Local Real Estate Agent Jorge Barrera has prepared a detailed sales report from the last year covering single family homes, residential lots and condos, villas and townhouses. The statistics are through February 25th 2025.
About these numbers Barrera said, “As the market navigates these challenges, it is vital for both buyers and sellers to stay informed about local trends, assess their financial situations, and work with experienced real estate professionals who can provide valuable insights and strategies.”
Overall, while the current conditions present obstacles, they also offer unique opportunities for those willing to adapt to the evolving landscape of Fort Myers Beach real estate.
Residential Single Family homes:
– Active listings: 189
– Pending under Contract: 9
– Sales (last 6 months): 35
– Sales (last 12 months): 72
Approximately 31.5 months of inventory
Residential Vacant Lots:
– Active Listings: 144
– Pending under contract: 0
– Sales (Last 6 Months): 17
– Sales (Last 12 Months): 37
Approximately 47 months of inventory
Condominiums/Villas/
– Active Listings: 316
– Under Contract: 12
– Sales (Last 6 Months): 59
– Sales (Last 12 Months): 166
Approximately 23 months of inventory
Contact Jorge Barrera by phone at 239-791-9893.
You must work for margaritaville to think that they don’t contribute to traffic.
Sounds like the residents of FMB need to hire some consultants to recruit a new mayor and city planner
You are 100% correct. The bulk of what has been done on this island has been done by homeowners who have fought tooth and nail to get permits and find legitimate contractors to help with the work. FEMA removed the garbage. I think the county did the lights. The only thing I have heard Allers talk about was turtle lights and sand. We are heading to 3 yrs and all I keep hearing is ” we have gotten a lot accomplished.Things take time”. Anyone who still claims we are moving at a good pace, is either a renter or a vacationer. Home owners will not agree with that statement. Allers being a renter and not having a stake in this island is evident.
Sorry you don’t have the ability to see how much has been done with the help of the council and the town manager.
wife and i moved here in 2019. bought a vacation rental close to FMB…loved the vibe. life was so good until that little beeatch “Ian” came along.
i too am surprised by how little has been re- opened or repaired.
we live off Bonita Beach rd. traffic is indescribably awful because there’s no place to stay on FMB and everyone seems to be commuting to and from Naples
is it really just incompetent local government to blame? if so, it’s shameful
Nobody goes there anymore there is too much traffic.
is that a joke? how can there be too much traffic if nobody goes there?
No joke. I ride a bike. No one goes there anymore. There’s just a long line of cars going nowhere very slowly. The beach is pretty much empty.
You should invite a few of the local realtors on from different agencies to discuss what is going to help boost sales and show it to the TC.
Yes but be fair and have a panel and only ones who live on the beach. I don’t want to hear anything from an agent that lives in Naples, etc. Keep it local so they really know what is happening. I see listings of homes for sale really low and it’s some agent from Tampa or somewhere else. They will list it and forget it and just keep lowering the price. Then that in turn hurts the other listings. It’s a very dangerous situation we are in now and we do need expert advice. This island is being driven into the ground and all we keep hearing is “ it will take time”. Look at all the other towns hit by hurricanes and see what happened to their prices. They went up. Ours is out of control dropping and we deserve answers!
Take a look at Sanibel. They’re further behind than we are.
We need to demand Town Council and the mayor do something. They are losing our money. Milton hit Lido and Siesta Key and yes it was just a cat 3 but they were cleaned up and back in business in 8 weeks. Real estate in Sarasota area is moving quickly and holding its prices. Not us. I am sick of being told it’s going to take time. In my neighborhood, a 5,000 sq ft home was built to replace a destroyed home. This beautiful home is completed. Yet we still have crap all over, dead trees, piles of concrete and damaged homes,etc. Stop with the excuses. We are heading to 3 yrs soon. Hire someone to come in and re-do the image of this island to help save the value of our homes. Get this place cleaned up NOW! Having a mayor who is not a home owner is not helping. He has no skin in the game and I believe that hurts us.
Mayor is not a property owner?
