Mortgage rates have risen about a half a percentage point over the past five weeks, according to mortgage research firm HSH Associates' latest survey. ...more

July 13, 2008

The Tampa Bay area is the sixth-riskiest market in the nation for home prices to fall in the next two years, according to a report from PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. ...more

July 10, 2008

TAMPA - The Bay area is the sixth-riskiest market in the nation for home prices to fall in the next two years, according to a report from PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. ...more

July 9, 2008

Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November. ...more

July 7, 2008

TAMPA - Comedian Chris Rock was all jokes when he performed his latest stand-up routine, "No Apologies World Tour," on Wednesday at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center's Carol Morsani Hall. ...more

July 3, 2008

Straddling risky economic crosscurrents, the Federal Reserve is expected to stand still this week on interest rates. ...more

June 24, 2008

The U.S. economy may be suffering from its first bout of stagflation since the start of this decade, reports on housing, prices and manufacturing indicated. ...more

June 18, 2008

Rates on 30-year mortgages jumped to the highest level in nearly eight months, reflecting increased concerns about what the Federal Reserve might do to battle inflation. ...more

June 13, 2008

A top real estate economist offered shell-shocked Tampa Realtors a hint of optimism Wednesday, saying the Bay area housing market should begin to improve in the second half of the year. ...more

May 8, 2008

TAMPA -- A top real estate economist offered shell-shocked Tampa Realtors a hint of optimism today, saying the Bay area housing market should begin to improve in the second half of the year. Home sales and prices, which have been battered in recent months, should stabilize and then begin to rise in 2009, predicted Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors. ...more

May 7, 2008