These were the five highest-priced home sales reported in Greater Fort Myers / Cape Coral and the Islands, Florida for the week ending November 1, 2026, and together they came to $12.65 million. All five are single-family homes in Lee County. Two are on Sanibel, and the others are in Fort Myers, North Fort Myers and Cape Coral.
The group spans nearly four decades of building. Two of the homes were finished in 2024, and the oldest dates to 1987. Three are one-story homes and two have two stories, and Kingfisher Real Estate Inc. listed both of the Sanibel sales.
No. 1 — $3,200,000 · 11441 Canal Grande DR, Fort Myers, Florida
The top sale of the week was in Esplanade Lake Club in Fort Myers, where a lakefront home finished in 2024 sold for $3,200,000. Built by Seagate to its Genova floor plan, it is a one-story ranch of block and stucco on 0.32 acres on the shore of Lake Como.
The home has 3,982 square feet, four bedrooms plus a den, and six bathrooms, four full and two half. Each bedroom has its own bath and a custom walk-in closet. The great room rises to 15-foot ceilings, and 10-foot pocketing glass doors slide open to the lanai. The kitchen is fitted with Thermador appliances, among them an induction cooktop and double wall ovens, and a custom dry bar next to it has a wine cooler for 86 bottles. Floors are solid wood throughout, and the home also has hurricane impact glass, a whole-house generator and Control4 automation with Sonos audio.
The covered lanai runs to more than 1,000 square feet. Its features include a heated saltwater pool with a sun shelf, a raised spa, a pool bath, an outdoor kitchen with a Lynx grill, a two-sided linear gas fireplace and stained cypress ceiling details, with a screen enclosure that looks out across Lake Como. The home also has its own floating boat dock, and the three-car garage is air-conditioned. Residents of Esplanade Lake Club share a waterfront clubhouse, a lagoon-style pool and a kayak and paddleboard launch, and the community’s Bahama Bar can be reached by boat. The property last sold for $875,000 in 2021, before the current home was built.
Chris Lecca, PA, of William Raveis Real Estate and Russell Rands, PA, also of William Raveis Real Estate, were the listing agents on the week’s highest-priced sale. Jennifer Springer Rinden of Orchid Realty International represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $2,825,000 · 5145 Joewood Dr, Sanibel, Florida
On Sanibel, a remodeled beach home in Gulf Ridge sold for $2,825,000. It stands on 1.04 acres on a cul-de-sac, the largest lot in this Top 5, with direct beach access to the west and views of the bayou, the mangroves, the sanctuary land and part of the Gulf.
Built in 1987, it is the oldest of the five homes, and at 4,800 square feet it is also the largest. The contemporary two-story design has five bedrooms and five bathrooms, four full and one half, along with an elevator, a wet bar and a wood-burning fireplace. Volume ceilings run over an open great room that leads into the kitchen, where there are custom cabinets, quartz counters and several refrigeration options. Next to the kitchen, a Florida-style dining room opens to the outdoor living areas, which overlook the Gulf, the pool and spa, and preserved land.
The primary suite is on the top floor, with views of the Gulf. Two-story decks extend from it and from the main living level, where the guest suites are set apart from the primary, each with its own access to a deck. The roof is a Tesla roof with built-in solar panels and battery storage. The property last sold for $1.06 million in 1998.
Sue Plein of Kingfisher Real Estate Inc. and Phaidra A McDermott, also of Kingfisher Real Estate Inc., were the listing agents. The firm also listed the No. 4 sale, another Sanibel home, giving it two of the week’s top five listings.
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No. 3 — $2,800,000 · 6390 River Club Ct, North Fort Myers, Florida
Walls of glass look out on the river at this two-story home in Riverwatch in North Fort Myers, which sold furnished for $2,800,000. Completed in 2023 by a German builder, the home faces southeast, with river views at both sunrise and sunset.
The home has five bedrooms and six bathrooms, five full and one half, in 4,328 square feet on 0.74 acres. Outside, an infinity-edge pool and spa with a sun shelf and spillovers are screened in, and two roof terraces overlook the water. The four-car garage includes a car lift. For boating, there is a 14,000-pound boat lift that can take vessels up to 30 feet, plus a 7,000-pound jet ski platform. The property last sold for $425,000 in 2020, before the current home was built.
Tom Kiessling of Compass Florida, LLC was the listing agent for the week’s third-highest sale.
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No. 4 — $2,150,000 · 5751 Baltusrol Ct, Sanibel, Florida
At the Sanctuary at Wulfert on Sanibel, a one-story home on the golf course sold for $2,150,000. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, four bathrooms and 3,165 square feet on 0.33 acres, and along with a den it has a separate office and a second living room.
The entry has oak floors and beamed ceilings, and the open living areas lead toward the den and the kitchen, which has Taj Mahal quartzite counters and custom cabinetry. Floor-to-ceiling glass faces the covered patio and a negative-edge pool behind a panoramic screen. With a split floor plan, the primary suite is set apart; it opens directly to the patio and pool and has high ceilings and a large walk-in closet. Buyers are not required to join the club. Those who do join The Sanctuary have the use of a fitness center, a lap pool, a restaurant, tennis and pickleball courts and the Arthur Hills championship golf course.
The home went under contract the same day it was listed. Phaidra A McDermott of Kingfisher Real Estate Inc. was the listing agent, and Trevor Nette of Royal Shell Real Estate, Inc. represented the buyer. With the No. 2 sale, Kingfisher Real Estate Inc. listed both of the Sanibel homes in this week’s Top 5.
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No. 5 — $1,675,000 · 217 Old Burnt Store Rd S, Cape Coral, Florida
The fifth sale, at $1,675,000, was a home in Cape Coral built in 2024 by Tracey Quality Building and then customized by its owner. A Hammerhead model, the one-story ranch has three bedrooms plus a study, three bathrooms and 2,527 square feet on a 10,018-square-foot lot, with an oversized three-car garage.
A wall of glass, eight panels of pocketing sliding doors, opens to the pool and the lake views, and the great room has a custom fireplace wall. The kitchen has quartz counters, an oversized island and a walk-in pantry, and there is a custom wet bar with a wine cooler. The primary suite looks out on the lake and the pool, and its bath has a freestanding tub and a frameless shower. French doors close off the study, which has a built-in Murphy bed for guests.
Outside are a covered lanai with an outdoor kitchen and a saltwater pool with a spillover spa under a picture-frame pool cage. The home’s water frontage is across the road, on navigable water with a seawall, and its Trex dock has a captain’s walk, a kayak launch, a canopy and two boat lifts rated at 12,000 and 7,000 pounds. The listing says Matlacha Pass is just around the corner, under one bridge. Mango and avocado trees grow on the property, which last sold for $160,000 in 2020, before the current home was built.
The home went under contract six days after it was listed. Paula Hellenbrand of Encore Realty Services Inc and Richard Hellenbrand, also of Encore Realty Services Inc, were the listing agents, and Christine Blasses of Century 21 Selling Paradise represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, November 1, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.
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