The Grove
Homes for Sale in Fort Myers, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
The Grove is a value-per-square-foot story before it is anything else. With a median living area around 3,327 square feet against a median price of $395,000, the math works out to roughly $237.62 per square foot — well below what buyers typically pay for size alone in Lee County. That combination, plus a build era concentrated between 1990 and 1997, tells you this community competes on space and age rather than on finish level or amenity package.
Pricing is down 11.9% year over year, and with only 9 closings in the most recent window against 146 total homes, that swing should be read as a small, condition-sensitive sample rather than a broad repricing. A median 20-day time on market and a mid-range heat score of 53 suggest homes that are priced and presented correctly still move at a normal pace — this is not a market where sellers can lean on scarcity, and it is not one where buyers should expect distress-level concessions either.
The Grove right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($395K) is down 11.9% from the prior 12 months ($448K). 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: Medium (9 and 6 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
The Grove market snapshot (as of July 29, 2026): the median sale price is about $395K ($238 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 20 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 12% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level fgc closed sales (9 closings in the current window).
The Grove is a community of 146 homes in Fort Myers, Lee County, built between 1990 and 1997 (median 1994.0), with a median living area of about 3,328 square feet. 73% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
The Grove is a Fort Myers community of 146 homes built mostly in the early-to-mid 1990s, offering above-average square footage at a price point that undercuts typical per-square-foot costs in the area — a trade-off between space and age that shapes almost every listing here.
Who The Grove is best for.
Best for
- Buyers prioritizing large living space over new construction or updated finishes.
- Buyers comfortable budgeting for condition-related updates on a home built in the early-to-mid 1990s.
- Buyers looking for value on a per-square-foot basis in Lee County.
Probably not for
- Buyers who want a community with organized shared amenities.
- Buyers seeking a recently built home with minimal deferred maintenance.
- Buyers who need a large, statistically stable resale market to time an exit precisely.
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 ($395K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($448K) IS the -11.9% one-year change.
Windows contain 3 to 17 sales each (9 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.
17% of homes for sale in ZIP 33919 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 The Grove buying strategy.
If we were buying in The Grove 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 The Grove.
Size Over Polish
Homes in The Grove were largely built between 1990 and 1997, with a median year built of 1994. That puts the housing stock at an age where structural systems and finishes vary widely from house to house depending on how much has been updated, which is the main reason condition — not location or lot — drives price spread here. A $237.62 median price per square foot on homes averaging over 3,300 square feet reflects that age discount directly: buyers are paying for volume, and the market is pricing in the work that often comes with a home from this era.
A 73.3% homestead share indicates the majority of homes are owner-occupied rather than held as rentals or second properties, which tends to support more consistent maintenance patterns across the community even without a formal amenity package — current MLS data does not identify any shared community amenities here, so buyers should treat this as a straightforward single-family stock rather than an amenity-driven purchase.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in The Grove. 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 The Grove 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 (5.7). Basis: Recent Direction -11.9% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 73% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 95.2% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
With only 9 closings in the current window feeding a -11.9% year-over-year read, headline numbers in The Grove can be misleading without context on individual home condition and update history. We pull comparable sales at the square-footage and vintage level — not just the neighborhood average — so pricing and offer strategy reflect what a specific 1990s-built home is actually worth today, not a skewed small-sample trend.
The Grove in 15 seconds.
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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 (8 streets, ZIP 33919)) |
| Under-contract shares | fgc records, as of 2026-07-18 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2014 (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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