Southern Homes has been helping Polk County families buy and build new homes since 1991, making them the oldest national award winning production builder in their market. Southern Homes is the first time home buyers expert, but also builds executive homes in exclusive communities throughout Polk County including the cities of Lakeland, Bartow, Winter Haven, Auburndale, Lake Wales and Haines City FL.
Building permits in October 2012 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 866,000 … up 29.8 percent from October 2011. Housing starts in October 2012 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 894,000 … up 41.9 percent from October 2011.