Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL investor activity — metro area market report

In the 12 months ending 2026-06-03, the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metropolitan area recorded 1,422 investor purchases of single-family homes out of 14,126 sales (10% of sales) across 278,806 single-family homes in 1 county-equivalents — 0.5 investor purchases per 100 homes, down 5% year over year (1,493 prior). Ranked #201 of 591 qualifying US markets. Counts are aggregates of public property records, compiled 2026-07-05. The hottest county is Lee County at 0.5 per 100 homes. HottestZip, powered by GoForClose.

Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FLmetro area · Florida

🔥 #201 of 591 ranked US markets

Public-record counts · 12 months ending 2026-06-03 · compiled 2026-07-05

Investor purchases (12 mo)

1,422

purchases by LLCs & corporations

Per 100 homes

0.5

median ranked market: 0.4

Change vs prior 12 mo

-5%

1,493 → 1,422 investor purchases

Share of sales to investors

10%

1,422 of 14,126 recorded sales

Turnover

5.1%

share of all homes that sold

Single-family homes

278,806

Where inside Cape Coral-Fort Myers? County by county

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Lee County1,422 investor purchases · 0.5 per 100 homes · 10% of sales · 278,806 homes10 ranked ZIPs ↓

#	ZIP	County	Investor purchaseslast 12 mo	Per 100 homesinvestor purchases	Share of salesbought by investors	Turnoverof all homes
33	33931	Lee County	46	1.7	27%	6.4%
98	33917	Lee County	140	1.0	17%	6.0%
122	33957	Lee County	35	0.9	14%	6.4%
123	33921	Lee County	17	0.9	22%	4.1%
140	33956	Lee County	25	0.8	13%	6.4%
152	34134	Lee County	46	0.8	13%	6.2%
164	33904	Lee County	102	0.8	15%	5.1%
167	33922	Lee County	17	0.8	15%	5.1%
177	33916	Lee County	35	0.7	25%	2.9%
180	33914	Lee County	145	0.7	12%	6.0%

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