Home sales are booming once again in Prince William County, Va., an area hit hard by the housing bust. Foreclosures are responsible. ...more

October 25, 2008

The evidence is mounting that Tampa Bay home sales have hit bottom, even though prices are still in a free fall. ...more

September 25, 2008

Speculation by large investors - not supply and the demand for oil - were a primary reason for the surge in oil prices during the first half of the year and the more recent price declines, an independent study concluded Wednesday. ...more

September 11, 2008

Median home prices in the Tampa metropolitan area and other Florida metro areas continued their slide in the second quarter. ...more

August 15, 2008

Median home prices in the Tampa metropolitan area and indeed other Florida metro areas continued their slide in the second quarter. ...more

August 14, 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

Existing home sales fell for the eighth time in the past nine months, a string of weakness expected to continue as the housing industry, mired in its worst slump in decades, battles falling home prices, tight lending conditions and a weak economy. ...more

May 23, 2008

In the face of rising inventories of vacant homes and declining orders for new ones, Tampa Bay homebuilders slashed construction 59 percent in 2007, according to preliminary data released Thursday by Metrostudy, a Houston-based housing research firm. ...more

January 18, 2008

Ivy Zelman's view of the U.S. housing market is gloomy, but it's probably the most realistic. ...more

October 26, 2007