Estero Housing Market

Estero homes that sold over the last three months spent a median 58 days on market, down from 76

Monthly closings here ranged from 85 to 199 over the past year, so single months move a lot. On a three-month basis, homes that sold from August through October spent a median 58 days on market, down from 66 in the three months through September and 76 a year earlier. The three-month figure rose from September to October in three of the five years from 2021 through 2025. This year it fell. Homes that closed in October alone took a median 51 days, down from 60. Days on market runs from the date a listing goes live to the date a contract is accepted.

Over the 120 days through November 5, homes that sold after relisting spent a median 219 days listed across their attempts, compared with 62 days for first-listing sales. See Re-list rate for the full comparison.

Closing comes after the contract

A financed sale often takes about four to six weeks to close after a contract is accepted. A cash sale can close faster. Inspections, insurance, association approvals and the appraisal can all move the date.

Estero days on market, three-month rolling, over the last 13 months, single-family homes vs. condos

Each row combines closings from that month and the two before it. Townhouses and other home types are not in either column.

Definitions and methodology: Days on market explained. Selling timeline guide.

24.0% of Estero homes for sale had been listed before in the past year

The Re-list Rate is the share of homes for sale with an expired, withdrawn or terminated listing at the same address in the past 12 months. A sale in between starts a new owner’s history, so it does not count. As of November 5, 2026, 132 of 549 Estero homes for sale, or 24.0%, had been listed before. Of those, 43.2% came back at least 3% below their earlier asking price.

Over the 120 days through November 5, homes that sold on their first listing took a median 62 days to go under contract. Homes that sold only after being relisted spent a median 219 days listed in total, and the typical one sold for $39,500 less than its first asking price. The two groups differ in price, condition and seller circumstances, so the data does not show that relisting caused the longer sale or the lower price.

Definitions and methodology: Why homes get relisted.

Estero sellers received a median 96.7% of their final asking price

Sellers received a median 96.7% of their final asking price in October 2026, up from 96.0% a year earlier and the same as September. The ratio has been above last year for six months in a row. In each of the five years from 2021 through 2025 it moved half a point or less from September to October. It uses the asking price in place when the contract was signed, so earlier price cuts are not counted. It describes the market as a whole and is not a target for your offer.

Over three months, single-family sellers received a median 96.3%, against 96.1% a year earlier. Condo sellers received 96.0%, against 95.0%.

Estero homes under $400,000 had the smallest Ask-Bid Gap, 0.6%

The Ask-Bid Gap compares what sellers are asking per square foot with what buyers paid per square foot over the last 120 days. A gap of 10% means sellers are asking 10% more per square foot than buyers have paid. The citywide gap was 4.5%.

Definitions and methodology: Sale-to-list ratio explained.

Estero sale prices: single-family and condo medians are both below last year

Monthly closings here ranged from 85 to 199 over the past year, so we use three-month rolling figures for prices. By home type, the three-month single-family median was $627,500, 6.0% below a year earlier, and the condo median was $350,000, 1.4% below. The single-family median has been below the same period a year earlier for 22 months in a row, and the condo median for 29. From August through October 2026, the single-family median price per square foot was $278, down 1.8% from the same months of 2025, and the condo median was $221, down 7.1%. Over the three months, 173 single-family homes and 98 condos closed.

Across all home types, the Estero housing market’s median sale price for August through October 2026 was $525,000, up 3.0% from $509,750 in the same months of 2025. It was above last year in July and August, below in September, and above again in October. Both home-type medians are below last year while the all-homes median is above it. Single-family homes made up 60% of August through October sales, up from 58% a year earlier. A larger share of this higher-priced home type can raise the middle price across all sales even when both home-type medians fall.

The all-homes rolling median rose 7.1% from September’s three-month figure of $490,000. From September to October in the five years from 2021 through 2025 it moved between −1.8% and +2.8%, so this rise is larger than any of them. The October three-month figure combines August through October, replacing July with October. October alone had a $561,000 all-homes median across 97 closings reported as of November 5, against $465,000 in September. These summary figures cannot isolate how much the changing mix of sales moved the three-month median.

Rolling price per square foot was $254, up from $249 and 1.9% below last year. It has been below the same period a year earlier for 32 months in a row. The three-month figures combine August, September and October. Consecutive three-month figures share two months of sales, so consecutive increases or declines are not independent evidence of a sustained trend.