No, he does not own any property. He is a renter, which I believe is not helpful when you are talking about helping to maintain/increase the prices of the homes on the island.
That is irrelevant. So was Ray Murphy. Dan did more for the Town in the first week after Ian than Murphy ever did for the Town. His claim to fame was a photo op with Biden, then he disappeared, along with Roger.
Steve, after the hurricane Dan sat at the buttonwood building and accepted donations. He was able to do that because the rest of us were working on our homes. He didn’t have to since he was a renter. If I am missing something, tell me but I never recall seeing him physically do anything. Everytime I saw Dan, he was sitting behind the counter at Buttonwood. I am not defending Roger but he was the mayor. If Dan had been mayor, he would have been taking pics with Biden as well.
Every area that suffers a disaster watches their property values go up. My home has gone down 600K. Look around. It’s going on 3 yrs now and the island looks horrible. It’s FEMA, it’s the insurance companies, it’s lawyers,etc. ALL EXCUSES. The island is still covered with dead trees and piles of debris, fences,etc. What is town council going to do to stop this bleeding??? More sand and turtle lights?
I agree. The landscaping and dead foliage everywhere makes it look even worse.
I agree as well. I have brought it up many times and it is just ignored. It is not only an eyesore but it is, in many cases, dangerous since some are huge trees that have been dead since Ian. There is no excuse for people not being told to remove their dead foliage and trees. If they did tell people to remove them, they would put a deadline for 6 months and then drag it on and extend it.
Carol, I have to disagree with you. Dan was boots on the ground after the hurricane helping residents and working in the trenches. Maybe he was able to do so, because he does rent and didn’t have to take care of his own home although I know he did that too.
Jan,
with all due respect, how was Dan “in the trenches”? I’m not thinking he was doing anything physical. Everytime I saw him he was sitting behind the counter at Buttonwood donation center. When people say he was helping, I just don’t understand what they are talking about. I’m not trying to be mean but no one can convince me that Dan was “boots on the ground in the trenches”.
Marty above nailed it. People don’t want to buy on the island because of the devastation that still lurks around the island with so many homes still sitting destroyed and untouched from Ian, let alone from Milton and Helene. The real estate market in Florida sucks right now with increased inventory everywhere, it’s just way more inventory on the island compared to other areas. There’s clown court jesters of agents out there dancing around pretending the market is doing ok when its not.
It will come back. Just ask our local realtors who are extremely knowledgeable and care about our island: Alex King, Jorge Barrera, Trish Kelly, Rosanna Reilly, Jessie Titus to name a few.
We don’t need any realtors who are just spreading hopium.I’m pretty sure some of those people do not live on the island. 2 of them I have never heard of. It’s going on 3 yrs. The town needs to get this island cleaned up NOW. Can we start with the piles of concrete and dead landscaping and trees??? Is that too much to ask??
It really SUCKS!!!
The businesses on the island, restaurants, hotels, etc. Will not survive the out of season months unless we get this island rebuilt as quickly as possible. We have become stagnant.
Nobody wants 18 stories
Nobody wants food trucks on the ground
Nobody wants bars
Nobody wants music
Our island cannot and will not sustain itself without a steady flow of visitors.
Our island cannot sustain itself on residence alone. Our island is not the place to live if you’re looking for peace and quiet and tranquility. We are an island of hotels, motels, and many rental units. We are an island to come. Have fun to eat out at restaurants to listen to live music. Our businesses cannot sustain their selves for six months out of the year as it stands right now. I stop at houses all the time open houses. There are some beautiful properties that are priced very fairly. Many of them are new construction or freshly repaired that were constructed just prior to Ian. They are for sale because they are not getting the rental activity that they need. Anybody who’s moved or lived on this island who is here for peace and quiet and tranquility has picked the wrong spot. Many of us, love the activity the people, the activities. We are dying slowly and it’s already begun. These figures speak for themselves. Don’t ask me or listen to me. Just look at the figures. Peace and quiet is Bonita Beach not Fort Myers Beach.
So if Bonita Beach and Sanibel can achieve peace and quiet, why is it impossible for FMB to achieve the same?
