Home Sales up for Tampa Bay Area!

Home sales were up in March across Hillsborough County as some real estate practitioners hope the housing slump is in the past.
Some 1,400 homes were sold last month in Hillsborough, according to the Greater Tampa Association of Realtors, the best figures since June 2007. The sales were up 25 percent over February and 20 percent [...]

Home Sales UP 25% in March for Hillsborough County

Still on the fence about buying a home in the Tampa Bay Area?  Here’s some statistics on our housing market.
Home sales were up in March across Hillsborough County as some real estate practitioners hope the housing slump is in the past.
Some 1,400 homes were sold last month in Hillsborough, according to the Greater Tampa Association [...]

Tampa Bay Home Sales Rise! Tampa, Fl Real Estate Market Update

Existing Home Sales Rise 23%
By SHANNON BEHNKEN
sbehnken@tampatrib.com
Sales of existing homes rose 23 percent in the Tampa Real Estate Market as bargain hunters snatched up distressed properties and continued to keep home prices lower. That’s the largest jump since September, when sales rose 29 percent.
In the Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater metro area, 1,856 existing single-family homes [...]

St. Pete Times article explains how to buy a 180K home for 121K

Should you buy now? Discounts look favorable in Tampa Housing Market-2009
Here’s a column from today’s St. Petersburg Times:  It’s actually the most cut and dry, easy to understand article that I’ve seen. It explains all the ways you can use today’s Tampa Real Estate Market, Low Interest Rates and the National Home Buyer Tax Credit to your advantage.  [...]

CNN Money-Tampa-St.Pete,-Clearwater Home Prices fell 20.6%

Foreclosures take heavy toll on home prices but bargain hunters are re-entering worst-hit markets.

By Les Christie, CNNMoney.com staff writer
The Median Sales Price, for the Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater areas has dropped 20% to $173,400 from October 2007 to October 2008
A flood of foreclosures has driven home prices down. As many as 40% of all [...]

Tampa, Florida Economic Real Estate Report 2008

I’ve been receiving a lot of requests for the 2008 Tampa Bay Economic Report, which addresses the Real Estate Housing Market here in the Bay area. It also has data on new construction housing starts
If you would like to receive a copy of this 30 page in depth analysis just send us an email with [...]

Current Real Estate Market Conditions-Tampa, Fl

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 the Tampa Real Estate Market.

JUNE MLS Statistics-Tampa Real Estate Market 2008

June statistics are in for the Tampa Real Estate Market
(1) EXISTING HOME SALES UP A WHOPPING 76% SINCE JANUARY, 2008
(2) INVENTORY DOWN 5.5% SINCE JANUARY 2008
(3) MONTHS OF INVENTORY DOWN 54% SINCE JANUARY 2008
(4) AVERAGE SALES PRICE DOWN TO $227,565
(5) AVERAGE DAYS ON MARKET UP FROM 124 IN MAY TO 152 IN JUNE
Thinking about buying [...]

More Good News for buyers-Tampa Real Estate Market Update

Earlier this year Dave Ramsey, financial author and Radio Talk Show host, was on CNN Larry King Live touting what a great buy Tampa Bay housing is right now. He was on The CBS Morning Show this week again commenting on the real estate market from Nashville Tenn. He said “There is no longer a [...]

How Many Foreclosures? How Many Homes on the Market? Tampa, Fl

How’s the Real Estate Market in Tampa, Fl? That’s a question I am often asked by clients looking to relocate to our wonderful Bay area. The facts are revealed in this article that was published in The Tampa Tribune. It is hard to believe that The Tampa Bay area is number two in the nation [...]