Real estate agent Tony Rojas loves his job. But there's one thing that drives him crazy: unrealistic sellers who insist on asking buyers to pay boom-year sales prices despite profound drops in area home values. ...more

January 23, 2008

TAMPA - Real estate agent Tony Rojas loves his job. But there's one thing that drives him crazy: unrealistic sellers who insist on asking buyers to pay boom-year sales prices despite profound drops in area home values. ...more

January 22, 2008

Regarding "Weighing Your Options" (front page, Jan. 13): It took only one statement from your article plus item one on my sample ballot for me as well as thousands of voters to become confused on this issue. ...more

January 20, 2008

With each passing month, it gets tougher to sell homes in the Tampa Bay area, as median sales prices keep slipping and buyers remain skittish. The pressure of making a buck in the industry appears to be leading some local real estate agents to drop out of the business. ...more

January 17, 2008

One political representative is urging voters to vote "yes" for a constitutional amendment to cut property taxes, regardless of what teachers unions and firefighter groups say. ...more

January 16, 2008

The real estate market is ringing in the New Year on its sourest note yet. ...more

December 31, 2007

No one personifies the Sunshine State quite like Charlie Crist. It's "the golden age of the Florida Legislature," the governor said over and over this year. Property taxes were going to "drop like a rock." Last week's water summit with governors from Georgia and Alabama yielded "tremendous progress," and next month's referendum on tax relief is going to pass. ...more

December 30, 2007

Amid the bleak housing market news is a bit of good fortune for the Tampa Bay metro area: Sales of existing homes here far outpaced those in the state's other metro areas during the first 10 months of 2007, the Florida Association of Realtors reports. ...more

December 29, 2007

If you're trying to sell your home, recent real estate news is likely getting you down. ...more

December 29, 2007

During the housing boom, prices in Miami and Tampa more than doubled, spurring builders and speculators to flock to the areas. Now, the two cities lead the nation in home price declines, and economists predict prices will continue falling through much of the new year. ...more

December 26, 2007