Estero market by property type, August to October 2026

Source: FGCMLS via Stellar MLS, InfoSparks property types. Townhouses, manufactured homes and other home types count only in All homes.

The chart above shows the monthly history since January 2021.

Definitions and methodology: Median sale price vs. price per square foot.

Of 549 Estero listings, 384 passed Worthington’s Competitive Inventory screen

Active listings in the Estero housing market stood at 551 in October, up 18.0% from 467 in September and 25.5% below 740 a year earlier. Homes for sale rose from September to October in four of the five years from 2021 through 2025, and the median change across all five was an 11.0% increase, so this October’s rise was larger than usual. Sellers added 237 new listings, 45.4% more than in September and 12.5% fewer than a year earlier. New listings rose from September to October in each of the five years from 2021 through 2025.

October inventory increased from 105 homes in 2021 to 740 in 2025, rising in each annual comparison. It fell to 551 in October 2026. Months of supply was 4.4, down from 6.8 a year earlier. Published months of supply counts every listing against the average monthly pending sales of the last 12 months. By home type, 259 single-family homes were for sale, with 3.9 months of supply, down from 5.4 a year earlier. There were 239 condos for sale, with 4.7 months of supply, down from 8.3.

Worthington’s Competitive Inventory looks past the total count. Of the listings in our November 5 count, about 90 had been on the market 180 days or more. About 75 more came back after an earlier listing at nearly the same price, less than 3% lower. Buyers can still choose any of them. The screen leaves them out because of how long they have been listed or how little their price came down.

Definitions and methodology: Months of supply explained, Competitive Inventory methodology.

Estero buyers signed 319 contracts over three months, up 7.4%

Monthly counts here move on a few dozen sales, so the chart uses three-month totals. The three-month count was 319, up 7.4% from 297 a year earlier and up from 300 in the three months through September. In October alone buyers signed 106 contracts, down from 132 a year earlier. Single-month contracts rose from September to October in four of the five years from 2021 through 2025. This October they rose too, up 5.0% from 101 in September. From 2021 through 2025, Estero contracts were usually highest from February through April and lowest in late summer and December.

By home type, three-month single-family contracts rose 3.4% from a year earlier, to 184. Condo contracts rose 16.0%, to 116. InfoSparks figures three-month totals from its own records, so they can differ by a sale or two from adding up the monthly counts.

On a three-month basis, Estero listings averaged 3.6 showings, up from 3.1 a year earlier, and showings per listing have been above last year for 13 months in a row. Homes that went under contract had a median 8 showings beforehand, the same as a year earlier. The data does not say why showings rose.

The 145 homes under contract on November 5 counts every pending home with a contract signed in the last 120 days. It is a point-in-time count, not the number of contracts signed in October. Measured against the 549 listings in our November 5 count, that is a pending-to-active ratio of 26.4%, or about 26 homes under contract for every 100 for sale.

Showing figures come from ShowingTime data in InfoSparks (FGCMLS via Stellar MLS) and cover listings that use the showing service.

Definitions and methodology: Pending sales explained.

Estero’s three-month all-homes median costs an estimated $372 more a month than a year ago

These use the three-month median, the steadier price measure here. Both the median and the mortgage rate rose over the year.

Estero vs. Southwest Florida, October 2026

Estero recorded a $561,000 all-homes median across 97 October closings. Each row compares a city with its own figures from October 2025.

All year-over-year columns compare against October 2025. Tap any city to open its market page.

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Source: FGCMLS via Stellar MLS, MLS records available as of November 5, 2026. Prices are single-month medians. SW Florida covers the full FGCMLS footprint, not an average of the five cities.

November’s Estero three-month medians will be measured against last year’s $649,000 for single-family homes and $360,000 for condos

• Three-month medianThe three months through November 2025 had medians of $649,000 for single-family homes, $360,000 for condos and $537,500 across all home types. October’s closings stay part of the three-month windows ending in November and December. Each window’s median will also reflect the other two months of sales.
• Homes for saleThere were 755 homes for sale in November 2025. The count rose from October to November in four of the five years from 2021 through 2025.

These are the readings we will check when November data comes in. They are not forecasts.