what your current home is worth.
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Inventory counts, price bands, averages and price-per-square-foot figures on this page are drawn from the Beaches MLS as of November 11, 2026, are rounded, and change continuously. They are provided for general orientation and are not an appraisal or a valuation of any particular property. Price per square foot is computed from list price and reported living area, and averages drawn from very small samples should not be treated as market rates. Community details, plan sizes, amenities, incentives and the absence of a community development district at Everton are as published by the builder and must be verified in the contract documents. Square footage and lot dimensions are approximate and may differ from as-built conditions and from county records. Municipal information, including the town's general height limit and the status of the Ocean Avenue proposal, reflects public reporting and municipal records available at the time of writing; the Ocean Avenue project is described as proposed and had not received a final approval as reported. Elevation, flood zone, seawall, dock, permit and jurisdiction information must be verified independently for the specific property. Builder warranties, allowance schedules, completion dates and impact-glass specifications vary by builder and by home and must be verified in the contract documents. Nothing on this page is legal, financial, tax or insurance advice. Mangrove Realty, Inc. is not the builder or developer of any home or community referenced here and is not affiliated with their builders, developers or sales teams. All information is believed accurate but is not guaranteed and should be independently verified. Mangrove Realty, Inc. is a licensed Florida real estate brokerage and fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act.
