HPI (2025)FHFA
319
Metro Series · South · Rank #69
Home Price History in Cape Coral–Fort Myers
FHFA all-transactions House Price Index for the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metropolitan statistical area — annual data, 1975 through 2025, rebased to 100 in the year 2000.
YoY changeFHFA
-6.7%
5-yr changeFHFA
+49%
Since 2000FHFA
+219%
The Cape Coral–Fort Myers metropolitan area has FHFA House Price Index data running from 1975 through 2025. The index, rebased to 100 in the year 2000, stood at 37.9 in 1975 and 318.7 in 2025. Cumulative nominal appreciation since 2000: +218.7%.
The 2007–2011 housing crisis cut the Cape Coral–Fort Myers HPI by 56.1% peak-to-trough — from 250.6 in 2006 to 109.9 in 2011. For context, the U.S. national HPI fell roughly 24% over the same period, so Cape Coral–Fort Myers was meaningfully more affected than the national average.
The pandemic-era surge brought the Cape Coral–Fort Myers HPI from 205.5 in 2019 to 350.0 in 2023 — a cumulative +70.3% move in 4 years. Compared to the U.S. national HPI's roughly 50% gain over the same period, Cape Coral–Fort Myers appreciated noticeably faster the national rate.
Located in the South region of the United States, Cape Coral–Fort Myers is one of the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan statistical areas by population. Long-run housing appreciation in Cape Coral–Fort Myers reflects a combination of regional employment trends, in-migration patterns, and local supply constraints. The full year-by-year FHFA HPI for Cape Coral–Fort Myers is in the data table below.
To compare Cape Coral–Fort Myers to the national U.S. housing market, see the national median price history dashboard. Other metros in the South region: see the full metro index. For state-level data, see the state index.
Annual data — Cape Coral–Fort Myers
FHFA House Price Index, 2000=100. Annual data; not seasonally adjusted. Source: U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency.
| Year | HPI (2000=100) | YoY change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 318.69 | -6.68% |
| 2024 | 341.52 | -2.43% |
| 2023 | 350.04 | +5.81% |
| 2022 | 330.82 | +29.41% |
| 2021 | 255.63 | +19.12% |
| 2020 | 214.60 | +4.42% |
| 2019 | 205.51 | +3.77% |
| 2018 | 198.05 | +5.46% |
| 2017 | 187.79 | +6.95% |
| 2016 | 175.59 | +10.59% |
| 2015 | 158.77 | +10.88% |
| 2014 | 143.19 | +11.25% |
| 2013 | 128.71 | +9.97% |
| 2012 | 117.04 | +6.49% |
| 2011 | 109.91 | -2.69% |
| 2010 | 112.95 | -6.02% |
| 2009 | 120.18 | -24.19% |
| 2008 | 158.52 | -28.84% |
| 2007 | 222.76 | -11.11% |
| 2006 | 250.59 | +16.71% |
| 2005 | 214.72 | +35.90% |
| 2004 | 158.00 | +16.74% |
| 2003 | 135.34 | +9.49% |
| 2002 | 123.61 | +11.58% |
| 2001 | 110.78 | +10.78% |
| 2000 | 100.00 | +7.82% |
| 1999 | 92.75 | +2.68% |
| 1998 | 90.33 | +3.10% |
| 1997 | 87.61 | +3.41% |
| 1996 | 84.72 | +0.52% |
| 1995 | 84.28 | +2.17% |
| 1994 | 82.49 | -0.73% |
| 1993 | 83.10 | +0.58% |
| 1992 | 82.62 | +1.35% |
| 1991 | 81.52 | +3.27% |
| 1990 | 78.94 | +4.38% |
| 1989 | 75.63 | +7.41% |
| 1988 | 70.41 | +7.35% |
| 1987 | 65.59 | +1.19% |
| 1986 | 64.82 | +4.40% |
| 1985 | 62.09 | -1.90% |
| 1984 | 63.29 | +4.35% |
| 1983 | 60.65 | -0.87% |
| 1982 | 61.18 | +4.80% |
| 1981 | 58.38 | +8.92% |
| 1980 | 53.60 | +14.19% |
| 1979 | 46.94 | +4.45% |
| 1978 | 44.94 | -1.73% |
| 1977 | 45.73 | +17.56% |
| 1976 | 38.90 | +2.64% |
| 1975 | 37.90 | — |
Methodology
The FHFA House Price Index is a weighted, repeat-sales index that measures average price changes in repeat sales or refinancings on the same single-family properties. The all-transactions index incorporates both purchase mortgages and refinance appraisals; the index is calibrated to the South census region and rebased to 100 in the year 2000. Coverage begins in 1975 for Cape Coral–Fort Myers.