Tampa Fl Homes for Sale Account – Things Happens
The Tampa real estate market is undergoing a shift. From the very first time my husband and I started to begin thinking about purchasing a house 5 years ago until now, we have witnessed a market of ups, downs, and all-arounds. Needless to say, our hopes of owning a househave mirrored those real estate shifts. We began our union not being ready to own, then felt caught up in the large movement to buy out of fear of ever-rising prices, purchasing a house just to lock in the existing price. Knowing that it was morally improper to take a Tampa mortgage that would deem us “house poor”, we decided not to purchase anything, revolting against the seller’s market. From there, we gave up plans of ever owning in the Tampa Bay area.
Here we are in 2009 and Tampa real estate is once again affordable to us lowly first time homebuyers and great homes are now very much worthy of our Tampa mortgage payment. Our hopes and dreams of owning a slice of real estate in Tampa are rekindled.
Our genuine search for real estate in Tampa began approximately two months ago with the help of our agent Rick Durand from Kings Realty & Property Management. At the beginning, we thought that a townhouse would work best because we are not the “outdoorsy” type that will make time to mow lawns or landscape. We would rather just pay someone else to keep our lawn under control. A townhouse also seemed generally larger and more solid than most condos in the Tampa Fl homes for sale market. Tampa is filled with apartment to condo conversions, which in my humble opinion seem more akin to weakly constructed gingerbread houses. Our search for a decent townhouse proved prosperous and our agent showed us all the great deals in our preferred area of Land O’ Lakes. The townhouses are newer and constructed in underdeveloped areas where wilderness conservation lots are the norm.
In this Tampa real estate market the home buyer can be choosy. We wanted to see all our options and our agent was glad to help us with that request. Continuing in Land O’ Lakes, we found a neighborhood of villas in our preferred price range and quickly made an offer on a short sale property. We liked the solid block construction and no lawn work that the villa offered as well as the wonderful open floor plan and established subdivision. We are obtaining everything we wanted without having to sacrifice any of the items on our wish list. Conventionally, purchasing a piece of Tampa real estate meant sacrificing at least one of your wants and desires like location, a larger master bedroom, or plenty of closet space. We gave up nothing and frankly are obtaining everything we wanted and more. This was made possible only because of a savvy Tampa homes agent like Rick Durand who searched around this saturated market where the well-qualified purchaser is king, or queen, and is helping us purchase a home. He knew when a home’s listed price was not so much of a deal but rather an attempt to gather up offers that would return nothing but a long wait with a “no” at the end of the line.
We have seen the Tampa real estate market evolve more in the last 5 years than it has in the twenty years prior which just proves, much to the chagrin of some, that shift does indeed occur.
Yours truly,
Anna W.
June 01 2009 10:44 am | Real Estate
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