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Short Sales And Bank-Owned Sales Pushing Prices Downward

December 29, 2009 by Lenny Gurvich · Comments Off
Filed under: Real Estate Market Reports, Tampa Home Buyer Tips, Tips for Sellers 

The turn-around in home prices seen in the Spring and Summer has faded with only seven of the 20 cities seeing month-to-month gains, although all 20 continue to show improvements on a year-over-year basis. All in all, this report should be described as flat.

What Affects Tampa Home Values

December 11, 2009 by Lenny Gurvich · Comments Off
Filed under: Tampa Home Buyer Tips, Tips for Sellers 
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Here’s a look at what characteristics most affected home values whether positively or negatively.

Tampa’s Low Crime Neighborhoods

December 9, 2009 by Lenny Gurvich · Comments Off
Filed under: Tampa Home Buyer Tips, Tampa Neighborhoods 

It’s understood (by most of us) that high crime and property values have an inverse relationship. Areas of high crime have low property values and vice-versa, generally speaking. So it’s important when purchasing residential real estate to understand where the crime is, or more importantly, where the crime isn’t.

Homebuyer Subsidy Extended and Expanded

November 9, 2009 by Lenny Gurvich · 2 Comments
Filed under: First Time Homebuyers, Tampa Home Buyer Tips, Tips for Sellers 

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. [...]

Monthly Survey Of Tampa Real Estate Agents

July 13, 2009 by Lenny Gurvich · 1 Comment
Filed under: First Time Homebuyers, Real Estate Market Reports, Tampa Home Buyer Tips, Tips for Sellers 

Buyer traffic has increased substantially on some listings.

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