South Tampa Realtor
Why use a Realtor, aren’t they all the same? Did you know Eighty-five percent of sellers were assisted by a real estate agent when selling their home, according to NAR Research, and 79 percent of buyers purchased their home through a real estate agent or broker. Top Realtors should be experts in their field, whether […]
Did you see the report on Tampa’s Fox News today? One homeowner was offered 30K in cash to sell their home as a short sale. If you received a letter from Chase Bank offering you an incentive to list your home as a short sale you will need a Certified Property Distressed Property Expert Agent. […]
If you haven’t been paying attention to Tampa’s once declining real estate market you may be surprised to know how things have changed since last year. Recently, Realtor.com released a list of metro markets with the lowest median age of homes currently listed. As you’ll see, the Tampa, St. Petersburg market is ranked as number […]
Courtesy of Bayshore Title-Tampa, Fl “Mayhem” is a great word, isn’t it? Webster’s defines it as “needless or willful damage or violence.” Stock market analysts are using the word a lot right now, referring to the “mayhem in the world equities markets”. But the market is just reacting to world events. The real mayhem happened […]
Here’s an in-depth look at Tampa’s current real estate market including statistics, neighborhoods, and home prices. This 9 page report compiled by the Greater Tampa Association of Realtors includes all homes, condos, and townhouses sold in the second quarter of 2011. These statistics are broken down by average sales price, inventory and number of homes […]
Living in the “Sunshine State” as we do ya gotta love it when the above words appear in national headlines. And, despite the past rainy weekend, it’s even more exciting when those words relate to the housing market as noted in a recent online edition of Real Trends. According to a Real Trends survey pendings […]
Provided Courtesy of Bayshore Title- Tampa, Fl The Southside Report is a compilation of sales data derived from MLS that isolates the South Tampa market and breaks sales information into the four zip codes in our area. (33609, 33611, 33629 and 33606) The first report, “Average Sales Price” reveals sales reported through MLS for the current month and compares it […]
6 Reasons to Own Your Own Home-Still on the fence about buying a home in Tampa? Home prices and interest rates will likely never be this low again. Here are the biggest factors involved when deciding on home ownership. Tax breaks. The U.S. Tax Code lets you deduct the interest you pay on your mortgage, […]
Homebuyers tell me they “only want to look at short sales”. My initial response is why? You can read a previous post here about Can I get a short sale for 20% less than asking price? Short Sale Disadvantages: The question today is a short sale worth the months of waiting just to find out […]
Assuming you have equity in your home, the decision to list your home is not an easy one these days. The better you understand the real estate market, the easier it will be for you to deal with the truth. I would hate to be the listing agent who gets the dreaded call asking “where […]
