Competing metros: Tampa Bay rebounds to best performance in decade in Milken Institute rankings
Sunday, 22 January 2017
Here’s a feel-good column to unwrap this holiday season that will reveal the Tampa Bay metro area is rebounding as one of the better performing, larger metro areas in the United States. That’s great news after a decade of rough times in the bay area economy, hitting a low ranking among the nation’s top 200
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Here’s how construction work is progressing around Amalie Arena as downtown Tampa’s reshaping begins
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
TAMPA — Construction workers have been digging up the roads in downtown Tampa for months, marking the first steps toward building Strategic Property Partners’ $3 billion vision for the redevelopment of Tampa’s urban core. At its peak, nearly 100 workers are replacing old water and sewer pipes under the roads on Channelside Drive, Morgan and
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Lots of positive trends in today’s housing market
Friday, 06 January 2017
WASHINGTON – Dec. 2, 2016 – What fall slowdown? In many markets across the country, the housing market is showing anything but the typical seasonal slowdown. In fact, a report released by the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) finds just the opposite. Existing-home sales eclipsed June’s cyclical sales and, in October, zoomed to the highest
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Florida has 238 downpayment assistance programs
Saturday, 24 December 2016
ORLANDO, Fla. – Nov. 14, 2016 –The number of U.S. downpayment assistance programs decreased 3 percent from the previous quarter, according to Down Payment Resource’s Third Quarter 2016 Homeownership Program Index (HPI). However, of the nation’s 2,392 programs, almost 88 percent currently have funds available for eligible homebuyers, an increase of 3 percent from the
Channel district apartment tower sold for $88 million
Friday, 16 December 2016
One of downtown Tampa’s newest apartment towers has a new owner. Skyhouse Channelside, which wrapped up completion in 2015, sold for $88 million to a corporate entity tied to Yonkers, New York-based AVR Realty, according to public records. Skyhouse, right, is a 23-story tower in downtown Tampa’s Channel district. The seller was Atlanta-based Novare
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1 in 4 Florida Homeowners with mortgage is ‘Equity Rich’
Thursday, 08 December 2016
1 in 4 Fla. owners with mortgage is ‘equity rich’ IRVINE, Calif. – Nov. 17, 2016 – ATTOM Data Solutions’ Q3 2016 U.S. Home Equity and Underwater Report finds that 23.4 percent of U.S. homeowners with a mortgage are equity rich, meaning their loan-to-value ratio is 50 percent or lower. It’s a year-to-year increase of
Freddie Mac planning appraisal free mortgages
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
WASHINGTON – Nov. 14, 2016 – Can computers, big data and advanced analytics replace real live humans when it comes to accurately valuing the home you want to buy? One of the two largest financial players in U.S. real estate thinks so and is preparing to introduce changes that could prove momentous – and highly
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Tampa International Airport hopes to add service to Dublin, Amsterdam, Bogota, Mexico City, Portland, Salt Lake City
Monday, 14 November 2016
Tampa International Airport has its sights set on securing new flights to Europe, Latin America and the western United States. The Hillsborough County Aviation Authority voted unanimously to update and extend the airport’s incentive program, which is used to help lure new airlines and routes. As part of the presentation given to the aviation authority
Hughes Shelton Realtors Recognized Among the Top Agents of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate
Tuesday, 01 November 2016
TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The Hughes-Shelton Realtors® team has been recognized among the top sales associates affiliated with Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate for 2015. Mike Hughes, Jeff Shelton and Andrea Webb attended a special three-day event in Orlando last week to honor the top regional associates from NRT LLC, the largest
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See inside a $7.75M waterfront mansion in Tampa, the second most expensive listing in the city
Thursday, 06 October 2016
By: Ashley Gurbal Kritzer, Senior Reporter |Tampa Bay Business Journal A nearly $8 million mansion on the Westshore waterfront hit the market quietly in early July, and there’s already been so much activity on the property that the listing agent thinks it could sell within six months. The house, at 4942 Saint Croix Drive, was