by HughesShelton | Apr 23, 2017 | General, Housing Market, Investors, Local, Luxury, News, Real Estate, South Tampa, St Petersburg, Tampa Bay
This home in Land O’ Lakes sold for $1.125 million in March, making it Pasco County’s top sale of the month. [Courtesy of Tom Carr/Christopher Williams] This gulf-front home in Belleair Shore sold for $4.809 million in March, making it Pinellas...
by HughesShelton | Apr 18, 2017 | General, Housing Market, Investors, Local, Luxury, Mortgage, News, Real Estate, South Tampa, St Petersburg, Tampa Bay
NEW YORK – April 12, 2017 – Continued economic improvement should give first-time homebuyers the boost they need to enter the market. In fact, about three in five independent mortgage lenders (59 percent) in a recent survey predict an increase in first-time homebuyers...
by HughesShelton | Apr 13, 2017 | General, Investors, Local, Luxury, News, Real Estate, Tampa Bay
With the opening of the Opal Sands and Wyndham resorts on Clearwater Beach in the last 14 months, the Tampa Bay area gained 678 new hotel rooms. Sound impressive? Wait until you see what’s coming. Over the next few years, at least 27 new hotels with a total of...
by HughesShelton | Apr 9, 2017 | Clearwater, General, Local, Luxury, News, Real Estate, South Tampa, Tampa Bay
Hotel developers, Lifsey Real Estate & Holdings Inc. and Pinnacle Hotel Management, held a ground breaking ceremony Thursday to celebrate the start of construction on a new hotel called Current, an Autograph Collection Hotel by Marriott, located at 2500 North...
by HughesShelton | Apr 5, 2017 | Housing Market, Important, Investors, Local, Luxury, Mortgage, News, Real Estate, South Tampa, St Petersburg, Tampa Bay
Diana Olick | @DianaOlick Monday, 27 Mar 2017 | 1:30 PM ETCNBC.com Sluggish housing recovery takes a bite out of the economy Monday, 27 Mar 2017 | 8:23 AM ET | 03:23 Housing remains in high demand in most of the nation, but the housing recovery looks increasingly...
by HughesShelton | Apr 1, 2017 | Blog, General, Housing Market, Investors, Local, Luxury, Mortgage, Real Estate, South Tampa, St Petersburg
NEW YORK – The Federal Reserve is finally taking more action to raise its short-term rates. Last week, it voted to raise the Fed funds rate by 25 basis points. That is expected to add pressure to mortgage rates, too. Many housing analysts fear that rising mortgage...