Delay Park
Homes for Sale in Fort Myers, FL
All 1,446 homes for sale in Fort Myers, FL · median $240,000 · 176 homes for sale in 33916 · Lee County homes for sale
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Photo via Florida Gulf Coast MLS
As of November 2026, Delay Park in Fort Myers, FL has 3 homes for sale. As of November 2026, the MLS records 9 closed sales in Delay Park in Fort Myers, FL since 2014, the most recent in September 2025. Across Fort Myers as a whole, 1,227 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $357,500, 65 median days on market, with 123 homes for sale today. At that median and Lee County's FY2025-26 rate of 15.97 mills, annual property tax runs about $5,710 ($5,040 with the full homestead exemption).

Delay Park is a small inventory pool of 53 homes, and its identity is set by two things: an older core (median year built 1962) sitting inside a build range that stretches all the way to 2024, and a modest median living area of 1,572 square feet. That spread means condition and vintage do more work here than any single neighborhood-wide standard. Two homes on the same street can represent very different renovation stories, from original systems to full rebuilds or recent infill.
The homestead share sits at roughly one in five properties, which is low. That tells you a meaningful portion of this inventory is held as non-owner-occupied — rental, seasonal, or investment holds rather than primary residences claiming exemption. For a buyer, that usually means more turnover candidates and more properties where a seller's motivation is financial rather than personal. For a seller, it means your competition may include investor-owned units priced to move rather than held for top dollar.
Figures in this note are as of July 29, 2026. The live market numbers elsewhere on this page update nightly and are newer.
The 60-Second Overview
Delay Park is a compact, established pocket of Fort Myers in Lee County where the housing stock spans nearly a century of construction, from 1926 vintage homes to recent 2024 builds, with no listed community amenities on record.
Pre-construction details are compiled from public records, builder announcements and builder listings, and are subject to change without notice; figures are deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Momentum Research figures are our own analysis. This page describes homes, pricing and community attributes, not residents.
Who Delay Park is best for.
Best for
- Buyers looking for an established, no-frills residential pocket without HOA amenity fees
- Investors comfortable with a market where roughly four in five homes are not owner-occupied under homestead
- Buyers who want a smaller, more modest-footprint home and are willing to vet each property's build year and condition individually
Probably not for
- Buyers who want a newer subdivision with a consistent build era across the block
- Buyers who expect clubhouse, pool, or other shared community amenities as part of the purchase
- Buyers who prefer a larger living area as a baseline rather than the community's modest median footprint
The market around Delay Park
Delay Park is too small for its own price trend, so here is the market around it.
In ZIP 33916, 202 homes are on the market and 13% are under contract — a slower corner of Fort Myers.
Across Lee County, 7,579 homes are active and 1,646 pending (18% under contract).
In ZIP 33916 (Fort Myers), 37 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $354K ($196/sq ft), with a median 80 days on market. Right now 58 active and 11 pending listings put supply at about 18.8 months — a soft market. See the live ZIP 33916 housing market and the Lee County market.
ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Delay Park specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.
Homes For Sale Right Now in Delay Park
Live MLS inventory for Delay Park. Every active listing, what is under contract right now, and the last 12 months of closed sales, refreshed twice a day. Closed comps beat an algorithm's guess every time.
Active and pending Delay Park listings as of 2026-11-11, priced high to low. 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. Tap any home to ask about it.
The Delay Park buying strategy.
If we were buying in Delay Park 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 Delay Park.
A wide build range, a small pool
With only 53 homes in current inventory, Delay Park is not a subdivision with a repeated floor plan or a shared build era — it is a small, older-core neighborhood that has absorbed infill and replacement construction over decades. The 1926-to-2024 build range is unusually wide for a community this size, and the median year built of 1962 confirms that the center of gravity is still mid-century stock, not new construction. Anyone shopping here should expect to evaluate each home individually rather than assume a neighborhood-standard system age or layout.
