TampaBay has largest population growth in Florida from July 2007 to July 2009. Only other city to register growth was Jacksonville. TampaBay has more than 20,000 new residents moving to the area. Lower home prices than anywhere else in the State helped this growth. If your a home buyer, check out Tampabay homes at www.tampabayhomes1.com

TampaBay is only west coast area with population growth. Home buyers have discovered TampaBay Homes are 20% undervalued says IHS Global. For your source for great home prices check www.tampabayhomes1.com

Sheena and Bob in TampaBay and beyond…

Starting next year, when you’re Traveling to or from TampaBay make sure the name on your ID and the name on your airline boarding pass match precisely. The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) will be starting a program early next year called Secure Flight. Reserve your flight using the same name as on your ID. Also, make sure all your other travel information with rent a car companies and hotels all have the same name. That means you should make sure your Driver’s License and your Passport have the same name.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 …

There are hills in central Florida and if you feel the need to visit some, take a drive east of Highway 75 on State Road 52 to San Antonio and St. Leo.  Look for the water tower which sits at the center of the City and towers over the City Hall, the Volunteer Fire Department and (most importantly) a great Mexican restaurant called Pancho Villa. Just a block away is the St, Anthony Catholic School which has been in the City for 125 years. San Antonio hosts the famous Rattlesnake Festival every year in October. Just east of San Antonio is St. Leo and the location (not surprisingly) of St. Leo University. The University has 1,000 resident students and also runs 17 continuing education centers in seven states with a current enrollment of 13,000. Just opposite the University Gates is the St.  Leo Abbey Golf Course which is a lovely course with rolling hills. And, when you’ve enjoyed the hills and the view you can drive a bit further to the capital of East Pasco County – Dade City.

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TampaBay, USA email tampabayhomes1@yahoo.com or check out our website www.tampbayhomes1.com.

Another day in paradise: Buying

Buying a short sale property is becoming more rational. A year ago, when short sales were starting to become common, the Lenders did not have any clear set of rules and procedures for handling short sales. As a result, everything about an offer to purchase a short sale was unpredictable. Now, things are getting better. Most importantly, if an offer has been submitted on a short sale to the lender the seller’s Realtor must list the property as pending. Further, only one offer may be submitted at any one time and that offer must have been accepted and signed by the seller. A new offer cannot be submitted to the lender until the originally submitted offer has been rejected or countered by the lender. It still may take as long as 45 days to get an answer but, as the buyer, you do not have to make an escrow deposit, conduct inspections or order a survey until the lender has accepted the offer. If you would like more information about buying a short sale property please write to tampabayhomes1@yahoo.com or call 813.996.2441. We are short sale specialists, visit our website.

Another day in paradise: Buying

If you’re planning to buy a home in TampaBay check out the financing opportunities with the United States Department of Agriculture. The USDA Rural Housing Service is a federal program aimed at helping people, most of them first time home buyers, direct mortgages and loan guarantees up to 100%.

In 2008 the USDA was the guarantor of more than$300 million in Florida property with Hillsborough and Pasco County enjoying the USDA benefits. For more information about these opportunities check out our website or the USDA 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.