A couple of years ago, Kathy Kristof of CBS MoneyWatch wrote an article called 6 Signs You Should Never Be a Landlord. This is an updated version of that famous article. 2014 is turning into a great time to invest in real estate. …
Tampa Bay Foreclosure Rates High, But Dropping
Depending on what side of the table you’re on, the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater market ranked second among Top 20 metropoltan cities in foreclosures during the first quarter of 2014. 1 in 122 houses filed for foreclosure, according to a report issued …
4 Real Estate Opportunities Near SunRail Station
If you’re an Orlando SunRail follower — and a real estate junkie — you’re familiar with something known as TOD. And no, it’s not the brother of SunRail’s safety mascot, Tie, the Squirrel. It stands for “transit-oriented development“, a buzzword in urban planning circles that describes compact residential …
Vacation home purchases on the rise
Salem Solomon, Contributing writer- Tampa Bay Business Journal The U.S. saw a jump in the vacation home market in 2013, which is particularly good news for Florida’s real estate sector and businesses that rely on tourism. Sales of vacation homes rose 30% to …
Home Values in More Than 1,000 U.S. Cities Expected to Be More Expensive than Ever Within the Next Year
527 Cities that Experienced Home Value Declines of 10% or More Now at or Close to Peak, According to Q1 Zillow Real Estate Market Reports; Affordability Problems Could Spread as Interest Rates Rise -U.S. home values climbed 5.7 percent year-over …
Zillow: Tampa home values to outpace national average
TAMPA, Fla. (TBO.com) – Although home values in the Tampa metropolitan area remain 37 percent below their July 2006 peak, home values are projected to increase 6.2 percent over the next year, outpacing the projected 3.3 percent U.S. increase, the Zillow …
Best Time to Buy Real Estate?
Real Estate is a great investment for either long-term or short, because the population is GROWING, and all of the new people coming into this world are going to need a place to put their stuff. To make this news …
Florida’s key position attracts investors
Seen as the gateway to Latin America, the US state is also drawing keen interest from Hong Kong and the mainland as property prices slump Florida’s strategic position as a gateway to Latin America is one of the factors attracting …