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Why some Tampa Bay homes sit on the market for years
As nearby properties changed hands, the Odessa house sat unsold through two presidential elections, a recession, a recovery and enough celebrity gossip to fill seven years of People magazine.
Finally, after 2,552 days with no buyer in sight, the listing expired in January.
“It’s a very pretty house,” real estate agent Robert Romano said, “but I’m letting it sleep for a while.”
As Tampa Bay’s housing market roars back to life, tales abound of homes that went under contract almost as soon as they were listed. These are the star quarterbacks, the homecoming queens, the popular kids of the real estate world.
Then there are those places that sit and sit and sit, their “For Sale” signs looking ever more faded and forlorn.
Kids who finished kindergarten this year hadn’t been born when the 6,500-square-foot home in northern Hillsborough County first hit the market.
As nearby properties changed hands, the Odessa house sat unsold through two presidential elections, a recession, a recovery and enough celebrity gossip to fill seven years of People magazine.
Finally, after 2,552 days with no buyer in sight, the listing expired in January.
“It’s a very pretty house,” real estate agent Robert Romano said, “but I’m letting it sleep for a while.”
As Tampa Bay’s housing market roars back to life, tales abound of homes that went under contract almost as soon as they were listed. These are the star quarterbacks, the homecoming queens, the popular kids of the real estate world.
Then there are those places that sit and sit and sit, their “For Sale” signs looking ever more faded and forlorn.
