Invest in Tampa… for the Beer

Written by Mike Slatton, Chief Beer Taster for BTGH Tampa, #1 for Craft Beer In case you needed ANOTHER reason to invest in Tampa real estate, here it is: BEER. Yes, beer is the reason to buy investment property in …

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 …

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 …

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 …