Tampa Bay is enjoying a hotel boom. Could a five-star be coming?
Thursday, 13 April 2017
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 4,000 rooms are expected to start
Developers break ground on new Marriott hotel on Rocky Point
Sunday, 09 April 2017
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 Rocky Point Dr., in Tampa. TAMPA — Officials broke ground on a 10-story hotel
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Tampa Listed As One of the Nation’s Healthiest Housing Markets
Wednesday, 05 April 2017
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 uneven, depending on location. Whether buyers are shopping
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Hollywood producer lists South Tampa estate for sale at $4.95 million
Thursday, 30 March 2017
A Tampa Bay businessman-turned-Hollywood-producer has listed his South Tampa estate for sale at $4.95 million. Steve Matzkin, founder of Sarasota-based Dental Care Alliance, has put his home at 5225 S. Nichol St. up for sale, listing it with Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate’s Mike Hughes and Jeff Shelton. VIEW SLIDESHOW 24 photos Steve Matzkin, a
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Hughes Shelton Realtors with Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate Named No. 1 Team in West Central Florida
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
TAMPA, Fla. – March 28, 2017 – PRLog — The Hughes Shelton Realtors, comprised of Mike Hughes, Jeff Shelton, Andrea Webb, Rebecca Batte, Kelly Burchill, Leigh Jones, Cristine Mastrilli and Tara Curry with Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate’s Tampa Westshore office, has earned the ranks of the number one large team in West Central Florida.
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How will housing change over the next decade?
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
NEW YORK – March 7, 2017 – Your 10-year outlook: Expect business to get busier, but be ready for some major demographic shifts in housing. Housing demand over the next decade will be significantly higher than today, predicts Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors® (NAR), in his latest column at Forbes.com.
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Kitchen features buyers will pay more for
Thursday, 16 March 2017
CHICAGO – Dec. 6, 2016 – A great kitchen can help sell a home, and real estate professionals are spotlighting it in their marketing. Of all the homes listed for sale on realtor.com, 69 percent of the listing descriptions highlight the kitchen as a selling point. Forty-nine percent mentioned the bedrooms and 35 percent highlighted the
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Home improvements: Which ones recoup the most money?
Wednesday, 08 March 2017
NEW YORK – Jan. 19, 2017 – If a home improvement project costs $1,000, how much money will the homeowner get back if he sells the home – his return on investment (ROI)? In 2017, only attic insulation recoups more than its cost. The 2017 Cost vs. Value Report looked at 99 U.S. markets and
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Higher inflation one more reason to buy a home now
Sunday, 19 February 2017
NEW YORK – Jan. 20, 2017 – Annual inflation hit a 21/2-year high in December amid rising gasoline prices as a core measure of inflation increased moderately. The consumer price index rose 0.3 percent, the Labor Department said Wednesday, matching economists’ estimates. Prices were up 2.1 percent the past year, the largest annual jump since
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Tampa, once dubbed dangerous for bicycling, now one of ’50 Best’ in U.S.
Monday, 30 January 2017
TAMPA — Just two years ago, Tampa was receiving brickbats for being one of the most dangerous cities to navigate on two wheels. The Tampa Bay region had just been named one of the worst metropolitan areas for bicyclists and pedestrians. The same report by the National Complete Streets Coalition dubbed Florida the most dangerous
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