Entries by DomresRealEstate

Redfin, Opendoor expand home buying partnership to Tampa, 8 other markets

Redfin and Opendoor will expand their home buying partnership to Tampa along with eight other markets. The program allows homeowners to request an offer on their home directly from Opendoor. From there, they can choose to accept the offer, selling their home directly to the company, or decide to work with a Redfin realtor to sell on the open market. Besides Tampa, home owners in Charlotte, North Carolina; Jacksonville, Minneapolis; Nashville, Tennessee; Orlando; Portland, Oregon; Raleigh, North…

See where Tampa ranks among iBuyer growth markets

A recent report from Ownerly, a New York-based housing data company, identified Tampa as a top market for iBuyers, companies that purchase houses completely online, as well as a potential growth market for iBuying. Tampa ranked as the 15th most popular metro for ibuying based on the percentage of sales that were from iBuyers. Although the report did not give specific numbers, a Redfin report from last year found 1.1 percent of all homes sold on the platform were bought by an iBuyer. Phoenix and…

Tampa plans to issue another RFP for prime site near the West River redevelopment

The city of Tampa plans to once again seek proposals for an 18-acre, publicly owned property in the West River area — and this time, it's looking for developments focused on affordable housing, transportation and sustainability. Mayor Jane Castor on Wednesday announced the findings of her housing affordability task force and said the city was looking to re-issue the RFP. The city previously put an RFP on the street in February 2019; by April, it had rejected the four responses that were submitted. Before…

Tampa plans to issue another RFP for prime site near the West River redevelopment

The city of Tampa plans to once again seek proposals for an 18-acre, publicly owned property in the West River area — and this time, it's looking for developments focused on affordable housing, transportation and sustainability. Mayor Jane Castor on Wednesday announced the findings of her housing affordability task force and said the city was looking to re-issue the RFP. The city previously put an RFP on the street in February 2019; by April, it had rejected the four responses that were submitted. Before…