Waterfront estate in Largo hits the market for nearly $12 million (Photos)
A massive custom home on the intracoastal waterfront that includes its own indoor gun range is on the market for nearly $12 million. The 9,149-square-foot home at 204 Harbor View Lane in Largo is listed at $11.6 million or $1,267 per square foot. Jennifer Zales, an agent with Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate in Tampa, is marketing the property for sale. View the photo gallery to see inside the home. The owners, Todd and Shelia Siegel, built the home after the $156 million sale of Todd Siegel's…
Mixed-use Westshore Marina District takes shape as big builders take land positions
A subsidiary of homebuilding giant Lennar has snapped up acreage in a new development on the Westshore waterfront with plans to acquire more land in the development by 2018. Bonita Springs-based WCI said it paid $2.5 million for 2.35 acres in Westshore Marina District, a mixed-use area on the waterfront near the intersection of Westshore and Gandy boulevards. WCI is planning 35 luxury townhouses on that site, the first for-sale product planned in the district. WCI is planning to take a much larger…
These Florida cities are among fastest growing in the state
Recently released population estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that many South Florida cities are among the fastest growing in the state, according to analysis by Florida International University’s Metropolitan Center. In fact, Doral ranked highly nationwide. With a 26.1 percent population increase from 2010 to 2016, Doral was the 11th-fastest growing large city in the nation. That was a gain of nearly 12,000 people for a city of 56,000. See the slideshow to view the Top 10 fastest growing…
New USF basketball coach buys waterfront home in Tampa
The new coach of the University of South Florida's men's basketball team — whose contract is worth $6.58 million over six years — has purchased a waterfront home in Tampa. Brian Gregory and his wife, Yvette, paid $1.75 million for a 6,768-square-foot home on the water in Bay Port Colony, south of Hillsborough Avenue and north of the Courtney Campbell Causeway, according to Hillsborough County property records. The sellers, Juan and Helda Rodriguez, paid $890,000 for the home in 2005. The list…
Apartment rent hikes in Tampa above national average
People renting apartments locally are paying much more than they did a year ago. This February in Tampa, the average rent price was $1,166, 5.7 percent higher when compared to the same month a year ago. The spike was the 10th-largest increase in the nation, according to the February Yardi Matrix report provided by RentCafe. The national average increase was 4.3 percent. Stockton and Sacramento, Calif., had the highest year-over-year increases in rent prices at 12.3 and 10.7 percent, respectively,…
Housing markets continue to show strength even as interest rates tick up
Black Knight Financial Services released its latest data on the housing market showing prices continuing to increase, even though some sectors of the industry are being affected by interest rate hikes. For much of the last two years, home appreciation across the nation has incrementally increased attributed to a recovering economy. However, low interest-rates have also fueled some of the strength of the housing market. “U.S. home prices started 2017 the way they ended 2016, by continuing a trend…
Young homeowners say they’re eager for their next big buy
Young home buyers today don’t equate home ownership with the American dream, but they do in large numbers view it as beneficial for their long-term financial standing, according to newly available data from Bank of America. BofA’s second-annual Homebuyer Insights Report, released this morning, reports that 80 percent of millennial homeowners view owning a home as having a positive impact on their long-term financial picture. Additionally, 68 percent of those young buyers say they view their…
Here’s where Zillow ranks Tampa among U.S. cities where people want to live — or leave
Residents of Washington, D.C., Miami, Detroit, Houston and Chicago want out — and not many house-hunters want in. Meanwhile, Seattle, Tampa and Portland are popular targets for homebuyers who live elsewhere as well as residents who already live in those cities. That's according to Seattle-based Zillow, which has analyzed searches from house-hunters to figure out which U.S. cities residents want to leave and where they want to stay. By comparing the locations of its users with the cities that…