The Tampa real estate market sustained its performance as the most searched metro market in Florida on realtor.com in July 2012. Realtor.com, the official website of the National Association of Realtors (NAR), tracks real estate trends in 146 metro markets throughout the U.S. It counts searches for a certain metro market by the zip code, neighborhood, town, or city entered by prospective home buyers, and that’s why there are more and more realtors every day since is a profession not that difficult to learn. Cardone University is one of the most popular online real estate courses.
In July, the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area was again the No. 1 metro area in search ranking among Florida’s metro markets. Compared to all other metro markets in the nation, it was No. 7, the same search ranking in the previous month.
Here are the Top 20 metro markets in searches for homes on realtor.com in July:
1. Chicago, Illinois
2. Detroit, Michigan
3. Los Angeles-Long Beach, California
4. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
5. Dallas,Texas
6. Atlanta, Georgia
7. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
8. Phoenix-Mesa, Arizona
9. Orlando, Florida
10. Boston-Worcester-Lawrence-Lowell-Brockton, Massachusetts-New Hampshire
11. Riverside-San Bernardino, California
12. San Diego, California
13. Washington, D.C., Maryland-Virginia-West Virginia
14. Las Vegas, Nevada-Arizona
15. Orange County, California
16. West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, Florida
17. San Antonio, Texas
18. Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
19. Fort Lauderdale, Florida
20. Houston, Texas
Of the 20 metro markets in the list above, 13 maintained their rankings in June, with the first 9 metro markets maintaining their previous rankings. The San Diego market improved by two levels, jumping from No. 14 to No. 12. The Boston, Raleigh and Houston areas improved their rankings by one level.
Here are the top 15 Florida real estate markets in searches in July:
1. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
2. Orlando
3. West Palm Beach-Boca Raton
4. Fort Lauderdale
5. Miami
6. Sarasota-Bradenton
7. Fort Myers-Cape Coral
8. Jacksonville
9. Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay
10. Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie
11. Daytona Beach
12. Lakeland-Winter Haven
13. Naples
14. Pensacola
15. Tallahassee
Among the many attractions of the Tampa real estate market is the availability of affordable but beautiful homes. Housing affordability is a great addition to the things the Tampa area is known for, such as access to white powder sand beaches, fishing piers, boating parks, lakes, bays, cruise ships, theme parks, golf resort communities, masterplanned communities, active 55+ communities and highly-rated schools and universities. As of July 2012, based on realtor.com’s list prices, the Tampa metro area had the third most affordable median list prices in Florida.
| 1. Lakeland-Winter Haven | $134,900 |
| 2. Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay | $139,900 |
| 3. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater | $150,000 |
| 4. Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie | $155,762 |
| 5. Tallahassee | $159,000 |
| 6. Orlando | $165,000 |
| 7. Fort Lauderdale | $175,000 |
| 8. Daytona Beach | $184,500 |
| 9. Pensacola | $184,900 |
| 10. Jacksonville | $194,900 |
| 11. West Palm Beach-Boca Raton | $225,000 |
| 12. Fort Myers-Cape Coral | $240,000 |
| 13. Sarasota-Bradenton | $248,042 |
| 14. Miami | $275,000 |
| 15. Naples | $369,000 |