It’s a good time for move-up buyers to sell
Monday, 02 January 2017
NEW YORK – Dec. 2, 2016 – Smaller homes have seen significant price growth over larger ones, and that means some homeowners may be sitting on a lot of equity – more than they may realize. With mortgage rates still low by historical standards but expected to edge up soon, homeowners with equity in their
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
7 ways to add curb appeal for potential buyers
Tuesday, 20 December 2016
ORLANDO, Fla. – Nov. 22, 2016 – There are several things home sellers should do to improve curb appeal. These include painting the front door with a pop of color to create a focal point, adding a new mailbox that is modern and ensures the home’s address number is clearly visible from the street, and
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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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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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Ambitious riverfront project featuring hotel, offices, retail and residences planned for Tampa
Friday, 18 November 2016
TAMPA — Convinced that the city is on a “very positive trajectory,” a Tampa-based real estate firm is planning an ambitious project that would include residences, offices, retail and hotel space on the west bank of the Hillsborough River near downtown Tampa. If it came to fruition, the proposed Lafayette Place would represent another major
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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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10 Cities Americans Are Moving To Right Now (And 10 They Are Leaving)
Monday, 13 June 2016
Whether for professional or personal reasons, people sometimes pick up and move. In the United States, folks have been migrating to urban areas in recent generations, but these days the places they wind up are not necessarily the major hubs we might expect. Recently, real estate information platform, Realtor.com, completed a study on where people