Rent report: Tampa, St. Pete saw small decrease in rent prices last month
Rent in Tampa and St. Petersburg became a little more livable last month. A report from RentCafe, an apartment search website, looked at the rent prices for large-scale multifamily properties, complexes with more than 50 units, for the month of September. The full methodology can be found here. The report found that both Tampa and St. Petersburg saw a 0.1 percent decrease in rent for the month of September, which is among the lowest decrease in central Florida. That small rent decrease puts both…Original Article

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Tampa Bay residents looking for a high-value house should consider Pinellas and Hillsborough counties. Of the 30 ZIP codes with the highest median home value in August 2019, 18 were in Pinellas County and 12 were in Hillsborough County, according to American City Business Journal data. None were in Pasco, Hernando, Manatee, Polk or Sarasota. The neighborhood with the most ZIP codes in the top 30 was Tampa with six, followed closely behind by St. Petersburg with four. The ZIP code with the…
The Tampa Bay ZIP code with the largest return on investment belongs to 34287 located in North Port. The area saw a 1,341 percent return on investment — good enough for 73rd in the nation. Overall, the bay area's top ZIP codes saw return on investments of at least 840 percent. Pinellas County had the most ZIP codes in the top 20, while Pasco and Polk had the least with zero. Tampa's housing market is "very hot," according to real estate website Zillow. The city has seen a 2.4 percent increase…