Five Sunbelt cities are predicted to lead the nation in 2021 home value growth. Economists expect Tampa to outperform the country by the fourth largest margin.

Black Knight reports a 25-year average home value appreciation of 3.9% nationwide. Spoiler alert: Tampa’s doing way better than that.

Every housing market has its idiosyncrasies. South Tampa’s has a lot to do with its public schools.

One of 2020’s bright spots for owners and buyers has been rock-bottom mortgage interest rates. But how much lower can they possibly go?

In a white hot real estate market like Tampa Bay’s, there’s a good reason for the “for sale” phenomenon. Hint: It isn’t covid.

A neutral housing market, favoring neither buyer nor seller, is about six months’ worth of housing inventory. Anything under six months is considered a sellers’ market. Tampa Bay has six weeks.

Mortgage rates are sliding to jaw-dropping lows as covid worsens, and homebuyers are poised to save tens (or hundreds) of thousands.

Tampa Bay appears to be the nation’s most resilient housing market when it comes to the impacts of COVID.