Posted November 12th, 2008 by Sheila
Technorati Tags: Florida real estate,real estate market
As the leaves fall and air gets a little cooler (cold to us Floridians at least), I think back to everything that has happened this year. The real estate market and the economy entered into complete turmoil and my business declined. I won’t lie to you, I can’t [...]
Tags: Florida real estate, Real estate market
Posted July 30th, 2008 by Sheila
President Bush just signed the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 on July 23rd. This is exciting news for consumers and Realtors! The bill will provide some much needed help to help stimulate the housing market. Some of the interesting provisions includes a homebuyer tax credit of up to $7500 that would be available [...]
Tags: Housing, Real estate market, Refinance
Posted July 24th, 2008 by Sheila
Well the June real estate market numbers are here, and they continue to show signs of strengthening.
The MidFlorida MLS reports that the Greater Tampa Association of Realtors closed 1,394 homes in June, up from 1,316 homes in May and up from 1,235 homes in April, and well north of the 791 homes sold [...]
Tags: Real estate market, Tampa Real Estate
Posted July 23rd, 2008 by Sheila
Big home builders in the Tampa Bay area were prospering a couple of years ago by building mostly larger homes, but when the market turned the home building business slowed dramatically. They had to re-think their strategy as well as the type of product they would build in order to keep the business going. The [...]
Tags: affordable housing, Real estate market, tampa homes, Tampa Real Estate