TAMPA BAY AREA More Local Foreclosures Hillsborough County's foreclosure spike is continuing into 2008, says a firm that collects data on the litigation that starts the foreclosure process. Default Research of Mount Pleasant, Pa., tracked 919 Hillsborough lis pendens court petitions in January, up 9.7 percent from 838 cases in December. The firm does not collect data on other area counties. The news comes after another firm listed Florida as second in the nation for its 2007 foreclosure rate of more than 2 percent. ...more

February 15, 2008

So you're thinking about buying a home and don't know where to begin your search? Lennar officials say its new community in Riverview, Shady Creek, is the perfect place to start. ...more

February 10, 2008

Two years of construction at U.S. 301 and Big Bend Road are nearing an end, but not without hiccups. ...more

February 6, 2008

South Bay Hospital is celebrating its 25th year in the community, marking its growth from a small satellite of the Hospital Corporation of America's facility in Bradenton to a full-service, 112-bed medical and surgical complex. ...more

January 30, 2008

The South Hillsborough County population boom has caught the attention of the Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA, which operates YMCA facilities in Hillsborough and Pasco counties. ...more

January 30, 2008