Which Tampa Bay neighborhood home values will rise most this year? The answer may surprise you.


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Most Tampa Bay residents have never heard of Westminster Heights. But the St. Petersburg neighborhood could give a lot of bang for the buck when it comes to investing in real estate this year. Lying south of Central Avenue between 49th and 58th Streets S, Westminster Heights tops Zillow’s list of the five bay area neighborhoods expected to show the…

Downtown St. Petersburg’s condo boom shows no signs of slowing

Fresh from a $10.5 million facelift, one condo tower is again in high demand. Another tower, not yet finished, already is sold out with a double-digit waiting list. And a third boasts Tampa Bay’s priciest residential sale this year. Yes, St. Petersburg downtown condo boom is more torrid than ever. “I don’t see anything changing that,” says David Traynor, vice…

The price of homes in the Tampa Bay area continues to soar

Tampa Bay home prices continued to soar in October, with Hillsborough County recording its biggest year-over-year gain since January. Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties also showed dramatic increases as buyers vied for an exceedingly tight supply of single-family homes — Pasco had less than a three-month inventory. And even though interest rates have risen slightly since the presidential election, there…

New apartment building planned for St. Petersburg’s growing Edge District

A South Florida company has started work on a 218-unit apartment building in St. Petersburg’s increasingly vibrant Edge District. The five-story Bainbridge 930 Central Flats on Central Avenue will have studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments renting for about $1,160 to $2,500 a month. They will be in the heart of a once-tired area on the fringe of downtown that is…

Tampa Bay home prices jumped 20 percent in August, more than any metro area in Florida

Tampa Bay home prices soared nearly 20 percent in August, outpacing all other metro areas in Florida. The big year-over-year price gain was great news for sellers, pushing the bay area’s median price for single-family homes to $209,900 with even higher amounts in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. But the increase in prices was propelled by a continued — and worrisome…

When it comes to home prices, Tampa Bay’s cities are a bargain, study finds

Looking for the most affordable place to buy a home in the Tampa Bay area? New Port Richey might be a good choice. The average listing price of a four-bedroom, two-bath house in the Pasco County city is just $154,830, according to Coldwell Banker. That ranks New Port Richey fourth-lowest in Florida and about $550,000 less than top-priced Key Largo….