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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
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With 95,949 people, 35,426 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $441,178, Fort Myers real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.
Large apartment complexes or high rise apartments are the single most common housing type in Fort Myers, accounting for 42.65% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Fort Myers include single-family detached homes ( 36.91%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 9.59%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 8.53%). Cities with mostly row houses, apartments, and other high density housing types are relatively uncommon, and characteristic of compact cities that frequently have a downtown or other neighborhoods where amenities are within walking distance and a lot of street life can be seen.
People in Fort Myers primarily live in small (one, two or no bedroom) units, chiefly found in large apartment complexes or high rise apartments. Fort Myers has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.
Fort Myers homes and real estate are some of the newest in America. 48.42% of Fort Myers's housing was built since 2000, making the city have a very new look and feel. If you like the amenities of newer homes and subdivisions, then you will probably like what the Fort Myers real estate market has to offer. Quite a bit of the housing here was also built between 1970-1999 ( 34.62%), and between 1940-1969 ( 13.97%). There's also some housing in Fort Myers built before 1939 ( 2.98%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Fort Myers. Fully 22.32% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Fort Myers homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Fort Myers real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.
In the last 10 years, Fort Myers has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Fort Myers real estate appreciated 190.88% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 11.27%, putting Fort Myers in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Fort Myers definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Fort Myers that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Fort Myers real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Fort Myers appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 12.38%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 74.96% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Fort Myers. Fort Myers appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 5.13%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 22.14%.
Importantly, this makes Fort Myers one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the city's near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to Florida, our data show that Fort Myers's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in Florida.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Fort Myers differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Fort Myers - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Fort Myers real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$441,178
for Florida
for nation
35,426
$2,129 / per month