The Hillsborough County currently has *9644 active homes listed as of January 18th 2010 from data pulled from the MFRMLS Below is a breakdown of the Short Sale, Foreclosures, Owner occupied homes for sale in Hillsborough County.

• Short Sales  3380 properties
• Foreclosures 364 properties
• Owner Occupied  5524

There are currently 811 properties pending (under contract) Please check back at the end of the month for the sold homes report for January 2010

If you are in the market to buy in Tampa check out our Tampa Homes For Sale

Need to Rent your home out check out our Tampa Property Management Services

* All information provided is believed to be true but should be verified.
Price ranges are from current active listings as of January 18th 2010

Ok as we begin a new year many buyers still are looking into the crystal ball to try and find out if this is a good time to buy in the Tampa Real Estate market. Well me being in Real Estate and what I do for a living of course I am going to tell you it is a great time to buy, it certainly is not a sellers market, but what you should do is look at the facts and market conditions.

Is housing affordable? Yes When I say affordable I mean can you buy a comparable home and have a lower or equal payment in comparison to renting.
Are interest rates still low? Yes
Is the absorption rate down? Yes
Do you have a stable job? This is the key to whether it is a good time for you to buy. If you are secured in your employment and can afford it does make sense to buy in this market especially if you are a first time buyer.

Investment Opportunities
What you are now seeing is investment opportunities for new real estate investors but unlike what caused the Real Estate bubble due to speculation the new investors are buying with cash and not borrowing with that easy money the banks were so willing to give out. The affordability of buying real estate with a high capitalization rate is spawning more and more cash investors.

First Time Buyer Program
With the extension of the first time buyer credit many first time buyers are going to take advantage of the government incentive program and receiving the $8,000 tax credit. The program also offers an incentive to move up buyers who have lived in their current home for five years or longer. For more information to see if you qualify for the tax credit

Will Tampa foreclosures still dominate the market? Yes as a matter of fact I am sure a majority of the homes for sale in Tampa this year will either be short sales or foreclosures.

If you are ready to buy in 2010 we would love the opportunity to help you in your new purchase and you can begin searching Tampa Homes For Sale today , if you are not ready yet we hope you continue to come back to our website to check market conditions as we will be consistently updating it throughout the year.

Wishing everyone a happy, healty, and prosperous new year in 2010.

Search for homes online can be a hassle on some websites. We have tried to make our site easy to navigate and make it easy to find what you are looking for. If you are looking for homes in a certain price range in Tampa or surrounding hillsborough areas or looking in a particular subdivision our Tampa Mls Page will help you with that. Below are some price ranges you can browse by.

Tampa Homes under $100,000

Tampa homes $100,000-$150,000
Tampa homes $150,000-$200,000

My wife and I took a few days of and headed over to St Pete Beach for a few days.
It was long overdue as we we haven’t had much time off with our busy real estate business. Yes we did say busy, when we say that to people they look at you with a confused look and say but isn’t the real estate market horrible?

I guess that depends on who you ask. It may be horrible for
a seller who bought two years ago at the height of the market and now is upside down, from their perspective I think they would say the market is terrible. How about ask the same question to a first time home buyer who now is able to purchase a home that is within their budget in which they otherwise could not have bought a home two years ago. Buyers are peeking their heads out and getting their feet wet in the Tampa real estate market.

I just wish some buyers who are on the bubble don’t pass the opportunity to buy, look at what happen to many sellers who tried to do the exact same thing when the market was hot and tried timing the market. I know a lot of smart and savvy business people who lost a lot of money who didn’t realize we were at the top of the market so I think it would be foolish to try and predict the bottom of the market because nobody knows for sure, we could be already there.

Sorry due to being overcome by spam The Real Estate forum has been closed.

I have decided to start a new network to bring Tampa Real Estate Professionals together to discuss and promote Tampa Florida real estate. Tampa Real Estate Forums is an easy to use phpbb style do follow forums platform that is easy to register and easy to navigate. Real Estate agents can add their homes for sale and for rent. Mortgage lenders can discuss the latest happenings in the world of lending. Home buyers and sellers can search homes and find real estate professionals. Please stop by and check out the new site we will see you there. We also welcome all are out of town and out of state real estate agents from all over the world to contribute to our forum.

According to Forbes magazine, Tampa Bay is the #1 place in the country to buy a home right now. With all the recent negative media reporting regarding the real estate market this comes as pleasant news to the local market. The overall growing strong economy and modest home prices attribute to the recent positive forecast.

Forbes Article