CHICAGO – Aug. 16, 2017 – If an interior designer walked through the front doors of your listing, what would their first impression be? Traffic flow “The first thing I notice is whether or not the furniture placement promotes good flow of traffic,” says Lorelie Brown, a Showhomes franchisee in Charleston, S.C. Open floor plans
SEATTLE – Aug. 4, 2017 – More companies are finding ways to integrate digital voice assistants, like Amazon’s Alexa, into showcasing real estate information. Coldwell Banker focused more on voice-assisted devices after a consumer survey earlier this year found that 72 percent of Americans with smart home products want voice control. By the end of
NEW YORK – Aug. 1, 2017 – More than 126,000 U.S. homes were flipped last year – the highest rate since 2007, according to a study by WalletHub. The average gross profit on a single home flip? Nearly $63,000. Overall, Florida metro areas ranked in the top 25 percent for home flipping, with only cities
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – July 27, 2017 – Starting Friday, Aug. 4, Floridians won’t have to pay state sales tax on certain clothes ($60 max), school supplies, personal computers ($750 max) or other items. According to the Florida Retail Federation (FRF), this sales tax holiday is the state’s second busiest shopping “holiday.” It predicts “near record-breaking
TAMPA — In 1887, Tampa’s first city hall existed only in a blueprint. The Hillsborough County courthouse occupied the property where the Tampa police station stands today. Freshly laid bricks formed the cigar factories opened two years earlier by Vicente Martinez Ybor and Ignacio Haya. Henry Plant, who had called the city home during the
Housing remains in high demand in most of the nation, but the housing recovery looks increasingly uneven, depending on location. Whether buyers are shopping for their own homes or for investment properties that will throw off some cash, certain markets are becoming far more lucrative than anyone might have expected just a few years ago.
TAMPA, Fla. – July 6, 2017 – PRLog — Hughes Shelton Realtors of Coldwell Banker was named one of America’s most productive sales agents as a part of REAL Trends America’s Best Real Estate Agents, the newly issued ranking report produced by REAL Trends and sponsored by Zillow Group.  Hughes Shelton Realtors is now a member of the “America’s Best Real Estate Agents,” and ranked number 15 for the state of Florida.
Strategic Property Partners is naming its mixed-use district after the main corridor in its multi-billion-dollar development, hoping to create a signature street and sense of place in Tampa’s urban core. The district will be known as Water Street Tampa, a nod to the rebuilt Water Street that will become the central spine of the urban
The southwest portion of Channelside Bay Plaza will be razed to make way for a heavily programmed park featuring art, festivals and pop-up bars and restaurants. The Port Tampa Bay board of directors on Tuesday voted unanimously to grant Strategic Property Partners permission to demolish a portion of the plaza and allow for tenants other
ERIE, Pa. – June 20, 2017 – If a flood swamps your home, will insurance cover the damage? That depends on the value of your home, the amount of water damage and whether you have a flood insurance policy. Just a couple days after a heavy storm soaked the Erie area, let’s look at some