tampa4u's Blog: COMMUNITIES in TAMPA

While everybody is hustling on closing and making offers on short sales and bank owned properties, we've been searching for alternatives to this frustrating aspect of real estate here in the Tampa Bay area. Enough of this short sales and foreclosures. Enough of the attitudes and incompetence. Welcome the alternative: Brand New Homes!

See this week's "Best Deals in Town" and our Tampa New Home Search.

Yup these are the alternatives. Most people wanting to get short sales and foreclosure properties are really looking for great deals. Currently there are lots of great deals on Brand New and inventory homes from builders in the Tampa Bay area. Builders offering very competitive pricing, Closing cost assistance, down payment assistance, and points buy down.…

Whew! What a weekend this have been so far and it's not over yet. It's only Saturday. Either the buyers are out in herds or those who've bookmarked us are finally calling. But this weekend have been a record for us as far as showing properties in these 3 areas of Tampa: Westchase, Carrollwood, and South Tampa.

In the past, we'd be lucky if one or two people look in these areas. Lately we've been getting lots of inquiries specially in Westchase, (our web hits for Westchase Real Estate have quadrupled) and surprisingly, higher end homes. Today alone we had at least 10 clients each looking at each of these areas. Needless to say our agents have their hands full.

South Tampa have been getting a lot of attention also but mostly from investors trying to…

Tucked away on an island raised from the water and navigable by canals, you’ll find some of the nation’s most desirable real estate. Tierra Verde – “green land” in Spanish – is home of Fort de Soto, named America’s No. 1 beach in 2005.

For the last 25 years, the beautiful island has remained unincorporated and a separate entity from surrounding Florida areas St. Pete and St. Petersburg. However, the opportunities and real estate of Tierra Verde have long been attractive to the larger areas nearby, and recently St. Petersburg filed an application with Pinellas County to formally annex commercial areas on the barrier island.

Tierra Verde is mainly residential and home to about 3,500 people and a total area of 667 acres. Originally composed of 15…