Permit values
Remodeling work cost in Charlotte
Declared value is what the contractor reported to the building department, which is what the permit fee is calculated from. It is usually the contract value excluding tax, and it runs below a retail quote. Treat it as the floor of the market, not the price. Why the permit and the quote disagree.
What the spread looks like
Every valued permit in the window, grouped by declared value. The last bar holds everything above the 95th percentile, so one unusually large job does not flatten the rest.
By city
| City | Permits | Median | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | 2,343 | $129,000 | $35,141 – $194,819 |
| Huntersville | 210 | $137,000 | $28,897 – $239,200 |
| Matthews | 97 | $33,011 | $17,728 – $120,511 |
| Mint Hill | 74 | $49,950 | $16,474 – $285,117 |
| Cornelius | 74 | $53,948 | $19,875 – $202,250 |
| Davidson | 52 | $47,225 | $19,592 – $130,500 |
Month by month
| Month | Permits valued | Median |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | 1,067 | $135,000 |
| September 2026 | 967 | $129,100 |
| October 2026 | 847 | $94,680 |
Complete calendar months only. The current month is left out until it ends.
Method
Permit Dawn reads the building departments in Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement issues every building permit in the county: Charlotte, Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson, Matthews, Mint Hill and Pineville. Owner name on every row. every night and keeps every residential permit they publish. This page counts the remodel & new construction permits issued in August 2026, September 2026, October 2026 — 2,900 of them, 2,892 carrying a declared value (100%). Duplicates and permits a city later re-published are excluded, along with values below $500 and above $2,000,000, which are placeholders rather than jobs. Medians and quartiles, not averages: a handful of very large jobs would drag a mean somewhere no homeowner would recognise.