Report: Tampa Bay has nation’s third fastest growing housing market
Article From: http://www.tampabay.com/ By Times Staff Tampa Bay has the third fastest appreciating housing market in the country, part of a Southern real estate resurgence, according to home market tracker Zillow. Zillow estimated the average home value in the bay area at $181,200, up 11.9 percent from a year ago. That trails only Nashville and Portland among the 40 largest housing markets measured in the index released Thursday morning. The news dovetails with the Florida Realtors report Wednesday that showed prices for single-family homes in Tampa Bay jumped 11.4 percent in January, far higher than the statewide average and the highest...