Sheena and Bob in TampaBay and beyond …

The TampaBay Real Estate market is inching upward. This seems to be part of a nationwide trend or at least a trend in 20 major cities in the US. The Case-Shiller Index measures the growth in value of residential Real Estate. It is a bit of a rear-view mirror look at the market because the Index looks at sales two months prior. So, we know in August TampaBay home prices increased by .04 percent. Not earth shaking but better than the continuing decline we saw for the past 18 months. By the way, there are some incredible deals being offered for bank owned properties but you must be ready to move quickly when a bank-owned property comes on the market. Banks want the property off of their books and the price reflects this goal. For more information about bank-owned properties in your neighborhood drop us a note at TampaBayHomes1@Yahoo.Com

TampaBayHomes is your real estate source for TampaBay Real Estate. We can help you throughout the Central Florida area. From St. Petersburg and Pinellas County and TampaBay and Hillsborough County and Land O Lakes and Pasco County we will help you buy your home or sell your home. We are your TampaBay Real Estate source.

Sheena and Bob in TampaBay and beyond…

Saturday is Land O Lakes’ Saturday Market. It is located just behind the Community Center on Land O Lakes Blvd (just across the street from the Post Office. It is open every Saturday from 9am until 2 pm. The Market runs from October 3 to May 29. It’s small but growing. At today’s Market there are plants of all kinds, fruit, vegetables, jams, jellies, furniture, jewelry, a New York style hot dog stand plus Kielbasa and Pierogis. It’s worth a stop and, if you have something to sell, set up shop at the Land O Lakes Saturday market and meet our neighbors.

http://www.lolsaturdaymkt.com

TampaBayHomes is your real estate source for TampaBay Real Estate. We can help you throughout the Central Florida area. From St. Petersburg and Pinellas County and TampaBay and Hillsborough County and Land O Lakes and Pasco County we will help you buy your home or sell your home. We are your TampaBay Real Estate source.

Sheena and Bob in TampaBay and beyond …

Construction has started extending Collier Parkway to Ehren cut-off which will provide Land O Lakes residents with another north/south road which will reduce the continually increasing traffic on Highway 41/Land O Lakes Boulevard. This is further evidence that Land O Lakes and Pasco County continue to improve the infrastructure of central Pasco’s fastest growing community.

Centrally located, Land O Lakes has the best freeway system in the three county area. Easy access to Highway 75 puts Orlando just a few minutes more than a one hour drive; the Dale Mabry/Veteran’s Expressway spur puts the Tampa International Airport 20 minutes away and this same link to the Veterans opens the way to St. Petersburg and Clearwater. The almost completed Lutz Lake Fern Road/Veterans expressway access ramps will add to commuter’s choices to anywhere in TampaBay. And, of course, going due west on Stare Road 54 is a direct and 20 minute drive to the Gulf.

If you have any question about this blog or about moving to and living in TampaBay, USA email tampabayhomes1@yahoo.com or check out our website www.tampbayhomes1.com.

TampaBayHomes is your real estate source for TampaBay Real Estate. We can help you throughout the Central Florida area. From St. Petersburg and Pinellas County and TampaBay and Hillsborough County and Land O Lakes and Pasco County we will help you buy your home or sell your home. We are your TampaBay Real Estate source.

Sheena and Bob in TampaBay and beyond…

Wonder of wonders, they have started construction on the Collier Parkway extension which will connect with Ehren Cutoff. This will provide an alternative to Land O Lakes Boulevard when heading north. Suddenly, the Land O Lakes traffic patterns are really going to open up.  It’s going to be much easier to get around.

TampaBayHomes is your real estate source for TampaBay Real Estate. We can help you throughout the Central Florida area. From St. Petersburg and Pinellas County and TampaBay and Hillsborough County and Land O Lakes and Pasco County we will help you buy your home or sell your home. We are your TampaBay Real Estate source.

Sheena and Bob in TampaBay and beyond…

The Bell Lake Road connection will link Land O Lakes Boulevard and Collier parkway. This will give drivers a second east/west link between these two roads (the other link being Hale Road).

TampaBayHomes is your real estate source for TampaBay Real Estate. We can help you throughout the Central Florida area. From St. Petersburg and Pinellas County and TampaBay and Hillsborough County and Land O Lakes and Pasco County we will help you buy your home or sell your home. We are your TampaBay Real Estate source.

Sheena and Bob in TampaBay and beyond…

The State Road 56 extension from Bruce B Downs continues and is expected to finish before school begins in the late summer. This will really help Meadow Pointe residents and give them a much easier route to the shops on Bruce B Downs.

TampaBayHomes is your real estate source for TampaBay Real Estate. We can help you throughout the Central Florida area. From St. Petersburg and Pinellas County and TampaBay and Hillsborough County and Land O Lakes and Pasco County we will help you buy your home or sell your home. We are your TampaBay Real Estate source.

Another day in paradise: Selling

Selling a Short Sale home is an investment in time, money and patience. Simply stated, a short sale home occurs when the present owner’s mortgage company (the lender) has agreed to accept a pay-off that is less than is owed on the mortgage. The Lender will agree to do this because foreclosure will cost the Lender up to $50,000 in legal fees and the result of the foreclosure is that the Lender now owns the property – which is not what the lenders want. Once the Lender owns the property they have on-going maintenance fees of approximately 1% of the original mortgage amount. Consequently, the Lender will agree (reluctantly) to a short sale. If you are an owner considering a short sale, get advice from a realtor experienced in working with the lenders to negotiate a short sale at the most favorable price for the owner/seller. In today’s market it is not unreasonable to expect the lender to accept a payoff of 75% of the total mortgage amount. This can be negotiated lower based on the state of the market in a specific community, the number of foreclosures/short ales in the community and the condition of the property itself. As experienced short sale negotiators, we know what information is required by the Lender, how to package that information and how to deal with the lender to secure the best possible result for the owner/seller. For more information regarding your own property send us a note at TampaBayHomes1@Yahoo.com or visit our website.

Another day in paradise: Living

Winter’s over in TampaBay but it’s all about your perspective. This year it was (for us) two, harsh, two night episodes below freezing. In fact, TampaBay temperatures plunged to the lowest levels in more than ten years on Thursday February 5th. In Tampa, the low was 32 while north of Land O Lakes it was near 20. It was the coldest the area has seen since 1996 when Tampa hit its record low of 25 degrees.

So, we folks down here in TampaBay have survived a harsh and brutal winter – by the way, how’s your winter doing? For more information about life in Paradise check out website.