It could have been the worst storm ever to hit the Tampa region. Hurricane Ike is a Category 3 hurricane that is expected to pick up even more speed as it makes it past Cuba Tuesday and heads west-northwest into the Gulf of Mexico. ...more

September 8, 2008

Two housing reports Tuesday offered more hope that a turnaround in the real estate market may be slowly emerging. ...more

August 27, 2008

Bay area homeowners continue to struggle to make their mortgage payments and are increasingly losing their homes to foreclosure, according to the California-based research company RealtyTrac. ...more

July 25, 2008

If it's true that misery loves company, here's some good news: Even though Tampa Bay area home prices keep falling, other cities are seeing much steeper declines. ...more

May 28, 2008

TAMPA - Bay area home prices keep falling, but other cities are seeing steeper declines. Tampa's 19.6 percent price drop from a year ago was the seventh worst decline among 20 cities, according to the S&P/ Case-Shiller home price index, released today. The report tracked sales prices in March and compared the data to March 2007. It also showed a 3.4 percent drop from February, when Tampa had the sixth steepest price decline. However, the yearlong decrease was less severe at 17.5 percent. ...more

May 27, 2008

More potential mortgage fraud cases were reported by lenders in Florida in 2007 than in the entire country the previous year, William Stern, a supervisory special agent with the FBI, said Friday. ...more

January 19, 2008

Bay area home prices skyrocketed nearly 140 percent during the housing boom. Now a report shows the area leading the nation in falling prices. ...more

November 28, 2007

MIAMI - Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor has died, says family friend Richard Sharpstein. ...more

November 27, 2007

A motorcyclist died this morning near Inverness when his 2007 Yamaha struck the trailer of a van that was stopped and obstructing the southbound lanes of U.S. 41, according the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

October 28, 2007

TAMPA - Well, the secret is out. Tampa denizens have known it for years and have tried to keep it from their out-of-town, goody-goody relatives, but the word has slipped past loose lips, and now this city has a reputation to live down. Tampa, a haven for strip clubs, peep shows and lingerie shops, has made a bacchanalian Top 10 list, and the reason has nothing to do with college football's BCS rankings. ...more

October 23, 2007