Alva
What homes here actually sell for, how long they take, and whether this is a market that favours you. Out of the MLS, and rebuilt whenever the data is.
from 302 sales in a year
homes for sale today
how long it would take to sell them all
for the typical home
Whose market is it?
At 7.9 months of supply this is firmly a buyers' market. There is nearly a year's worth of inventory, and anything overpriced will sit there all of it.
Half of everything sold here went under contract inside 56 days, and the typical sale closed at 96.9% of what it was asking.
The middle half of sales landed between $315,000 and $520,000. Below $210,000 and above $950,000 you are into the ends of the market, where the usual rules stop applying.
What sells here
Share of the last year's sales.
the typical home sold was built in 2021 and worked out at about $197 a square foot. 45% of sales were waterfront and 31% had a pool.
Before you buy here
A median price tells you very little about what a particular house will cost you to keep. Taxes reassess when you buy, insurance depends on the roof and the flood zone, and both are bigger levers than the price.
Inside Alva
The named communities.
Each one is its own market. A gated community with its own dues behaves nothing like the street next to it.
Hampton Lakes
71 sold in a year · 50 for sale
54% on the water
Country Club
60 sold in a year · 48 for sale
43% on the water
Cascades
41 sold in a year · 22 for sale
59% on the water
Terrawalk
21 sold in a year · 8 for sale
67% on the water
Ashton Oaks
11 sold in a year · 2 for sale
73% on the water
Lehigh Acres
9 sold in a year · 6 for sale
From the journal
What we have written about Alva.
America's 250th Birthday Week: 250 Reasons We Love Selling Real Estate in Southwest Florida
Vacation Home or Investment Property in SWFL? The 2026 Breakdown (Tax, Insurance, ROI, and the One Rule That Catches Almost Everyone)
Buyer Closing Costs in Florida: What ACTUALLY Hits You at the Closing Table, and Every Month After
Seller Closing Costs in Florida: What ACTUALLY Comes Out of Your Check at the Closing Table
Estero Housing Market Update: May 2026 (Single Family + Condo, the Headline and the Story Underneath)
Sanibel & Captiva Housing Market Update: May 2026 (Single Family + Condo, Two Islands, Two Recovery Stories)
Thinking about Alva?
We have sold houses here. Ring and ask what the numbers above do not tell you, which is usually the part that matters.
Every figure on this page is an aggregate from Florida Gulf Coast Multiple Listing Service data covering the last twelve months of closed sales, filtered to homes. Information is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed accurate by the MLS. None of it is an appraisal, and a median is not a valuation of any particular property. Rebuilt 2026-08-26.