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The Fort-Myers-Cape Coral metropolitan area is the magnet of new home builders and those who want to settle down in Florida. Blessed with abundant sunshine, pristine white beaches and verdant countryside, this is a place that any family would be proud to call home.

Properties on the Gulf Coast are selling like hot cakes. With more than 1000 people moving to Florida every day, this area too is witnessing boom times. What beckon people to this part of Florida is the booming economy, thriving tourist and recreation industry and low unemployment.

Rapid real estate appreciation has given way to stabilization and every new home buyer can look forward to owning a fairly decent home without breaking the bank. And resale value remains good with South Florida continuing to be one of the top real estate markets in the country. The future for the region appears bright with new age industries thriving and fresh influx of talent and aging baby boomers giving the region an edge over others.

Fort Myers: On Florida’s fabulous Gulf Coast in Lee County, Fort Myers is located on the banks of the Caloosahatchee River in Southwest Florida. As a gateway to the Gulf of Mexico it is rich with ambience and history, offering year round pleasures to its visitors and residents. The area was explored by Ponce de Leon and was settled by American Indians in earlier times and by Spanish settlers later. Fort Myers was built along the Caloosahatchee River as one of the first bases of operations during the Seminole Indian Wars. Fort Myers was named in honor of Colonel Abraham C. Myers, the son-in-law of the commander of Fort Brooke in Tampa.

Fort Myers attracted the rich and famous for its beauty and climate. The scientist Thomas Alva Edison was much captivated by the town and set up his winter home here. It is one of the chief attractions in Fort Myers today.

The attractions here include Edison & Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers Historical Museum, Imaginarium, Fort Myers Country Club, Eastwood Golf Course, Yacht Basin, Harborside Event Center and Burroughs Home. Visitors and residents can chill out with loads of sunbathing, boating and fishing, together with golfing and shopping.

Cape Coral: Cape Coral is also in Lee County. It is the largest city in Southwest Florida, forming together with Fort Myers the Cape Coral-Fort Myers MSA. It was built over 40 years ago by two land speculators, the Rosen brothers, who believed that the property's location on the Gulf Coast would be attractive to homebuyers. They purchased the property and created a system of canals spanning more than 400 miles, which were dug up to elevate the land, most of which was around three feet above sea level. Cape Coral is the third-largest city in Florida (in terms of land area), after Jacksonville and Tampa. The city is divided into four quadrants--northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast--with most of the streets being numbered. Santa Barbara Boulevard divides the city into east and west, while Hancock Bridge Parkway (east of Santa Barbara) and Embers Parkway (west of Santa Barbara) divide the city into north and south.