If you’ve found the house you’re looking for, it’s advisable to buy it now, as home prices are expected to increase this spring, based on the week-by-week price trend monitored by Altos…
Category: Market Trends
Buyers of Bank Owned Homes Got Substantial Price Discounts
Home buyers throughout the nation got significant price discounts when they bought bank owned homes in 2010, based on a report from RealtyTrac. Banks sold their real estate owned homes at an…
Investors Snap Up Short Sale Homes, Bank Owned Homes
Investors are snapping up cheap homes, which are typically short sale homes and bank owned homes. As home prices continue to tumble down, investors grab these distressed homes for sale in the…
Record Sales of Tampa Homes Helped Push Up Home Sales Nationwide
Double-digit increases in sales of Tampa homes in January helped push up U.S. home sales during the month, based on the National Housing Report released by ReMax. Home sales in Tampa shot…
Existing Condos and Single Family Homes in Tampa – Have Their Prices Reached Bottom?
Pre-owned condo units and single family homes for sale in the Tampa metro area have probably reached bottom in the last quarter of last year, based on price charts from the National…
Selling Your Home? Focus on Three Factors
On the Internet, you can find thousands of tips to sell your home fast. And most of them are helpful. But, actually, if you gather and group these tips, they all come…
Home Builders Hope to Build More Homes in 2011
A large number of home builders stopped building when the housing sector collapsed from the weight of foreclosures. Some of them survived by doing renovation or repair work or by accepting subcontracting…
Three Kinds of Notices Sent by Mortgage Lenders to Home Loan Applicants
Under new rules, there are now three main kinds of disclosure notices mortgage lenders send to home loan applicants. These are the: Credit Score Disclosure Notice Risk-Based Pricing Notice Adverse Action Notice…
Tampa Real Estate: Tenth Most Searched by Prospective Buyers in 2010
A large proportion of prospective home buyers searched for Tampa real estate in 2010, according to Move Inc., a real estate company that runs Realtor.com. The finding was based on online searches…
Tax Incentives for Businesses Locating or Expanding in Tampa
Businesspeople launching new firms or expanding enterprises in Tampa or in other cities of Hillsborough County can obtain tax incentives this year. Last year, voters approved an economic development proposal authorizing county…