Fort Myers Housing Market

Fort Myers homes that sold in September spent a median 55 days on market, down from 79

Homes that sold in September 2026 spent a median 55 days on market, against 79 days for homes that sold in September 2025. Days on market runs from the date a listing goes live to the date a contract is accepted. These figures describe homes that sold, so they do not predict how long every home for sale today will take. Condos took longer. Single-family homes that sold in September took a median 45 days, down from 64 a year earlier. Condos took 92 days, down from 100.

Over the 120 days through October 1, homes that sold on their first listing took a median 66 days to go under contract. Homes that sold only after being relisted spent a median 245 days listed in total. The typical relisted home sold for $34,900 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. How many homes for sale have been listed before is under Re-list rate.

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.

Fort Myers days on market over the last 13 months, single-family homes vs. condos

The monthly series covers homes that closed in each month. Townhouses and other home types are not in either column. The 66-day and 245-day figures come from Worthington’s address-matched MLS records for the 120 days through October 1, 2026.

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

23.9% of Fort Myers 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The Re-list Rate is the share of homes for sale with an expired, withdrawn or terminated listing at the same address in the past 12 months.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 October 1, 2026, 585 of 2,446 Fort Myers homes for sale, or 23.9%, had been listed before. Of those, 60.3% came back at least 3% below their earlier asking price.

Over the 120 days through October 1, homes that sold on their first listing took a median 66 days to go under contract. Homes that sold only after being relisted spent a median 245 days listed in total, and the typical one sold for $34,900 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.

Fort Myers sellers received a median 96.0% of their final asking price

Sellers received a median 96.0% of their final asking price in September 2026, up from 95.9% a year earlier. The ratio 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.

Single-family sellers received a median 96.8%, about the same as the 96.9% a year earlier. Condo sellers received 94.7%, against 94.4%.

Fort Myers homes from $750,000 to $1.5 million had the smallest Ask-Bid Gap, 1.9%

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 7.4%.

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

The Fort Myers median is 1.0% below last year, down from an 8.5% gap in June

The median sale price in the Fort Myers housing market was $341,000 in September. In June it was 8.5% below the year before. The gap has shrunk every month since, to 3.0% in July, 2.9% in August and 1.0% in September. In each of the last five years, the median fell or held flat from August to September. This year it rose 1.8%.

Single-family and condo prices went in opposite directions. The single-family median was $450,000, up 8.4% from $415,000 a year earlier. The condo median was $220,000, down 17.0% from $265,000. Condos made up about a third of Fort Myers sales in both Septembers. The all-homes figure counts every home type together, and each median reflects the homes that happened to sell that month.

Price per square foot is still 2.9% below last year, at $198. It has stayed between $198 and $199 since July. If you are pricing a home, early-summer sales may be less representative of current conditions. Weigh them alongside the latest comparable sales.

Fort Myers market by property type, September 2026

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

The five-year chart above shows the full monthly history.

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

Of 2,446 Fort Myers listings, 1,677 passed Worthington’s Competitive Inventory screen

Active listings in the Fort Myers housing market came in at 2,487, down 17.7% from a year earlier and close to August’s 2,485, the lowest count of 2026. Sellers added 631 new listings in September, 8.4% fewer than a year earlier. Months of supply was 5.3, down from 7.3 a year earlier. Published months of supply counts every listing against the average monthly pending sales of the last 12 months.

Condos face more competition than single-family homes. There were 1,101 single-family homes for sale, with 4.4 months of supply, down from 5.7 a year earlier. There were 1,141 condos for sale, with 6.4 months of supply, down from 9.1.

Worthington’s Competitive Inventory looks past the total count. Of the listings in our October 1 count, 546 had been on the market 180 days or more. About 220 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.

Fort Myers buyers signed 361 contracts in September, down 1.1%

Pending sales came in at 361, down 1.1% from 365 a year earlier. They had been above last year six months in a row, March through August.

By home type, single-family contracts fell 10.0% from a year earlier, to 197. Condo contracts rose 11.8%, to 133.

Fort Myers listings averaged 3.1 showings in September, up from 2.8 a year earlier. Homes that went under contract had a median 7 showings beforehand, one more than a year earlier. The data does not say why.

The 555 homes under contract on October 1 is a point-in-time count of every pending home, not the number of contracts signed in September. Measured against the 2,446 listings in our October 1 count, that is a pending-to-active ratio of 22.7%, or about 23 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.

A lower Fort Myers median still costs an estimated $114 more a month

The median is $3,500 lower than a year ago. The higher mortgage rate more than makes up the difference. At the October 8 rate of 7.40%, the payment would be $1,889.

Fort Myers vs. Southwest Florida, September 2026

Fort Myers recorded a $341,000 median across 380 September closings. Each row compares a city with its own figures from September 2025.

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

Swipe to compare all metrics →

Source: FGCMLS via Stellar MLS, data as of October 10, 2026. Prices are single-month medians. SW Florida covers the full FGCMLS footprint, not an average of the five cities.

October’s Fort Myers median will be measured against last year’s $360,000

• Median priceOctober 2025’s median was $360,000. An October median above that would end 19 months below last year.
• Price per square footA reading above $211 would put it above last year for the first time since early 2024.

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