Cape Coral, Fort Myers top list for vacant “ghost homes” in new study

Cape Coral and Fort Myers likely have the most vacant homes in the country among major metro areas, with 125,764 “ghost homes” according to a new study from Cinch Home Services based on Census Bureau data.

Fox 4 Senior Reporter Kaitlin Knapp has been covering Southwest Florida’s housing market for three years and found it didn’t take long to locate examples of these vacant properties:

Study: Cape Coral and Fort Myers likely have highest number of vacant homes among major US metro areas

Two vacant homes were right next to each other, with many more in the neighborhood.

“I see hundreds, possibly thousands in Cape Coral right now,” said Arianna Falzone, a realtor with RE/MAX Nautical Realty…

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