Greater Fort Myers Real Estate

This site was created in response to the demand for a simpler real estate experience. Consider it your resource to help ease the process of buying, selling and valuing your Southwest Florida real estate.

Imagine specifying the environment for your dream home and with one click of a button, viewing a parade of perfectly matched properties.....We have created individual community views of several hundred of the finest neighborhoods in Southwest Florida.

Greater Fort Myers MLS Search

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Whether you are relocating or just need information on the Fort Myers real estate market, this site is for you.  Please sit back, kick off your shoes and stay awhile! 

Featured Luxury Developments


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                  Mastique                          Miromar Lakes                    Gulf Harbour                        Fiddlesticks

  

Fort Myers Gated Communities

Gated communities dominate the Southwest Florida landscape.  With hundreds of communities to choose from, picking the right community can be a challenging task.  To assist in your search, Greater Fort Myers Real Estate has created individual pages for hundreds of Fort Myers Gated Communities.

 

Fort Myers Golf Homes

 

With the quality and variety of golfing communities in Southwest Florida, this area is truly a golfers' paradise.   World renowned designers including Arthur Hills, Gordon Lewis, Chip Powell, Ron Garl, Robert Cupp and Tom Fazio have all left their mark on Southwest Florida. 

Many of our golfing communities are clustered along the I-75 corridor and along Daniels Parkway.  This area is emerging as the hub of greater Fort Myers. Let us help you navigate through the fairways and greens of Southwest Florida and find the perfect Fort Myers Golf Home.

 

Fort Myers Waterfront Homes

With year round temperatures averaging 75 degrees, boaters can enjoy the beautiful waters of Southwest Florida throughout the year.  Whether it's cruising the Intracoastal Waterway or hunting for tarpon in Pine Island Sound, the Greater Fort Myers area has a boating option for all tastes and budgets. We can help guide you through these beautiful waters and find a wonderful Fort Myers Waterfront Home.

 

Fort Myers Master-Planned Communities

Fort Myers is home to a multitude of master-planned communities.  Sorting through all the neighborhoods in these communities can be a daunting task.  Using this site, find the perfect neighborhood in Gulf Harbour, Gateway, Miromar Lakes, Paseo, Renaissance, Parker Lakes, and many other communities in the Daniels Corridor.

 

Fort Myers River District

A new and vibrant community is emerging along the banks of the Caloosahatchee River in Downtown Fort Myers.  Breathtaking views are available from the luxury high-rise condo buildings that anchor the Fort Myers River District.

 

Featured Fort Myers Housing


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            Gateway                           Daniels Corridor                  55+ Communities                 Old Fort Myers

 

Estero Real Estate

Estero is truly a village with a plan.  Aggressive master-planning and enlightened developers have built a beautiful community without a peer in Southwest Florida. Estero is the place to be in Southwest Florida.  Traditionally, Estero has been known for its well-rounded lineup of championship golfing communities.  Estero also sports a fantastic collection of gated communities that have a housing solution for almost any taste and budget.  New to the scene in Estero are a collection of urban lifestyle communities offering Southwest Florida a fresh and exciting new housing concept.

 

Sanibel Real Estate

Sanibel is treasured by its residents and guests alike.  It is hard to visit and not dream of owning your own piece of this barrier island paradise.  When you are ready to take the plunge and invest in your island dream, we have detailed views of Sanibel Condo Developments and Sanibel Golf Communities to assist in narrowing your search. Let us help you navigate through the Sanibel Real Estate scene.

  

Cape Coral Real Estate

With hundreds of miles of canals and miles of frontage along the Caloosahatchie River, Cape Coral is a waterfront paradise.  Recently, several upscale Cape Coral Gated Communities have emerged and truly transformed the housing market. When it's time to find your home in the Cape, we can help to source your Cape Coral Real Estate.

 

Bonita Springs Real Estate

Positioned mid-way between Naples and Fort Myers, Bonita Springs is home to many of the region's finest master-planned communities.  World-class golfing, award winning beaches and luxury developments offer residents a charming life-style.  An investment in Bonita Springs Real Estate will provide many years of tropical fun.

  

Short Sales and Pre-forclosures

The current real estate market is driving a significant number of sellers to utilize short sales as a means of avoiding foreclosure and selling their home.  Savy, oportunistic buyers can often get a great deal in this type of transaction.  Both Fort Myers short sale listings and Cape Coral short sale listings are available and updated daily on our site. Heading south in Lee County, we also provide access to Estero short sale listings and Bonita Springs short sale listings.

