It’s been a challenging year for Southwest Florida.
Especially with such obstacles to overcome as recovering from Hurricane Irma, which hit in 2017, and the more recent crises of red tide and algae blooms along our coasts.
But in 2018, the luxury home market still managed to flourish in Lee and Collier counties and even broke records despite all the setbacks.
In June, the priciest home to ever sell in Southwest Florida , was a six-bedroom, nine-bathroom mansion in Port Royal that sold for $48.8 million.
The beachfront estate at 2500 Gordon Drive, with 9,394 square feet of space, was listed at $60.9 million.
Last year’s most expensive home that sold in Collier was a six-bedroom custom estate home at 3750 Rum Row in Port Royal for $17.7 million. And in 2016, a Port Royal home that sold for $15.15 million was the winner.
Lee County’s biggest home sale in 2018 was a home at 4561 Shore Lane in Boca Grande that sold in August for $9.5 million.
In 2017, the most expensive home to sell in Lee County was a four-bedroom beachfront home on Sanibel Island for $7.2 million. And in 2016, a home on Captiva sold for $16.3 million.
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The five-bedroom, six full two half bathroom home at 5648 Shaddelee Lane W, in Fort Myers sold fully furnished on Nov. 1.
Fort Myers also broke a record when a five-bedroom estate sold for $7 million this year, making it the priciest home sale in the Fort Myers area, according to Lee data.
Overall, Lee and Collier saw an increase in sales for multi-million-dollar homes in 2018 compared with last year.
“2018 has been a good year for the upper priced homes in Naples,” said Brenda Fioretti, managing broker at Berkshire Hathaway. “This price range experienced the largest increase in sales out of all of the price ranges.”
In Collier, there were 16 homes that sold for more than $10 million in 2018. That compares to 11 that sold in 2017, according to property data.
In Lee, there were 16 homes that sold for more than $5 million in 2018, compared to seven homes that sold in 2017, according to Lee property data.
Here are the top 10 most expensive homes sold in 2018 for Lee and Collier counties.
Top 10 Lee County Home Sales in 2018
1. $9.5M – 4561 Shore Lane, Boca Grande – Aug. 2
2. $7.85M – 2919 Shore Lane, Boca Grande – April 6
3. $7M – 5648 Shaddelee Lane W, Fort Myers – Nov. 1
4. $6M – 647 Boca Bay Drive, Boca Grande – July 18
5. $5,816,700 – 4515 Shore Lane, Boca Grande – Jan. 23
6. $5.64M – 235 Whiskey Row, Boca Grande – June 8
7. $5.5M – 1077 Bird Lane, Sanibel – March 7
8. $5,415,000 – 344 Gulf Boulevard, Boca Grande – June 1
9. $5.4M – 1310 Seaspray Lane, Sanibel – April 27
10. $5.4M – 1644 Treasure Lane, Boca Grande – April 17
Top 10 Collier County Home Sales in 2018
1. $48.8M – 2500 Gordon Drive, Naples – June 20
2. $16.1M – 4295 Cutlass Lane, Naples – Feb. 16
3. $15.25M – 3251 Green Dolphin Lane, Naples – April 11
4. $15M – 1076 Nelson’s Walk, Naples – Nov. 1
5. $14.95M – 4375 Gordon Drive, Naples – June 26
6. $14.9M – 3450 Rum Row, Naples – March 13
7. $13,538,700 – 550 Kings Town Drive, Naples – June 4
8. $13.5M – 3035 Fort Charles Drive, Naples – Oct. 1
9. $12.9M – 3110 Gin Lane, Naples – May 30
10. $11.5M – 870 Nelson’s Walk, Naples – April 30