Buying Real Estate in Tampa

The Latest News on the Tampa Real Estate Market, every day, on The Real Estate Sizzle ! Tampa is home to MacDill Air Force Base, which includes Central Command, Centcom, as well as SoCom.  The entire Tampa Bay area is filled with military families from all branches, as well as civilians who are employed as military consultants. This summer,  I have been busy relocating several military families into the Tampa area. In the Tampa Real Estate Market, there are many neighborhood choices for military families. Their  questions are always the same…Where are the best school districts in Tampa and…Which neighborhoods are affordable, and convenient, to ... Read Full Story

Tampa summers are HOT and HUMID and enjoying a refreshing drink, while relaxing by the pool, in your backyard, is a great way to cool off after a long, hot day! I always counsel buyers to choose a “pool home” over a “non-pool home”, for resale value! Recent s a les in the Tampa Real Estate Market show the “value” of a “pool” increases with the value of the hom e. You can see the percentage of homes sold in 2008, with, and without pools in various price ranges. Price range Homes Sold Percentage of “Pool Homes” $350–500K 3351 63% $501–750K 1543 72% Over ... Read Full Story

With the strength of the Euro in the past few years, and the decline in Florida Real Estate prices, Europeans have been able to buy Florida real estate at historically low prices. Over the past few months, however, the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction.  On this date last year, One Euro was 1.47 US Dollars. Today the Euro will cost us 1.29 dollars, just about the same as the value of two years ago, and a 12% increase for American Currency over the past year. The Euro was trading at 1.27 on Election Day, last November, so the new administration in Washington ... Read Full Story

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