Archive for the ‘First Time Homebuyers’ Category

I’ve received many e-mails in the last few days, mostly from mortgage companies, alerting me that the home buyer tax credit has been extended and expanded. There’s no doubt that the tax credit, originally set to expire at the end of November, 2009, was successful in getting more first-time home buyers to take the plunge. [...]

The number of brokered residential listings in Tampa continues to slide as it has for most of 2009. The number of pending listings, those that are under contract, has also risen throughout 2009.

We work with many Tampa first time home buyers. First time home buyers have many incentives to buy right now and many are buying.

The Case-Shiller Index for Tampa reflects a rise in Tampa home prices for the first time since July of 2006. Cause for celebration?

Buyer traffic has increased substantially on some listings.