Bonavie Cove
Homes for Sale in Fort Myers, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Bonavie Cove is a young, single-vintage community — every home was built within a tight 2019 to 2024 window, with a median build year of 2023, so price here tracks condition and floor plan far more than age or renovation history. At a median of roughly $237.6 per square foot on a median home size just over 2,100 square feet, the pricing math is straightforward: newer construction with a consistent size profile, not a mix of eras competing against each other.
The posture right now is soft. A median 75 days on market and a market heat score of 21 both point to a buyer's market, and the year-over-year change of -4.8% confirms pricing has drifted down rather than up. With only 16 closings in the current window across 178 homes, this is a thin sample — useful for reading direction, not for pinpointing exact value on any single house. Sellers should expect negotiation and price homes to the current trend rather than last year's comps; buyers get room to ask for concessions and time to compare units without urgency.
Bonavie Cove right now
🟡 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($354K) is down 4.8% from the prior 12 months ($372K). With about a dozen sales a year, a single closing can swing this number, so read the level and the decade, not one year's move.Momentum Research, record-level fgc closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 29. Confidence: High (16 and 28 sales in the two windows).
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Updated July 29, 2026 · Live data: fgc, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Bonavie Cove market snapshot (as of July 29, 2026): the median sale price is about $354K ($238 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 75 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 5% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level fgc closed sales (16 closings in the current window).
Bonavie Cove is a community of 178 homes in Fort Myers, Lee County, built between 2019 and 2024 (median 2023.0), with a median living area of about 2,123 square feet. 48% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Bonavie Cove is a compact, recently built community in Fort Myers where every home dates to the same narrow construction window, giving buyers a consistent product to compare rather than a mix of ages and renovation levels.
Who Bonavie Cove is best for.
Best for
- Buyers who want new construction (2019-2024 builds) without shopping a wide range of renovation conditions
- Buyers comfortable negotiating in a softer market and willing to move on a home priced to current trend rather than last year's comps
- Buyers prioritizing a consistent square footage and layout profile over amenity-heavy community features
Probably not for
- Buyers who want an established, amenity-rich community — none are currently identified here from MLS listings
- Buyers who need a large, deep pool of recent comparable sales to price with confidence, given only 16 closings in the current window
- Sellers expecting appreciation from the past year, since the trend here has moved down (-4.8% year-over-year)
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending July 29 of each year, from record-level fgc closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($354K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($372K) IS the -4.8% one-year change.
Windows contain 4 to 28 sales each (16 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size, and thin markets swing on single closings. Listing information provided by the Florida Gulf Coast Multiple Listing Service, Inc. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed by the MLS to be accurate. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
13% of homes for sale in ZIP 33966 are already under contract (under contract ÷ under contract + active listings) — a read on how much of the available inventory buyers have already claimed. Source: MLS data (2026-07-18).
The Bonavie Cove buying strategy.
If we were buying in Bonavie Cove today, this is the order of operations we would run for our clients.
Underwrite the condition first. Price the roof, HVAC, and systems honestly before judging any list price; condition swings value here more than square footage alone.
Match the home to real comps. Recent sales of similar condition and lot, not the asking price, tell you what a home is worth.
Move deliberately, not desperately. Neither side has a decisive edge, so a well-prepared, fairly-priced offer wins without overpaying.
Line up financing and inspection early. A pre-approval and an inspection plan let you act fast and negotiate from evidence.
Keep an agent in your corner. The listing agent works for the seller; we represent you and prepare a hand-built valuation before any offer in Bonavie Cove.
A new-construction micro-market finding its price
With a year-built range of 2019 to 2024 and a median build year of 2023, Bonavie Cove reads more like a single-phase development than a mature neighborhood with decades of turnover. That uniformity simplifies comparison — homes are close in age and size, with a median living area just over 2,100 square feet — but it also means the whole community moves together on pricing. When the broader submarket softens, as the -4.8% year-over-year figure and the 75-day median days-on-market suggest it has, that softening shows up evenly rather than being cushioned by a handful of long-held, paid-off older homes.
The homestead share sits at 47.5%, meaning close to half of homes are owner-occupied under Florida's homestead exemption and the balance are held as second homes, rentals, or recent purchases not yet filed. That's a meaningful non-homestead share worth factoring into how the community trades — a portion of inventory can come from investors or seasonal owners, which tends to add supply and negotiating room in a market that's already showing a heat score of 21, on the cooler end. Fair value work here should lean on the median price and median price-per-square-foot together, since the low closing count (16 in the current window) means any single sale can skew a simple average.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Bonavie Cove. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Momentum Buy Score.
Our proprietary 0 to 10 read across the factors that decide how a home in Bonavie Cove buys, holds, and resells. Momentum Research; not an appraisal.
Momentum Intelligence Scores are our proprietary, qualitative assessment on a 0 to 10 scale, built from the record-level market data on this page. They are a framework for comparing communities, not a guarantee of future value and not advice on a specific home; unlike an automated value estimate they do not price your home, they grade the community on evidence you can inspect. Composite is the plain average of the 3 factors (4.7). Basis: Recent Direction -4.8% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 48% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 91.9% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
A community this new, this thin on closings, and this uniform in build year needs someone reading the trend line, not just the last sale. We track the days-on-market and pricing drift here in real time so sellers price to where the market is now, and buyers know exactly how much negotiating room the current numbers actually support.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | fgc closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 29, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (3 streets, ZIP 33966)) |
| Under-contract shares | fgc records, as of 2026-07-18 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2020 (101 transactions analyzed) |
Verify the primary sources yourself: Florida DOR · U.S. Census · FEMA flood maps · Citizens Property Insurance.
Momentum Research figures are our own analysis of fgc records; MLS data is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Methodology: how Momentum market scores are computed. Market metrics describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
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