Top Fort Myers Area Home Sales – April 2012

The most expensive home to sell in Lee County, Florida during April 2012 was a gulf front property featuring a main house and guest cottage on Sanibel Island.  This 3,716 SF home is located at 3805 W Gulf Drive Sanibel, FL and features 4 BR / 4.5 BA.  The selling price was $4.0125M / $1,080 SF, which was 89% of the asking price. Congratulations to selling Realtor Deborah B Smith of Premier Sotheby's International Realty for closing this transaction. Honorable mention for 2nd most expensive Lee County residential property sold in April 2012 was a single-family home in the Tichenors F H Silver King neighborhood  of Captiva.  This 4,477 SF gulf front home is located at 16238 Captiva Drive, Captiva, FL and features 5 BR / 4.5 BA .  The selling price was $3.87M / $864 SF, which was 97% of the asking price. Congratulations to selling Realtor Fred G Newman of Royal Shell Real Estate, Inc. for closing this transaction. In April 2012 there were 20 residential transactions in Lee County with a selling price of $1M or greater, down from 21 in March 2012 and up from 17 in February 2012, and 14 in January 2012. Here is a resource if you are interested in learning more about Fort Myers luxury homes that are currently listed for sale.