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Inside Tampa Real Estate: April 2012 Market Report

Inventory continues to go down, and average sales price continues to go up. The Tampa Bay Real Estate market took a breather last month. April showed nearly 1900 units sold overall, down 9% from last month and down 8% from the year prior. The average sale price in Tampa Bay was $165,354, up from $153,000 Read More

Tampa Real Estate Market News for January 2012

A beautiful top of the line remodel in a deed restricted golfing community in Dunedin.   The Greater Tampa Association of Realtors report showed 6.7 months of inventory on the market for the month of January, a slight increase from December (5.6 months.) Single family homes priced correctly continued to sell quickly (often in less Read More

Tampa Real Estate Market News for November 2011

  According to statistics released by the Greater Tampa Association of Realtors, the market had a total of 1523 properties sold last month. The average sales price for a home in the Tampa area for the month of November was $146,436, down from $151,329 in October. The average list price was $154, 625 which represented Read More

Tampa Housing Market Update For August 2011

Redington Shores Beach Front Condo August was a good month for real estate activity in the Tampa Bay area. We saw 1,957 properties sell off, with an average list price of $165,952 and an average sales price of $158,007.  This yielded a list to sales price ratio of 95%. Inventory was also down from the Read More

Tampa Real Estate Market shows a slight Downturn for July

For the first time this year, the Tampa Bay real estate market has shown a decrease in the median price for single family homes. A 3.2% decline to 125,000 from 129,500 isn’t all that bad, when you consider that we’ve seen the median price rise 18% the first six months of the year. These numbers Read More

Tampa Real Estate Showing an Upward Price Trend?

  Recent data taken from Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando, Polk, Sarasota and Manatee counties show a median price increase of roughly six percent from May to June.  Looking at this multi-county area also shows a 22% price increase since the beginning of 2011. These are gains we haven’t seen for nearly five years in the Read More

2011 Ushers in Affordable Housing for Tampa Real Estate

Since its inception, the Housing Opportunity Index (HOI) has tracked nationwide market trends, and they have concluded that housing is more affordable now than it has been in the last 20 years. In a recent report the HOI found that nearly 75% of all new and existing homes sold in the beginning of 2011 were Read More

Tampa Real Estate News: Fixed Mortgage Rates Dip Lower for 2011

The thirty year fixed mortgage rate got to it’s lowest point of 2011 for the third straight week, falling to 4.60 percent from 4.61. The 15 year rate, an option  I highly recommend, also came down to 3.78 percent. I do not anticipate these rates going up any time soon and would not be surprised Read More