Lee County’s September 2025 single-family home prices fell 2.1 percent from last year, continuing the downward price trend in SW Florida. There was some good news, however, as median home prices rose $5,000 from August’s numbers.
September 2025 House prices fall
Official single-family home prices this September were 5,375,000, compared to 382,900 last year. I saw some other notable numbers during the official release. Closed single-family home sales rose 14.4 percent last September. Remember Helen hit on September 26 last year, followed by Milton a few weeks later. Home sales of the month were postponed or canceled in Milton as well as Helen Hutt. When the October numbers are released next month, we wouldn’t be surprised to see a big jump in foreclosures this year over last year. Last year’s numbers were suppressed by storms
Helen and Milton
Helen and Milton were a double whammy for the area that Ian had targeted just 2 years earlier. The combination of 3 storms and flooding put the kibosh on home sales and prices from which we are still recovering. Thank goodness there were no tornadoes in our area. Florida already faces high insurance premiums, and SW Florida has experienced more from hurricanes.
New pending sales are up 11 percent from last year. Again, this could be due to storms, but we’ll take it. Pending inventory is down .6 percent from last year. The official months supply of inventory is 6.7 months, which is a 15.5% increase from last year. As we track these numbers weekly, inventory has started to rise again.
Strategy meeting
We have had several sellers take us up on our offer for strategy sessions. Many sellers aren’t sure what to do. They will want to sell and know if the market will rise again with lower interest rates in the future or will fall further. We sit down and go over all the stats, then look at their situation. After analyzing the entire situation, the homeowner decides what they want to do or not do, and when. We are not telling them what to do. Our belief is that homeowners should have all the facts to make the best decision for themselves, as this is a huge financial decision.
Times like these
In times of uncertainty, it pays to work with a real estate professional who is unbiased and studies the market. It is important to have this experience and wisdom. Hearing the word on the street is also valuable. Buyers and sellers are only prepared by an active real estate agent who is thinking of buying.
Call if you would like a strategy session with Brett or Sunday Alice 239-310-6500. You can also check out www.swflhomevalues.com if you’re not ready to talk to someone yet. Our home value tool gives you an instant value, and emails it to you every month so you can track price changes each month. Many sellers love it, and we hope you do too.
Our Leecountyonline.com offers some features we haven’t seen anywhere else, so check them out if you’re looking to find real estate in SW Florida.
YouTube videos
You may also like our YouTube videos. We produce a podcast called Gulf Coast Real Estate Insider as well as timely informative market news and information, and it’s all free. Just go to https://www.youtube.com/@topagent and check out our channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnfbwmug6g0
We would love to speak with you. We are available in person, on phone, zoom, text, video, you name it. We can discuss September 2025 house prices and the market moving forward. Be sure to read last week’s article “Word on the Street in SW Florida.”
Good luck, and happy selling!
