Thinking of buying a home? You may want to wait until October


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Looking to buy a home in the Tampa Bay area? You might want to wait until the end of October. Over the past 15 years, according to RealtyTrac, buyers nationwide have realized an average discount of 2.6 percent below full market value on sales that closed in October. In Tampa Bay the discount has been greatest — 12 percent —…

Gulfport mansion snagged for $3.3 million

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A 6,000-square-foot home on the Intracoastal Waterway in Gulfport has sold for $3.275 million in what ranks as one of the speediest turnovers ever of a foreclosed property in the Tampa Bay area. Real estate agent Alex Malagon said the lender had just taken back the house at a foreclosure auction when a lawyer in St. Louis called to say…

Home sales in Tampa Bay have sizzled over the summer

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The slow summer selling season has been anything but as Tampa Bay home sales shot up 30.2 percent in July. Year-over-year sales of single family homes showed the biggest gain in Hernando County, up 40.5 percent, followed by Pasco (34 percent) Pinellas (27 percent) and Hillsborough (24.9 percent.) All four counties did even better than Florida as whole, which posted…