Properties that didn’t sell earlier this year are back at prices meant to move.
Early 2025 brought a large increase in listings at The Plantation in Fort Myers. In the first quarter alone, 196 homes came to market, most at last year’s higher prices. Buyers showed up to see them, but the numbers didn’t line up. By late summer, eighty listings had expired or been withdrawn after roughly 136 days without a contract. This gave us the clearest picture yet of how The Plantation real estate market 2025 was taking shape.
Now, as season approaches, sellers are returning to market. Some of the same addresses are back, but this time at a lower price. Others are new to the market but clearly paying attention to where recent sales have closed. The early signs point to a shift. Buyers are active again, and they’re moving on the homes that reflect today’s data. This report analyzes activity from January through October 2025 using MLS data from the Royal Palm Coast REALTOR® Association.
Key Takeaways (TL;DR)
- 80 listings timed out March–August after averaging 136 days on market without a contract.
- 44 homes are active today, some returning at prices 25–27% lower, others new to market…all aligned with recent closings.
- Somerset still converts 4x faster than Bridgetown (median 4 showings to contract vs 16).
- Bridgetown’s challenge is size, not price — current actives average around 2,450 sq ft while recent sales averaged closer to 1,850 sq ft.
- Coach homes show the most pricing pressure, while premium single-family streets on golf or lake lots have held steady.
The Plantation’s 2025 Cycle in Three Acts
Spring: Testing Last Year’s Pricing
Early 2025 brought 196 new listings in the first quarter alone. Most launched at $306–309 per square foot, pricing that worked in 2024. Buyers toured properties but didn’t write offers. Recent closed sales showed the market had shifted to $270–285 per square foot, and buyers priced their offers accordingly.
Summer: The Clearing
80 listings timed out without contracts after averaging 136 days on market — 42 in Somerset and 38 in Bridgetown. Inventory peaked in May, then began declining as sellers withdrew or let listings expire. By September, most of the higher-priced listings had cleared.
Fall: The Reset
44 homes are active today. Some are addresses that tried in spring, now priced 25–27% lower. Others are new to market and aligned with where recent sales have closed (August–October 2025). Most cluster in the $240–280 per square foot range. Buyer activity has picked up in that band, while properties still priced above $300 per square foot continue to sit.
Somerset vs Bridgetown — Where Things Stand Right Now
| Aug–Oct 2025 | Somerset | Bridgetown |
| Most Recent Closed Sale | $690,000 • $320/sq ft | $434,000 • $242/sq ft |
| Current Active Median | ~$233/sq ft | ~$221/sq ft |
| Showings → Contract | 4 | 16 |
| Median DOM | 19 days | 84 days |
| % of List Achieved | 98% | 95.2% |
| % of Re-Lists | 28% | 18% |
The Streets Telling the Real Story
Glastonbury Circle and New Market Street
Most of this year’s re-listing activity showed up on these two coach-home streets. Between them, at least 12 properties did not sell in spring or summer, with several now back on the market — some for the third time.
Kingsmill Way, Merriweather Court, and Hadley Court
These single-family streets saw little to no re-listing activity in 2025. Homes here were either not brought to market during the high-inventory spring stretch or were priced in line with recent closed sales when they did come up. As a result, they moved without needing to test lower ranges.
Buyer Guidance for The Plantation– November 2025
If you stepped back in spring because the asking prices felt out of line with recent closings, this is a good time to take another look. Most of the active listings today — whether they’re returning addresses or new to market — are priced where buyers have actually been writing contracts (August–October 2025).
Homes offering good opportunities right now:
- Somerset coach homes now in the low-to-mid $200s per square foot
- Bridgetown villas under 2,000 sq ft, which continue to move fastest
- Move-in-ready Somerset single-family homes on golf or lake lots priced close to recent closed sales
Buyer activity has picked up in these segments, and the homes aligned with the past six months of sales are the ones generating interest.
Seller Guidance for The Plantation – November 2025
This year made one thing clear: buyers are responding to homes priced close to where sales have closed from August–October 2025. Homes that launched well above those numbers often sat through spring and summer, while the ones aligned with current data continued to move.
A few patterns to keep in mind:
- Small adjustments rarely created movement if the starting price sat far above recent closings
- Larger reductions this fall reflect how far some spring pricing was from where buyers were willing to act
- Coach homes compete closely with one another — the best combination of price, condition, and location gets the attention
- Larger Bridgetown homes still attract buyers, but they tend to require more time even when fairly priced
- Move-in-ready single-family homes on golf or lake lots in Somerset continue to achieve upper-$200s to low-$300s per square foot when aligned with today’s numbers
For sellers coming to market this season, the properties closing quickest are the ones that match where buyers have actually been transacting — not where the market stood a year ago.
For a wider view of what’s happening across the city, you can read the November 2025 Fort Myers real estate market update.
What Homeowners in the Plantation Want to Know
Not across the board. The larger reductions this fall came from homes that launched well above where closings were happening earlier in the year. Those properties needed bigger adjustments to match current data. Homes that entered the market closer to recent sales have been selling within a more typical range of their asking price.
In many segments, yes. Somerset coach homes and Bridgetown’s smaller villas are now clustering close to their late-2022 averages. Premium single-family homes on golf or lake lots in Somerset remain higher than 2022, especially when move-in ready, though still below last year’s peak.
Two dynamics stand out. Somerset buyers tend to arrive with the golf lifestyle already in mind, which speeds up the path from showing to contract. In Bridgetown, many of the homes currently on the market are larger than what buyers have been choosing recently, and that size mismatch tends to lengthen selling times.
It depends on your goals, but today’s buyers are writing offers on coach homes priced close to recent closings. Inventory for this segment is higher than usual, so timing should take both supply and your specific floor plan into account. Homes aligned with current comparable sales are the ones moving this fall.
Yes. These homes have remained one of the steadier segments this year. When priced close to the most recent closed sales on the street, move-in-ready properties are still attracting strong interest. Supply remains lower here than in the coach-home and large-villa segments.
Final Thoughts On The Plantation Real Estate Market 2025
This year showed how pricing and buyer activity reconnected at The Plantation. The homes aligned with recent closed sales are the ones seeing movement, and the fall market reflects that shift more clearly than any point earlier in 2025. For buyers, the active listings entering season are closer to where contracts have been written. For sellers, the pattern offers useful clarity heading into the new year.
If you’d like to understand how your home fits into what we’re seeing right now, we’re here to help. Or start your search for the newest homes for sale in The Plantation.
Most homeowners feel overwhelmed when it’s time to move. At Worthington Realty, we provide personalized guidance and clear communication, so you feel heard, valued, and confident in your decisions.
Source: FGCU MLS Matrix, The Plantation (Somerset and Bridgetown), pulled November 21, 2025.