At a median 1,572 square feet, homes here run on the modest end, which keeps carrying costs and maintenance scope in check relative to larger-footprint product elsewhere in the county. No community amenities are identified from current MLS listings, so this reads as a straightforward residential pocket rather than an amenity-driven HOA community — buyers are paying for the lot, the structure, and the location, not a clubhouse or shared recreation.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Delay Park. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
In a small, mixed-vintage pool like Delay Park, the difference between homes is rarely visible from the listing photos alone — it is in permit history, renovation quality, and how a 1926 build compares structurally to a 2024 one on the same block. We walk every comparable with that lens, and with a homestead share this low, we also flag which listings are likely investor exits versus owner-occupied sales, because that shapes negotiating posture.
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Recently off market in Delay Park
Homes in Delay Park that recently left the market. Each address opens its public-record profile: county-recorded value, property taxes, the last recorded sale, community sales history, and what is for sale nearby now. 1 on record.
- 3811 Pearl St · off market
| Location | Fort Myers, Lee County, FL · ZIP 33916 |
|---|---|
| Homes in the community | 29 (FL DOR 2025 assessment roll) |
| Years built | 1926–2024 (median 1966) |
| Typical living area | 1,506 sq ft (median) |
| For sale right now | 3 active, 0 pending · median asking $380,000 |
| Owner-occupied (homestead) share | 24% |
Data as of September 20, 2026. 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; housing-stock figures from Florida Department of Revenue public records. Market figures describe homes, not residents. Cite as: Momentum Realty, “Delay Park key facts,” movewithmomentum.com/neighborhoods/delay-park, data as of September 20, 2026.
Just listed in Delay Park
The newest homes for sale in Delay Park right now, newest first. Each link opens the full listing with every photo, the price history and a tour request.
- 4030 Washington Ave $360,000 · 4 bd · 4 ba · 1,649 sq ft · listed Jul 9, 2026 Courtesy of Sun Realty International, Inc
- 3817 Pearl St $219,000 · 3 bd · 2 ba · 960 sq ft · listed Jul 17, 2025 Courtesy of Steves Property Group LLC
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Every Home for Sale in Delay Park Right Now (2)
All 2 active and pending Delay Park listings with a detail page, newest first, refreshed twice a day from the MLS.
- 4030 Washington Ave · $360,000 · 4 bd / 4 ba · listed Aug 13, 2026 · listed by Sun Realty International, Inc
- 3817 Pearl St · $219,000 · 3 bd / 2 ba · listed Aug 13, 2026 · listed by Steves Property Group LLC
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Streets in this community
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- Pearl Street (2 homes on record)
What it really costs to own in Delay Park
The parts of the monthly number a mortgage calculator leaves out, from the tax roll, the MLS, Citizens and FEMA. Property facts only.
| Property tax | Current owners' bills run a median of $1,244/yr across 4 listings here (MLS tax records, 2026-11-12). |
|---|---|
| Home and flood insurance | The average Citizens Property Insurance premium in Lee County is $2,197/yr (6,508 policies, Citizens detail by county, April 2026); private-market quotes depend on roof age, wind mitigation and construction. |
| Roof and age | Median build year 1976 across 4 listings. An original roof here would be about 50 years old; under Florida's 2022 reform (SB 2-D) carriers may require an inspection past 15 years, so budget for a roof report, and for replacement where it fails. |
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The real cost & risk here
Before the list price, the Florida math the portals skip. These are Lee County typicals — your exact home, flood zone, and insurance quote will vary, so verify each before you offer.
Check it for your address: look up your flood zone (FEMA) · insurance by county · true-cost calculator · Lee County scorecard.
County typicals from Momentum’s Florida housing data (Zillow & Realtor.com aggregates, Census, FRED), updated monthly; insurance modeled. Flood zone is property-specific — always confirm via FEMA.
29% of homes for sale in ZIP 33916 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 (2026-11-12).
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | Florida Gulf Coast MLS, refreshed twice daily (last: November 11, 2026) |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR assessment roll (street-list match (1 streets, ZIP 33916)) |
| Under-contract shares | Florida Gulf Coast MLS records, as of 2026-09-20 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2014 (9 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 Florida Gulf Coast MLS 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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