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Tampa Home Prices Are At 2002 Levels

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By SHANNON BEHNKEN | The Tampa Tribune

Published: February 25, 2009

TAMPA - Selling a home in Tampa Bay is getting a little easier, as long as you can swallow the price. The median sales price in the metro area of Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater hasn't been this low since April 2002, according to numbers released Wednesday by the Florida Association of Realtors. Bargain hunters are snatching up deals. Here's a look at the numbers.

$122,400
The median sales price in January

$182,500
The median sales price in January 2008

33 percent
The percentage by which home prices have fallen since last year.

$145,700
The median sales price in December 2008

$239,600
The median sales price in June 2006, when prices peaked in the Tampa Bay area

1,573
The number of homes sold in January

17 percent
The increase in sales from January 2008

Reporter Shannon Behnken can be reached at (813) 259-7804.

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