What Sets Your Babcock Ranch District Bill? Your Phase and Your Lot Width
October 15, 2026
October 15, 2026
In Babcock Ranch's Webb's Reserve, 52-foot lots in the 2026 parcel show a district assessment of $37.80 for fiscal year 2026. For fiscal year 2027, which started October 1, the same lots carry $2,564.84. The jump comes from a new bond series, and repaying it is now part of the property's annual bill.
Most guides call this a "CDD fee" and give a single number for the whole town. In Babcock Ranch that number doesn't exist. The Babcock Ranch Community Independent Special District charges one piece that's the same on nearly every residential line. The other piece changes with the phase, the product type and the lot width. Two homes a few minutes apart can differ by more than $1,000 a year. In the newest parcels, the previous tax bill can hide almost the entire charge.
The pattern is easiest to see by putting the newest Lennar parcels next to each other. These numbers come straight from the district's FY2027 budget assessment comparison.
| Neighborhood and product | FY2026 total | FY2027 total |
|---|---|---|
| Webb's Reserve 2026 parcel, 52-foot lot | $37.80 | $2,564.84 |
| Webb's Reserve 2026 parcel, 70-foot lot | $37.80 | $2,781.80 |
| Tucker's Cove 2026 parcel, 52-foot lot | $588.40 | $1,957.56 |
| Tucker's Cove 2026 parcel, 62-foot lot | $588.40 | $2,170.27 |
| Tucker's Cove 2026 parcel, twin villa | $588.40 | $1,744.86 |
This isn't new. Tucker's Cove's 2024 parcels show $36.00 for FY2025 in the prior year's budget and $1,925.46 for a 52-foot lot in FY2026. In FY2027 that figure is $1,957.91. Every new bond series follows the same steps. First comes a near-empty year, then the full charge, then small increases after that.
At the district's July 23, 2026 meeting, staff described the trigger. According to the meeting minutes, assessments "will be levied on properties that did not list debt and interest on last year's tax bill."
That timing matters when you compare homes. A resale in Lake Timber or Trail's Edge has years of tax bills on record, and the most recent one shows the true cost. A newly built home in a fresh parcel may have one prior bill, and it can be off by thousands of dollars.
Each residential line in the district's table has two parts.
Two rental communities show what the bill looks like with no debt. Curry Preserve and Flatwood at Babcock list $658.40 for operations and maintenance and nothing for debt service. Owned single-family homes may also pay a separate solid-waste assessment of $357.61. The budget says that charge "may be applicable," so it isn't automatic.
Apart from those two rental communities, every residential line shows the same $681.33 for operations and maintenance. That means the differences between owned neighborhoods come from the debt.
Lot width is the variable most people expect. In Lake Timber, the FY2027 total runs from $2,059.33 for a 50-foot lot to $3,617.53 for an 80-foot lot. The phase matters too, even when the lot width is the same. Here are 52-foot single-family lots across Babcock Ranch:
| 52-foot lot | Builder named in table | FY2027 total |
|---|---|---|
| Trail's Edge, Phase 2A | Lennar | $1,515.03 |
| Trail's Edge, Phase 2B | Lennar | $1,771.53 |
| Tucker's Cove, 2022 and 2024 parcels | Lennar | $1,957.91 |
| Trail's Edge, Phase 2D | Lennar | $2,170.54 |
| Northridge, Phase 3C | Pulte | $2,170.54 |
| Crescent Grove, Phase 5 | Meritage | $2,170.54 |
| Webb's Reserve, 2024 parcel | Lennar | $2,565.34 |
Trail's Edge is a single neighborhood with a single builder, yet its 52-foot lots carry four different bills depending on the phase. Phase 2A and the Webb's Reserve 2024 parcel are about $1,050 apart per year for the same lot width. Each phase was financed at a different time with its own bonds, and that history follows the parcel.
Condos and attached homes follow the same pattern on a smaller scale. At Babcock National, a four-story condo shows $1,650.44 and a coach home shows $1,938.59. D.R. Horton's twin villas at Palmeto Landing show $1,909.98.
These figures come from a budget the board adopted. The district's August 2026 meeting packet contains Resolution 2026-50, which adopts the FY2027 budget "as amended by the Board." The assessment table itself is still labeled "Projected." Read the table as the district's planned charge per unit. For one specific parcel, the property's own tax record is the authority.
The debt portion ends on a set date. The district's 2025 audit, filed with the Florida Auditor General, lists the final maturity for each bond series:
The newest series, the Series 2026 bonds for parts of Tucker's Cove and Webb's Reserve, total $28,625,000. The resolution in the August packet sets their final payment at May 1, 2056.
The audit labels the older bonds by numbered assessment area, not by neighborhood name. Finding out exactly which series sits on a given street takes a parcel-level check with the district. The overall pattern is clear, though. A home in an older phase has fewer years of debt payments left than a home in a parcel financed this year.
The district's 2026 resolution states that the lien stays on the parcel until it's paid. That's why the charge passes from one owner to the next with the home. At the July meeting, owners were told to contact the District Office for a payoff amount.
The July 23 meeting minutes explain why a quoted debt figure and the line on the tax bill can differ. Answering a question about a 70-foot lot, district staff walked through the math. Principal and interest on the bonds came to $1,975.00. The tax bill adds 4% to 6% to cover the early-payment discount, plus 2% for the county's cost of collection. The total was $2,101.06. Staff said both figures were essentially what Lennar had quoted in the disclosure statement at the time of sale.
That same gross-up is written into the 2026 bond resolution. The lien covers principal and interest plus the amount by which annual assessments are "grossed up to include early payment discounts required by law and costs of collection." When you compare a debt-service figure on a builder's worksheet with a line on a county tax bill, you're comparing two different numbers, and they will differ by a few percent.
Babcock Ranch is selling quickly. Gulfshore Business reported 748 home sales through July 2026, up 29% from a year earlier. That pace put the community at No. 4 in RCLCO's midyear ranking of top-selling master-planned communities, after 1,066 sales in all of 2025. Much of that volume is new construction, and builders compete on incentives.
This fall, Pulte advertised a Lake Timber home at $468,850, down from $494,535, and included a golf cart through November 15. Lennar ran a 7/6 adjustable-rate offer at 4.875%, or 7.345% APR, for contracts signed between October 5 and October 18, 2026. It required Lennar Mortgage. Offers like these change from month to month.
The district assessment doesn't show up in the price, and it stays on the parcel for as long as the bond runs. A $25,685 price cut on a home in a high-debt phase is one comparison. A resale in Trail's Edge Phase 2A with a bill about $1,050 lower each year is another.
Is Babcock Ranch's district assessment the same thing as an HOA fee? No. The district assessment is collected on the county property tax bill. HOA dues are a separate charge set by each neighborhood's association.
Where can I see the bill for a specific home? The district's FY2027 budget table lists charges by phase, product and lot width. Prior years' tax bills on the property record show what was actually collected. The District Office handles payoff amounts.
Does the debt-service charge go up every year? In the FY2027 table, most established phases show the same debt service as FY2026. The increase comes from the operations and maintenance line. The big jumps happen in parcels where new bonds were just issued.
If you're comparing a Babcock Ranch resale with a new build, the district bill tells you as much as the list price does. With Get Your Florida Life, we'll pull the phase, lot width and bond history for each home on your list, so you can see the full annual cost on every address you're weighing.
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