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July 27, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano TAMPA, Fla. – In late February, as April Griffin read the news about COVID-19 spreading across the country, she worried about the virus coming to the Tampa Bay area. She also wondered how this growing crisis might affect the…
Read More ‘Very Hot’ Real Estate Market Despite Pandemic
July 19, 2020 By: PR Staff TAMPA, Fla.- The national median home price rose 2.8% year over year to an all-time high of $311,300 in June, according to a new report from Redfin (www.redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. Home prices typically peak in June each year before trending…
Read More U.S. Median Home Sale Price up 3% to a New High in June
July 18, 2020 By: Staff Report WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. – Pasco County is to receive $1,566,900 of the $75,000,000 allocated from the relief package that Governor DeSantis announced yesterday. The Florida Housing Finance Corporation (Florida Housing) Board of Directors unanimously approved the release of $75 million to…
Read More Pasco County Mortgage and Rent Allocations, How to Get Help
July 17, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the Florida Housing Finance Corporation (Florida Housing) Board of Directors unanimously approved the release of $75 million to local governments to assist Floridians in need of rental and mortgage assistance due…
Read More Hillsborough County Mortgage and Rent Relief Allocations, How to Get Help
July 17, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – $75,000,000 for rental and mortgage assistance. That’s the number Governeor DeSantis announced in Floirda housing assistance today. DeSantis said, “Hundreds of thousands of Floridians who may have already had difficulty making ends meet, and are now…
Read More $75M for Florida Rent and Mortgage Assistance Announced by DeSantis Today
July 16, 2020 By: Staff Report, Realtor.com® TAMPA, Fla. – Summer 2020 is shaping up to be a very competitive market for buyers thanks to record-low interest rates and scarce inventory, according to realtor.com®‘s Weekly Recovery Report for the week ending July 11. Moreover, the U.S.…
Read More Realtor.com® Weekly Recovery Report: Fierce Competition Ahead for Would-be Home Buyers
July 2, 2020 By: Real Estate Staff TAMPA Fla. – A boaters and entertainers paradise. Check out this breathtaking and immaculate, $6.8 million dollar home located on Saint Croix Dr. in Tampa. This breathtaking three-story opulent home is a perfect place to enjoy all that…
Read More Tampa Luxury Home on Saint Croix Dr. For Sale
July 1, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA Fla. – The moratorium on evictions and foreclosures in Florida has been extended until August 1st, 2020 The order was filed at 8:10 p.m. on Tuesday evening by Governor Ron DeSantis. Governor DeSantis signed the moratorium order at…
Read More Governor DeSantis Extends Florida’s Moratorium on Evictions, Foreclosures
June 1, 2020 By: Elizabeth Diaz Tampa Bay — “Summer is the new spring here,” Cyndee Hayden of Sand Bars to Sunsets Team with Future Home Reality (Pinellas and Hillsborough County) publicly said on Saturday. What does she mean? Most market analysis shows that this…
Read More Summer Is The New Spring for Real Estate in Florida
May 27, 2020 By: Staff Report ~~State approves County’s COVID-19 Vacation Rental Reopening Plan~~ PASCO COUNTY, FL —- Pasco County has received approval fromthe Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) for vacation rentals to resume accepting reservations and check-ins, effective immediately. Governor Ron…
Read More Vacation Rentals Permitted to Reopen in Pasco County