Southern California home prices fell 31.1 percent in July from last year, with bargain hunters snapping up foreclosed properties and sending overall sales to a 16-month high, a research firm said Monday. ...more

August 19, 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

Jobless Claims Jump As Housing Market Gets Weaker WASHINGTON (AP) - Two cornerstones of the economy - jobs and housing - sank to new depths Thursday, with unemployment claims bolting higher and home prices recording one of their steepest drops on record. ...more

July 27, 2008

The Bay area's housing market is weak, but there are signs that home sales are starting to stabilize. In other parts of the country, though, selling a home is getting tougher, according to two reports from real estate groups Thursday. ...more

July 25, 2008

How did Tampa Bay's housing market fare in June? Well, it depends on how you look at it. Slightly more single-family homes sold in June than in May, and the median sales price rose by more than $2,000, according to existing home sales data released today by the Florida Association of Realtors. The median price — in which half the homes sold for more and half for less — was $178,700, up from $176,100 in May. ...more

July 24, 2008

For the first time in 21/2 years, home sales in the Tampa Bay area increased, but condominium sales continued to plunge. ...more

June 27, 2008

TAMPA - For the first time in two and a half years, home sales in the Tampa Bay area increased while condominium sales continued to plunge. ...more

June 26, 2008

Sales of new homes tumbled for the sixth time in seven months in May while median prices kept plunging, underscoring the depth of the nation's housing woes. ...more

June 26, 2008

Facing foreclosure, the developers of the Ventana condominiums in the Channel District have agreed to hand the keys to the project's lender and walk way, according to documents filed in Hillsborough County Circuit Court. ...more

June 4, 2008