  

Greater Fort Myers Real Estate News 

Lehigh Acres Featured in Bubble Book

Our Lot: How Real Estate Came To Own Us, a new book by Alyssa Katz, prominently features the Lee County real estate bubble.

The Lee County chapter focuses on the flipping that occurred in Lehigh Acres during the height of the market run-up. Anyone who participated in the Lehigh flipping frenzy will certainly want to read Katz's take on this crazy period.

Cape Coral Foreclosures

The foreclosure activity level remains high in Cape Coral with approximately 2/3 of all homes sold falling into the distressed category.

Many are viewing accelerated activity levels as a major positive as we are now well out of the winter season. It has been a three years since real estate activity remained fast-paced after the winter season ended.

It remains a challenge for traditional buyers with financing contingencies to compete against cash buyers for many of these properties. In most instances, the banks are accepting the "sure thing" cash offer rather than a riskier offer involving a first time buyer.

Cape Coral foreclosures are available in across all types of housing including single-family, condos, town homes and income properties. To simplify your search process, here are active Cape Coral foreclosure listings broken out by various housing types:

If you can't find a foreclosure home in Cape Coral that meets your needs, maybe it's time to look at Cape Coral luxury homes.

Cape Coral Home Prices Steady in 2009

I was just reading a hot debate on Trulia about home price escalation in Cape Coral during 2009. Several individuals tossed out estimates about their view on the percentage that prices have gone up this year in Cape Coral.

The fact of the matter is that median home prices in Cape Coral have not materially changed at all in 2009 with the median price in January within a 1/2 percent of the MTD median price for June.

Miromar Lakes Competes with Ocean Lifestyle

A recent article in the Naples Daily News compares the lifestyle of Miromar Lakes with that of a ocean-front neighborhood. The pristine sandy beaches of Miromar Lakes, free from crowds, parking challenges and the red tide front 700-acres of sparkling lakes.

After passing through the gates of Miromar Lakes, one enters a place like no other in Southwest Florida. Golfing and water sports are two of the favorite past-times of Miromar Lakes residents. The Mirmar Lakes Beach Club and Blue Water Beach Grille round out the amenities in this fine community.

If you haven't visitied Miromar Lakes in a while, you may have missed the fact that two new neighborhoods have been completed in the last 6 months. Both in a waterfront settings, Costa Amalfi with cottage-style homes and Positano with mid-rise condos are new to Miromar Lakes.

New RE Investing Book: After The Fall

Real Estate investing guru author Steve Bergsman has a new book out titled "After the Fall, Opportunities and Strategies for Real Estate Investing in the Coming Decade." Bergsman takes a look at the current environment for investing across the various sectors in today's post-fall environment.

Our current market action in Southwest Florida is being heavily influenced by cash-spending foreclosure hunters. Hopefully these investors will take a few hours to read this book and set expectations for a more long-term hold strategy.

Cape Coral's Concordia Back On Track

The Concordia community of coach homes in Northeast Cape Coral is back on track as it's owner, Florida Community Bank is finishing the build-out. Florida Community bank took back the project after foreclosing on the original developer.

Currently, the last five buildings at Concordia are under development and the common areas are receiving a much needed infusion of TLC. Plans call for a quick sell-out of the remaining units at bargain basement prices as low as a third of the original selling prices.

Concordia is locaed in the "New Cape Coral" on Kismet Parkway, just east of Del Prado Boulevard.

Daniels Parkway is Red Sox Country

With the Watermen-Pinnacle site on Daniels Parkway moving forward for the location of the new Red Sox spring training facility, Red Sox fans might be curious to learn more about the area.

Many are already familiar with Daniels Parkway in Fort Myers as it is one of the primary access roads from the airport to much of Lee County. In the old days prior to the airport renovation, it was where you dropped off your rental car and boarded the shuttle bus for the airport.

As the Lee County growth has spread eastward from the gulf, Daniels has emerged as one of the main east-west thoroughfares in the County. Daniels Parkway stretches from US-41 on its western end to SR-82 at its eastern end.

A multitude of fine communities are located in the Daniels Corridor and offer housing options for a wide swath of budgets tastes and lifestyles. Gated and deed restricted communities line both sides of Daniels Parkway and offer a wonderful roster of amenities for both year-round and seasonal residents. The Daniels Corridor also is home to several exclusive country clubs including Fiddlesticks and Renaissance as well as the master-planned Gateway community.