Posted August 21st, 2008 by Sheila
As of today, there are currently 3,277 active short sale/foreclosure properties listed in the Multiple Listing Service in the Tampa Bay area. In addition to the short sales/foreclosures, there is another 929 bank-owned properties currently listed. The numbers pulled from MLS are not a representative of the total amount of foreclosure and bank-owned properties. As [...]
Tags: bank-owned properties, foreclosure, homes, housing market, REO, short sale, Tampa Real Estate
Posted August 18th, 2008 by Sheila
Hurricane season was very quiet last year and has been very quiet this year until now. Like everyone I am hoping and praying Hurricane Fay will either die down to a tropical storm or remain a category one. I live in the South Tampa area, which is surrounded by water, so I always get nervous [...]
Tags: hillsborough county, hurricane, pets, shelter
Posted August 14th, 2008 by Sheila
The South Tampa News & Tribune and The Central Tampa News & Tribune Readers’ Poll votes are in! I am proud to announce that our Keller Williams Tampa Central Office’s Leslee Coppock was voted #1 Realtor and Keller Williams Realty was voted #1 real estate office!! Leslee is an awesome Realtor and I am proud [...]
Tags: Central Tampa, Keller Williams, South Tampa, Tampa Real Estate
Posted August 13th, 2008 by Sheila
I support the passage of Amendment 5 and hope voters agree when they go to the polls in November. By voting yes, property taxes will drop by 25 to 40 percent. The Amendment will eliminate the state’s Required Local Effort (RLE) property tax levy for School Boards in 2010. Don’t worry about the schools because [...]
Tags: property owners, real estate, Schools, Tampa Bay, Vote
Posted August 11th, 2008 by Sheila
I was very disappointed to read that Whaley’s Market in Hyde Park closed this past Sunday. It was one of the few landmarks left in Hyde Park that was stable. Nothing seems to last long in Hyde Park, but Whaley’s was an exception. Hyde Park fell victim to the condo market when a landowner was [...]
Tags: Hyde Park, Tampa, Whaley's Market
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