Another report claims Tampa’s home inventory has fallen more than 10 percent in the last year
A recent report from Zillow found Tampa’s home inventory, a measure of its active listings, fell more than 10 percent in 2019. The report looked at the active listings, home values and average rent of the nation’s 35 largest metros, based on data from Zillow. Tampa had the 15th largest drop in active listings with 12.5 percent less homes on the market year-over-year. That is the largest drop in Florida, though Orlando saw a 10 percent decrease and Miami a 6.1 percent drop. Seattle, San…Original Article
A recent report from Apartment List, a San Francisco-based online rental marketplace, shows cities where the most users are looking for apartments, and Tampa ranked among the top. The report, which is based on Apartment List user searches between June 1, 2019 and Dec. 31, 2019, found Tampa was the fourth most searched city. Forty-four percent of metro searches, tracked by users' IP addresses or the user’s listed location, were for apartments in Tampa. Denver, Baltimore and San Diego were the…
A recent report from LendingTree ranked the top 50 most populous cities in the U.S. based on how popular they are with millennial homebuyers and Tampa ranked last. The ranking is based on the percentage of millennial homebuyers, aged 23 to 38, compared to the percentage of total purchase requests between January 2019 and November 2019. Tampa ranked as the least popular city for millennial homebuyers with 40.3 percent of purchase requests from millennials. That percentage ties Las Vegas, but Tampa…
A recent report from ATTOM Data Solutions, a California-based data company, found it is better to buy than rent in six out of Tampa Bay’s seven counties. In all of Tampa Bay’s counties, except Manatee, buying a home was a better option, according to the report, which looked at renting and home affordability in 855 counties across the U.S. In Hillsborough County, an average three-bedroom rental property costs $1,687 a month, while the average weekly wage is $1,040. Meaning a resident would…