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The Fed’s Move will boost the Tampa Real Estate Market

With a revitalized Tampa Real Estate Market underway, the Federal Reserve latest announcement will likely push rates down lower and keep inventory moving along. Recent months have shown a dramatic shift in sales, price and overall optimism. The latest news should help keep the momentum strong as we move towards a full recovery. In short Read More

A Reason for Optimism-Tampa Bay Real Estate Market Update for February 2012

  New data shows more great news for the Tampa Bay Real estate market. When comparing February of 2012 to February 2011 for single family homes, we see what is going down: New listings -4.8% Homes for Sale -40.4% Month’s Supply -46.7% Now let’s take a look at what is going up: Sales-to-list price ratio 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

South Tampa Real Estate Update for December 2011, 33606,33609,33629

4901 W Bay Way Dr. sold for 1.2 million For the month of December, excluding distressed properties, there were 51 properties sold in the Hyde Park and Palma Ceia area. Single family homes took up roughly 65% of market activity and had a median sales price of $413,500 or 183 per sq/ft. Median list price Read More

Florida Real Estate Update for October 2011

Tampa Florida Real Estate: Data released by Florida Realtor association showed more good news as we continued to see gains in October for both existing home sales and condos. Existing home sales saw an increase of 13 percent in October for a total of nearly 14,000 homes sold statewide. Despite the doom and gloom often Read More

Tampa Real Estate Update for September 2011

Monthly sales in the Tampa Bay area for the month of September dipped down a tad with 1,732 units sold. This is down from 2,031 that sold in the month of August. The average list price was $182, 610 and the average sales price was $161, 146 which yielded an 88% list to sales price 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: Sign of Better Things to Come?

Sure we currently have our fair share of short sales and foreclosures in the Tampa Bay area . Yes, they are putting downward pressure on pricing and that can be very frustrating for home owners right now. However I think in many areas we have broken through the  price floor; the worst is over in 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