All Things Tampa Bay

  Funshine Festival Starts Today!   May 2, 2013 by Maria Brown Funshine Festival starts today! Check out our vendor village and shop away in the shade under our Jumbo Funshine Shopping Mall tent which is adjacent to the Corona Extra Stage. We will also be selling Funshine Festival t-shirts! The A...

Six of the Worst Real Estate Investments Zillow, Contributor Comment Now  Follow Comments As any experienced real estate investor will tell you, not all investment properties are created equal. Homes that might be perfect for a primary residence, for example, might not yield positive cash flows —...

Today’s Dream House May Not Be Tomorrow’s Leslie Herman By ROBERT J. SHILLER Published: April 27, 2013 FACEBOOK TWITTER GOOGLE+ SAVE E-MAIL SHARE PRINT REPRINTS ...

    Your Realtor: John Soliman  May 2013 Million $$ service for all!!!! Copyright © 2013 Realty TimesAll Rights Reserved. Your Home Isn'tSelling Because...   Your home has languished unsold on the market for months, but you can't fathom why.       Chances are, you've overlooked what buyers really...

Bear vs bull: The current good and bad of the recovery   While both single-family and multifamily housing starts anticipated to record double-digit gains over last year in 2013, there are factors that continue to hold back even more substantial growth as the recovery evolves, according to econom...

  Your Realtor: John Soliman  April 2013 Million $$ service for all!!!! Copyright © 2013 Realty TimesAll Rights Reserved. A Good Real Estate Agent Speaks Your Language When you're buying a new home, you can't afford to have your needs lost in translation. However, it can be difficult to put into ...

Getting Approved: How Lenders Judge You As a consumer, you’re used to being the one with the power to judge the products and services you purchase and the companies that offer them. But when it comes to financing your new home or refinancing the one you already own, you hand that power over to th...

  After the Remodel, It's Payback Time 'Sexy' renovations like gourmet kitchens rarely recoup the construction costs when it comes time to sell the home, a report finds      A home renovation typically comes with clouds of plaster dust and piles of construction debris. Is it all worth it? Yes, if...

Embed Infographic   A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away there existed a unique fixer-upper opportunity for home buyers: the house that once belonged to legendary Jedi Master Yoda. You already know that we’ve got a wide range of interests outside of real estate here at the Movoto blog, (jus...

              About the Author + Chris Kolmar is the Chief Economist at Movoto. He enjoys developing new real estate tools, reading about real estate, and Diet Coke.