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
The ‘Great News’ about rising prices
Sunday, 04 December 2016
Recently there has been a lot of talk about home prices and if they are accelerating too quickly. In some areas of the country, seller supply (homes for sale) cannot keep up with the number of buyers out looking for a home, which has caused prices to rise. The great news about rising prices, however,
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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The price of homes in the Tampa Bay area continues to soar
Saturday, 26 November 2016
Tampa Bay home prices continued to soar in October, with Hillsborough County recording its biggest year-over-year gain since January. Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties also showed dramatic increases as buyers vied for an exceedingly tight supply of single-family homes — Pasco had less than a three-month inventory. And even though interest rates have risen slightly
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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
Why Bill Gates And Jeff Vinik Are Investing Billions To Build An Ecosystem In Tampa
Thursday, 10 November 2016
Ten years ago, Jeff Vinik retired from Fidelity Investments after managing their high profile Magellan Fund. Worth an estimated half a billion, it’s safe to say Vinik can live wherever he wants, and do almost anything he wants, or nothing at all. Instead, Vinik is using his millions to reinvent himself and the city of
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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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New Apartment Tower Proposed on Bayshore
Monday, 17 October 2016
By Ashley Gurbal Kritzer is senior reporter for the Tampa Bay Business Journal A Houston developer is planning to build a new residential tower on Tampa’s most prestigious street. Dinerstein Cos. is proposing a 12-story tower at 319 Bayshore Blvd., adjacent to 2 Bayshore, the complex that sold for a record-setting $303,814 per apartment in
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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
U.S. home flipping increases to a six-year high in Q2 2016
Thursday, 06 October 2016
ATTOM Data Solutions, the new parent company of RealtyTrac, has released its Q2 2016 U.S. Home Flipping Report, which shows a total of 51,434 U.S. single family home and condo sales were completed flips in the second quarter of 2016, up 14 percent from the previous quarter and up 3 percent from a year ago