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The real estate frenzy spurred by the coronavirus pandemic continues, though at a slower pace. Buyers are still competing for a limited supply of housing, driving up prices for affordable properties.<\/p>\n
The typical home value in the United States was $359,078 in December, 0.1% higher than the year before.<\/p>\n
Increasing mortgage rates have slowed growth, with prices even declining in some places. But some areas are still seeing price jumps compared to the year before.<\/p>\n
Stacker<\/a> compiled a list of cities with the most expensive homes in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area using data from Zillow<\/a>. Charts show the monthly typical home value since January 2018.<\/p>\n (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n Stacker#14. Boca Grande, FL<\/p>\n – 1-year price change: -$338,086 (-11.4%) (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n Stacker#13. Captiva, FL<\/p>\n – 1-year price change: -$117,031 (-9.3%) (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n Stacker#12. Sanibel, FL<\/p>\n – 1-year price change: -$110,062 (-12.4%) (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n Stacker#11. Miromar Lakes, FL<\/p>\n – 1-year price change: -$76,071 (-6.2%) (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n Stacker#10. Fort Myers Beach, FL<\/p>\n – 1-year price change: -$67,855 (-12.5%) (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n Stacker#9. Bonita Springs, FL<\/p>\n – 1-year price change: -$52,775 (-9.6%) (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n Stacker#8. Bokeelia, FL<\/p>\n – 1-year price change: -$52,775 (-12.4%) (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n Stacker#7. Saint James City, FL<\/p>\n – 1-year price change: -$49,129 (-10.8%) (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n Stacker#6. Estero, FL<\/p>\n – 1-year price change: -$42,292 (-8.1%) (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n Stacker#5. Fort Myers, FL<\/p>\n – 1-year price change: -$41,661 (-11.9%) (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n Stacker#4. Cape Coral, FL<\/p>\n – 1-year price change: -$37,985 (-10.2%) (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n Stacker#3. Alva, FL<\/p>\n – 1-year price change: -$34,717 (-8.4%) (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n Stacker#2. North Fort Myers, FL<\/p>\n – 1-year price change: -$31,077 (-10.7%) (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n Stacker#1. Lehigh Acres, FL<\/p>\n – 1-year price change: -$28,508 (-9.1%)![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/ZLLTQWJ52IYNZKTPTJ6IXWJNWE.jpg\")
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– 5-year price change: +$796,776 (+43.8%)
– Typical home value: $2,617,130 (#1 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/BAFHGSOWCI2SBMPXWOSEDYV46A.jpg\")
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– 5-year price change: +$183,314 (+19.1%)
– Typical home value: $1,144,087 (#3 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/ERJ3EZCJK45V5O7WD626TE5VXA.jpg\")
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– 5-year price change: +$20,313 (+2.7%)
– Typical home value: $774,298 (#4 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/ODCYZNHISUZNTPR4DYZPBIKFJI.jpg\")
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– 5-year price change: +$419,624 (+57.0%)
– Typical home value: $1,156,372 (#2 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/SBIVDBOBXE65NCCOOABNARA3GU.jpg\")
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– 5-year price change: +$35,595 (+8.1%)
– Typical home value: $473,018 (#7 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/X6E4EBXNM47W3MG7ZBFMI3GK54.jpg\")
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– 5-year price change: +$145,249 (+41.2%)
– Typical home value: $497,571 (#5 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/QERNGDIDBU4PZAAHY4R5WT3MPU.jpg\")
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– 5-year price change: +$83,963 (+29.2%)
– Typical home value: $371,951 (#10 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/EOAOAEQRDAZNBCTHZKHUHVHXQI.jpg\")
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– 5-year price change: +$84,284 (+26.1%)
– Typical home value: $407,129 (#8 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/BQTMVL32UYYULASPFX76DA74VA.jpg\")
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– 5-year price change: +$145,517 (+43.1%)
– Typical home value: $482,862 (#6 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/ZBHGWHBPGM7DXM5US2MFVU4HWU.jpg\")
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– 5-year price change: +$70,616 (+29.8%)
– Typical home value: $307,601 (#12 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/G6GPKO7JR4433JOLDVDPS43MWQ.jpg\")
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– 5-year price change: +$76,942 (+29.9%)
– Typical home value: $334,686 (#11 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/Y7QLEOHGTE523IXN3LYZD2XNBA.jpg\")
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– 5-year price change: +$92,910 (+32.3%)
– Typical home value: $380,538 (#9 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/AWK4BVEHOE26ZP5IXONJDVR55M.jpg\")
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– 5-year price change: +$53,840 (+26.2%)
– Typical home value: $258,949 (#14 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/ZKK5JZZTAE73HAW7YHVCARJOTI.jpg\")
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– 5-year price change: +$97,613 (+52.4%)
– Typical home value: $283,796 (#13 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The real estate frenzy spurred by the coronavirus pandemic continues, though at a slower pace. Buyers are still…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,60769],"class_list":{"0":"post-125713","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news","11":"tag-stacker"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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