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
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
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 Foreclosures
Fort Myers Real Estate Corridors
Since Fort Myers residential communities have developed along the major thoroughfares in our community, it truly makes sense to look at homes grouped along these corridors. Our Fort Myers real estate corridors resource provides access to all the listings in the popular corridors including Summerlin Road, Mcgregor Boulevard, Daniels Parkway and Colonial Boulevard.
Fort Myers Golf Homes
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 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
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
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
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. Savvy, opportunistic 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.
Luxury Real Estate
Greater Fort Myers Real Estate News
Sandoval Leading Cape Coral Housing Recovery
The 524-acre master-planned community of Sandoval is the shining star of the Cape Coral real estate market. New construction home sales at Sandoval were up 74% in 2011 over the previous year with a total of 120 transactions. New home permits at Sandoval in 2011 accounted for 44% of all the building permits issued in Cape Coral.
Are Fort Myers Home Values on the Rise?
The Godfather of Lee County real estate values, Property Appraiser Ken Wilkinson, plays the straight man in this NBC-2 video about rising home prices in Lee County. I am highly confident that Ken knows exactly how much prices have gone up.....but doesn't want to preempt his annual day in the spotlight when he releases this years valuations.
Fort Myers High-rise Condos – 2011 Sales Summary
The Fort Myers River District High-rise market continues to be one of the most active segments of our market. In 2011, 117 units sold in the six riverfront high-rise developments per data compiled from the Greater Fort Myers and the Beach MLS.
Sanibel is Frommer’s Top 2012 Destination
Sanibel Island topped legendary travel destinations including Bali, Paris and St. Johns as Arthur Frommer's 2012 favorite places to visit in the world. It is easy to fall in love with Sanibel during a visit to this beautiful barrier reef island.
Fort Myers 3-Year Housing Metrics
On average it cost just over $21,000 more to purchase a home in the Fort Myers area in 2011 than it did in 2009 with average selling prices increasing from $132,068 to $153,021. This increase of 15.87% in the average selling price is among the highest in the nation for the 2009 - 2011 time period.
Sandoval Home Sites Acquired by Taylor Morrison
The remaining homesites in Phase Three of Cape Coral's Sandoval community have been acquired from Bonita Bay Group by Arizona-based builder Taylor Morrison.
Fort Myers Homes Sold For 94% of Asking in 2011
We often get asked, what will the bank take for that property…..will they accept an offer of 50% of the asking price? Unfortunately the answer is no, banks are not considering those type of low-ball offers.