Pasco County's taxable property value dropped by $3 billion - or nearly 10 percent - during a yearlong period ending Jan. 1, while new construction amounted to half of what it was in the previous year, Property Appraiser Mike Wells said Thursday. ...more

May 30, 2008

HOUSING MARKET, AMENDMENT 1 TO BLAME ...more

May 29, 2008

Hernando County's assessed valuation plummeted 13 percent in 2008, to $9.94 billion, according to good faith estimates released Wednesday by the property appraiser's office. ...more

May 29, 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

Area home sales are still dropping, but not as much they have in months past, according to data released Friday by the Florida Association of Realtors. ...more

May 24, 2008

Area home sales are still dropping, but not as much they have in months past, according to data released today by the Florida Association of Realtors. There were 2,087 sales by Realtors in April, down 8 percent from 2,257 during the same month last year. That's better than March, when 1,107 homes were sold in the Tampa-St.Petersburg-Clearwater area, down 11 percent from March 2007. ...more

May 23, 2008

Continued job losses helped propel Tampa Bay's economy into last place in a semiannual ranking of six Southern cities, according to a new report by the Tampa Bay Partnership. ...more

May 20, 2008

TAMPA - Continued job losses helped propel the Tampa Bay area's economy to last place in a ranking of six Southern cities, according to a new report by the Tampa Bay Partnership. ...more

May 19, 2008

SEBRING — Sebring residents and businesses will likely be paying a fire assessment with their next tax bill to help fund the fire department's $2.3 million annual budget. ...more

May 8, 2008

Fannie Mae, a key source of mortgage funding, on Tuesday reported that falling home prices and rising defaults contributed to further losses for the government-sponsored company during the first quarter. ...more

May 7, 2008