We all know Suncoast home prices have tumbled, but this hurts: The area lost $35.6 billion in home value in 2008, according a report released this morning from Seattle-based Zillow.com. ...more

February 6, 2009

We all know Bay area home prices have tumbled, but this hurts: The Tampa-St. Petersburg metro area lost $35.6 billion in home value in 2008, according to a report released Tuesday morning by Seattle-based Zillow.com. ...more

February 5, 2009

We all know Bay area home prices have tumbled, but this hurts: The Tampa-St. Petersburg area lost $35.6 billion in home value in 2008, according a report released this morning from Seattle-based Zillow.com. ...more

February 3, 2009

With all the talk about home values going down, is now a good time to build a new house? Are building costs in sync with market value? I wouldn't want to build at a cost of $300,000 only to find later that the market value of the house is less than what it cost to buy the land and build. ...more

February 1, 2009

Carol Carrier never thought she'd become a landlord. But when the real estate market tanked and her two sons couldn't sell the condominium they'd bought as an investment on Harbour Island, they turned to Mom. They wanted her to help them rent the one-bedroom unit until the market improved. ...more

January 11, 2009

Limona residents aren't enamored with the idea of having an assisted living facility constructed in the midst of their residential community. ...more

December 31, 2008

Could all this economic mayhem actually be healthy on some level, or is that some lame attempt at finding a silver lining on something that has no upside? It's difficult to say there is a bright side, but it's clear we were drowning in phony numbers and a day of reckoning was long overdue. Perhaps the surprise is that it took so long for it to happen. ...more

December 19, 2008

In fiscal year 2007-08, the county issued just 397 single-family home permits, an 835 percent drop from the boom years of 2004-05. ...more

December 18, 2008

Even investing in blue-chip companies these days is hair-raising, as anyone with money in the stock market knows. ...more

December 14, 2008

Slump? What slump? Two entrepreneurs are defying the economic downturn with construction projects at downtown New Port Richey businesses. ...more

December 13, 2008