Former Tampa Bay Lightning player Vincent Lecavalier and Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Vincent Jackson are the latest athletes who have warmly expressed their love of Tampa and their desire to retire here….
6 Pet-Safe Houseplants That Can Improve Your Home’s Air Quality
Improve your home’s air quality with these 6 pet-safe houseplants. Toxic chemicals enter our homes through common consumer and home building products. Numerous studies on indoor air pollution and the sick building syndrome…
Is Florida’s Property Tax Rate Among the Lowest?
Is it among the 10 lowest? No. Among the 15 lowest? No. But Florida’s median property tax rate, 1.32%, is less than half of the highest median property tax rate, 2.67%, which…
U.S. Home Sellers in March Earned Biggest Gains Since 2007
U.S. homeowners who sold their homes in March 2016 earned an average rate of 17% or average amount of $30,500 over the amount they originally paid for their homes, the highest average…
International Homebuyers Put Tampa Bay Real Estate on Most Searched List
Among the country’s most popular metro real estate markets, the Tampa Bay real estate market is No. 8 in international online traffic, according to realtor.com’s latest international demand ranking for the year…
Real Estate Tax Ranking Shows Higher Values of Tampa Bay Homes
We always want lower real estate tax amounts, but on the other hand, we also understand that the higher our real estate taxes are, the higher the value of our properties. This…
Most Homebuyers Have Energy Efficiency in Their Most-Wanted List
Of the nearly 4,000 home buyers recently surveyed by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) for its homebuyer preferences research, 94 percent included Energy Star appliances in their list of most wanted home…
Greater Tampa is the Third Most Cost-Friendly Business Location in the U.S.
Among the 31 largest metro areas in the U.S., the Tampa metro area is the third most cost-friendly business location, according to the 2016 Competitive Alternatives study by tax and advisory firm…
Tampa Bay Grew by Nearly 60,000 — 13th Biggest Growth Among 392 US Metro Areas
The Tampa Bay metro area had the 13th biggest population growth over the year ended July 1, 2015 among 392 metro areas in the U.S., based on data released by the U.S….
Wire Transfer Scams in Real Estate Still Prevalent, NAR and FTC Warns
Despite countless warnings about wire transfer scams in real estate transactions, there are still homebuyers whose down-payment and closing-cost money sent through wire transfers are being stolen by email hackers and scammers…