Kim and Al Langevin were ecstatic last week to close on a new home in St. Petersburg. And they were pretty excited, too, about thousands in government money they plan to use to spruce up the house. ...more

March 12, 2010

Kim and Al Langevin were ecstatic Friday to close on a new home in St. Petersburg. And they're pretty excited, too, about thousands in government money they plan to use to spruce up the house. ...more

March 11, 2010

Florida's well-known home price cuts are generating quite a bit of interest among the nation's homebuyers. ...more

March 2, 2010

As a few dozen real estate and title insurance agents mingle around a steakhouse's bar at a networking mixer, one shares a sardonic joke: Is it OK to pray for a hurricane? ...more

February 28, 2010

Just as the market was stabilizing, home prices took an unexpected plunge in January as lenders unloaded foreclosed homes at rock-bottom prices. ...more

February 27, 2010

The median sales price of Tampa Bay single family existing homes fell to $125,600 in January, according to the Florida Realtors. ...more

February 26, 2010

The Tampa area has a full measure of hard-to-pass-up deals, but closing on them is sometimes a challenge. Many of the best bargains are on distressed properties, and lenders are painfully slow to approve offers. ...more

February 17, 2010

Many homeowners want to move but feel stuck by their mortgages, owing more on the house than they would gain by selling it. So some are trying to make their old houses new through remodeling, for their own satisfaction or to boost property value. ...more

January 1, 2010

Many homeowners want to move but feel stuck by their mortgages, owing more on the house than they would gain by selling it. So some are trying to make their old houses new through remodeling, for their own satisfaction or to boost property value. ...more

December 29, 2009

Many homeowners want to move but feel stuck by their mortgages, owing more on the house than they would gain by selling it. ...more

December 29, 2009