Fort Myers Beach is a very noisy island Now we have non-stop construction equipment, ambulances and sirens multiple times per day. motorcycles, helicopters/planes, loud diesel pick-up trucks. I’ve lived all over the country and Fort Myers Beach is by far the noisiest.
Unless someone has an attachment / history with FMB – it makes absolutely no sense to purchase or invest in FMB. The history of our incompetence from local Govt/ Town Council coupled with all the ridiculous overbearing regulations and an island that will be a construction site for another decade as these ridiculous out of character Island altering massive developments continue to change everything about FMB makes FMB an extremely unattractive place to invest .
Reality is what it is –
Imho, we need to make dramatic changes to attract small businesses and homeowners – stop thinking that some gigantic development will fix / save FMB – it won’t , will only further our problems .
We need to stand for something – what is vision for our future ? Is it realistic ? Is it cohesive ?
Being a better version of what FMB was is what we should be focused on and how to accomplish that – the initial comprehensive plan should be enforced or abandon and another one drawn up (real bad idea) .
FMB needs to approach this monumental task in a realistic way – like eating an elaphant- one bite at a time . There are no silver bullets .
People would flock to FMB if they knew we were sticking to the Comp plan , standing up for residents and making it guest / user friendly .
Making it a welcoming , affordable island – reducing the size of Govt and the amount of regulations is a must .
How many times does it have to be said we do stick to the comp plan?
Ugh! Smh!
I’d be interested in seeing the deviation between asking and selling along with the length of time on the market. In other words, how long to you wait for every $100,000 overpriced you are.
You cannot measure a market like FMB strictly on months of supply. Ian created a significant disruption to the market. Bringing a lot of properties to the market that wouldn’t have normally been on the market. I’d be interested in seeing a comparison of sales and contracts this year compared to a normal (pre-Ian) year. Not to mention that real estate is often soft in presidential election years.
Our island is in transition and recovery, what’s coming out of this is going to be a beautiful and vibrant community. Stronger and better than it was before. If you look you can already see the beginnings. Beautiful vibrant colorful homes popping up. Small businesses opening.
Recovery takes time but it’s going to be awesome!
Exactly how much time?
It doesn’t have to take so much time? Anybody on here or listening if you’re approaching 70 years old right now you will be 80 before this island is vibrant again. What is the median age on this island?? I’m pretty sure it’s close to 70 and not 50.
Dude, you’re clueless. Shut up already.
It would be interesting to know asking price vs actual sales price. Great information, well not so great for sales. Thank you!
Yikes… that’s bad bad.
Any insights on rentals? Vacation and annual
That’s depressing
We were looking at the island but that margaritaville seems to have ruined the vibe on the island not to mention traffic with only 1/3 of the island being lived in right now. I can’t imagine what traffic would be like if the houses and condos were 80% occupied.
As I’ve stated before, Margaritaville has saved our island! It also saved the Lighthouse from total devastation. It has been a shining star, IMO. The traffic cannot be blamed on Margaritaville. Blame the State for closing the lane in front of Margaritaville and detouring traffic down Crescent. For all of you who have time on your hands, go up and down every street and count up the number of buildings under construction, then multiply that number by 4 (conservative estimate) representing the number of vehicles at each construction site. Add to that the number of people who use Estero Blvd as a short cut from Naples to Cape Coral (which makes no sense to me). Oh, did I mention that we’re at the height of season? Rentals are all booked on the island. People are still coming to spend their money here, and that is awesome. I love FMB!!!
You are clueless. MGVille saved countless ma and pa businesses by bringing heads into beds. The traffic is “smooth” construction workers… the houses are un-lived in because those construction workers are here working on them.
The Vibe? The “vibe” was old, nasty tie dyed T-shirt shops, junky souvenir stores, liquor stores, homeless, drunks, old men on spider bikes or riding skateboards, traffic, ambulances was the “vibe”. I remember the people fighting and screeching to stop MGVille. Somehow they were OK with that disgusting, crime haven Lani Kai, but fought to keep Margaritaville out. Thank God for Tom Torgeson and his vison.