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Eric Frantz on the Tampa Real Estate Market

2007-01-18 - Interest in the real estate market has started to come back just a bit. We've see an increase in the number of calls from our signs, marketing material and Realtor showings of our listings.  This interest is still much lower than the previous year still but is better than the end of 2006 seasonally adjusted.

2007-01-30 - Turning to property tax reform, Gov. Charlie Crist has proposed a constitutional amendment that would cut property taxes by as much as $4.7 billion a year and urged legislators to put it on the ballot in a special election. Click Here for details

2007-01-31  Hopefully when you sell your Tampa investment property you have a gain to report. If your worried about the tax costs of selling an investment home, check this link out.  It's from H&R Block and it's the best one I've found so far...AMT Tax Estimator this is only an estimate of course, but it's definitely helpful. 

2007-02-12  Pending home sales are higher, affirming the stabilization that is occurring in home sales, according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR).  The Pending Home Sales Index, based on contracts signed in December, rose 4.9 percent to an index of 112.4 from an upwardly revised level of 107.2 in November, but is 4.4 percent lower than December 2005.  The monthly gain was the biggest increase since March 2004 when the index rose 6.9 percent. A steady narrowing from year-ago readings has been observed since last July when the level of unsold housing inventory peaked at an all-time high.  My opinion is that we have room to go.  There are still a hidden level of homes about to go into foreclosure and a high level of vacant homes on the market.  We could possibly be in the midst of a false recovery.

2007-02-21 And another blow to our insurance choices... The Hartford Insurance Group notified state regulators that it plans to cut its commercial and residential property insurance business in Florida in the next 18 months, including about 24 percent of its commercial coverage. Two other insurers, Tower Hill Insurance Group and American Strategic Insurance, also plan to pare back. 

2007-03-01 In the past 2 weeks our team has seen a slight increase in the number of calls and showing on our listings. This increased activity may be attributed to the seasonality of the market. In the Tampa real estate market we still have a high number of homes for sale on the market, but have seen a leveling in the number of new listings. When selling a home in this market, it is best to make your home attractive from the beginning of your listing. Examples of this are removing clutter, weeding and putting new mulch down in flower beds, along with touching up dirty or chipped walls. If you have pets, it's also recommended to have the carpet cleaned to remove any pet odors. For more ideas to help prepare your home for sale, see our No Hassle Sellers Package.

2007-03-27  The spring "pop" appears to be over and buyer interest has seemed to taper off in March.  In the Tampa real estate market it's been quite difficult lately to get a home sold.  Because of this seller's need to do everything they can to make their home look like the best one in their price range.  Some easy things to do are paint, carpet cleaning and removing clutter.  Follow this link for more Tips to help Sell your Tampa Home.  Sorry to be the bearer of bad news on the Tampa real estate market, but I think it's best that my clients know all they can when it comes to buying and selling their home.

2007-04-10 Enough doom & gloom for a minute, let's talk about something positive in the Tampa Real Estate market...Buyers!  If you're a buyer right now in Tampa, the ball is definitely in your court.  When buyers do decide it's time to buy a home they need to play it strategically.  I would advise buyers the the Tampa market to find up to 3 homes they really like and start making offers and see who bites.  you really need to find the seller that needs to sell.  If you can do this, you will get the good deal right now.

2007-07-07 It's been awhile since I've made an entry here, and the reason is it's been pretty down in the Tampa Real Estate market.  We've seen a leveling along with a 6 month low on the inventory number and we've been pretty steady on sales.  I don't like to predict the future but we may be forming a bottom in Tampa residential real estate, but i can't tell.  This doesn't mean I expect a return to the boom we had in previous years, we may just return to the average 5% growth that we were used to before the Florida real estate boom.  Even that may not come till January or later next year.

2007-08-02 July data is in.  For the month of July the total number of single family homes listed in Hillsborough county held steady at 20386 up only 45.  The number of sales are down to 1155 compared to 1607 a year ago, a drop of 28%.  This brings our inventory number up to 17.7 months.  As far as Tampa Real Estate goes, it's still a buyers market and price is king.

2007-09-01 The Tampa home market is still weak, with sales in hillsborough county down 10% from last month and down 34% from last year.  One area that's showing minute support is the Lutz Real Estate market.  Sales there are up 12% for SFR although that's only 4 more than the 32 sold last month.  But the number of listings compared to last year is only 14% more.  This could be a sign of stability coming back, lets hope so.

2008-01-01 Here are the latest statistics...Lutz active SFR (single family homes) listings are up 22% over last year, sales are down 25% from last year (down 60% from 2 years ago) and our inventory level is 17.6 months.  Inventory is the number of months needed to sell all the homes listed if no new listings we added to the supply.  For the entire county which included Tampa,  sales of SFR are down 51% from last year (down 64% from 2 years ago) and the inventory level is 24.8 months.  Blood is in the streets.

2008-02-05 As a seller it's going to be a rough road for awhile.  If you do have to sell your home, i recommend my clients to be the best price in the neighborhood, regardless of options.  It's better to be the lowest price right from the start, than to chase the prices as they go down.  On the positive side, if you're a buyer, things look good.  There are many bank owned and foreclosure properties just waiting to be sold.  If you need help with short sales, or dealing with a bank property just give my team a call.

2008-04-18 As we make our way through spring I'm starting to see some support in the "median" priced home market from $130-160k.  We are also getting close the point where rents are going to equal a house payment in this range.  We won't see investors come in at this point but we will see renters make the switch.  As for price, there still way too many homes on the market for price to start going up.  Price may not go up for some time, it may even still have 10% to the downside, but we are getting some support which is positive, however small.

2008-07-01 As we move into the middle of summer I'm starting to feel that we're gaining some support in the Tampa real estate market.  Although the number of sale are still down, we are seeing the number of active listings down as well.  This lowers our inventory number down to 14 months for the Lutz area and 20.9 months for the whole county.  (Inventory is the number of months it would take to sell the remaining active homes at the current sales level if no new listings came to market)  This may sound high but it's down from a high of 31 and 34 respectively from the month of March.  Next month's sales numbers were low last year which looks like an easy target to beat.   We'll see.  On the buyers side, I'm seeing banks come in and price their forclosures at levels that are irresistable to first time buyers in the $130-180k range.  This is the range where renters will make the jump to a home purchase.  Down 30-40% these homes were previously unattainable to the first time buyer and that was when the bubble burst here in Tampa.  In this range of home pricing I've actually started to see bidding competition between buyers.  This support at this level if it holds will start to firm up the market of the higher priced homes as the price spread compresses.  Let's hope I'm right, if I'm not then I'm just early on my call.

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