Archive for the ‘Tampa Waterfront Homes’ Category

Sellers pay a state tax on the sale of a home based on the sales price. This tax shows up on the settlement statement as doc stamps on the deed. But many title companies, due to the confusion over what the Florida Department of Revenue expected, have been charging short sale sellers the higher amount [...]

Notable prospective client e-mail of the day:
“I am not familiar with Tampa and we will be relocating in about six months and we are looking to purchase something in a very good neighborhood. We would also like to be near the water. How are prices there, and taxes? Were in Miami”.

Often, when speaking to new [...]

Doing some research this afternoon, and in looking at sales (single family homes) over and above $2.2 million dollars in Hillsborough County since 2003 we find:
There have been 83 of them.
Median size is 6114 sqft.
Biggest concentrations? Grid WL18 (South 1/2 of Davis Islands) leads the way with 15. Next up is WH17 (Culbreath Isles) with [...]

Built in 1999 as apartments, Culbreath Key converted to privately owned condominiums in 2004, and has 47 private boat slips available on a small canal that accesses Tampa Bay near

Took the opportunity to visit Westshore Yacht Club this morning as they hosted our firm’s weekly meeting. It’s been about 18 months since I’d been over there with some clients, and what a difference.
Westshore Yacht Club is a new gated, waterfront community, with a marina, on the west side of the Interbay Peninsula just south [...]