Botanica Lakes
Homes for Sale in Fort Myers, FL

Botanica Lakes market snapshot (as of September 20, 2026): the median sale price is about $438K ($183 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 48 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is up 7% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Florida Gulf Coast MLS closed sales (32 closings in the current window).

In ZIP 33913 (Fort Myers), 1,461 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $444K ($218/sq ft), down 2.4% year over year, with a median 58 days on market. Right now 495 active and 136 pending listings put supply at about 1.3 months — a balanced market. See the live ZIP 33913 housing market and the Lee County market.

County records show 10 qualified sales in Botanica Lakes across 2024–2025 (7 in 2024, 3 in 2025), median $435,000 — the last recorded sale per parcel on the Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll, independent of the MLS.

Botanica Lakes is a community of 185 homes in Fort Myers, Lee County, built between 2006 and 2014 (median 2010), with a median living area of about 3,400 square feet. 74% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).

Built out mainly between 2006 and 2014 with a median construction year of 2009, Botanica Lakes is a Fort Myers community of 678 homes carrying a homestead share of 72.6%, meaning most of the housing stock is owner-occupied rather than turned over as investment or seasonal inventory.

The defining physical trait here is scale: a median living area above 3,150 square feet against a $425,000 median price puts the per-square-foot cost in the high $180s. That combination generally signals homes bought for space and layout first, and it means condition and finish level — not lot size or view — will drive where an individual sale lands relative to that median.

The transaction data backs up a patient market. A 54-day median days-on-market, a market heat score of 28, and a year-over-year change of just 1.9% all describe a resale environment with modest, steady movement rather than sharp swings in either direction. With 37 closings recorded in the current window across 678 total homes, turnover is measured, not rapid — consistent with a homestead share of 72.6%, which limits the pool of homes cycling back onto the market at any given time.

In a community with no standout amenity package listed in current MLS data and a wide range of build years within the same footprint, pricing has to be built from comparable size, age, and condition rather than a community-wide script. We pull the actual closed comps by square footage and vintage inside Botanica Lakes so a listing or an offer is anchored to what's really selling, not a neighborhood average that masks a 3,000-square-foot home against a smaller one.

Listings in this community report association dues of about $400 per month ($4,800 a year) — the median AssociationFee across 217 MLS records, normalised to a monthly figure; most are billed monthly. Dues change with budgets and can differ by section or product type; confirm the current figure with the association before you offer. Source: MLS listing records, 2026-10.

Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.