This 3 bedroom 2 bath home is newer construction for St. Petersburg – built in 1999. It features stainless appliances, wood floors, a pebble tec pool and screened lanai, fenced backyard and wood burning fireplace. It’s located just north of the Old Northeast area, and 3 blocks from Publix, Gold’s Gym and 4th Street. […]
7 Ways to Find the Best Real Estate Agent to List Your Home
Here in Tampa Bay, there are tens of thousands of Realtors, some of them part-time, some of them full-time, some good, bad and in between. So how do you know which one to hire when its time to sell your home? And how do you know which one specializes in your area, depending on whether […]
Seeds of a St. Petersburg Housing Shortage
The latest edition of REALTOR magazine just arrived, and I found an article by the chief economist of the National Association of Realtors, Lawrence Yun, quite interesting. The article says that “the inventory of existing homes is at its lowest level in 7 years, while newly constructed home inventory has also hit a 50-year low […]
Ask a Realtor: Won’t I Get a Better Deal by Calling the Listing Agent?
Q: I am a Buyer and I’ve been working with a Realtor who’s shown me a few homes. I saw a house today that’s not even on the market yet but had a sign out front. Shouldn’t I just call the Listing Agent to see it? Won’t I get a better deal by going through […]
Is the Housing Market Better Off than 4 Years Ago?
Republicans and Democrats are taking sides about whether we are better off than they were four years ago – and who gets the blame or the credit. To help voters cut through the election spin, we checked in with Trulia, who had some facts on the housing market, comparing today with January 2009, when Obama […]
Fannie Mae Approved Condos: Station Square & Water’s Edge Clearwater
One of the challenges that many 1st time homebuyers find in the St. Petersburg and Clearwater condo market is that most buildings do not have FHA or Fannie Mae approval and thus do not qualify for low down payments. What this means is that somewhere between 20% to 50% down payment may be required – […]
