Real Estate

New program for community development practitioners

Submitted by Gillian Finklea, Web Producer, 10 News In Your Neighborhood

Friday, May 17th, 2013, 12:15pm

New program for community development practitioners

Pinellas County, Florida -- The Housing Finance Authority of Pinellas County is sponsoring a Community Real Estate Development program at the University of South Florida.

The program offers practical training for staff responsible for creating successful affordable housing and community based real estate development programs.

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Radio show highlights free expo for homebuyers

Submitted by Gillian Finklea, Web Producer, 10 News In Your Neighborhood

Friday, May 10th, 2013, 8:45am

Radio show highlights free expo for homebuyers

Pinellas County, Florida -- Residents who are thinking about buying a new home won’t want to miss There’s No Place Like Home, the radio show sponsored by the Housing Finance Authority of Pinellas County.

This month’s focus is the HOPE (Home Ownership for People Everywhere) Expo, coming to the Raymond James Financial Center on Saturday, June 8, from 8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The expo offers a vast amount of information on home ownership, as well a daylong HomeBuyer Workshop. More information is available at http://www.hopeexpo.org/.

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Tampa real estate booming; leads state

Submitted by Charles Billi, 10 News Anchor/Reporter

Sunday, April 28th, 2013, 10:44am

Tampa, Florida-- The numbers are in, and they are up! More homes were sold last month in the Tampa Bay area than in in the past seven years combined.

According to MLS figures, 3,100 homes were sold in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties last month, a 7 percent increase compared to the same month in 2012.

Home sales prices also increased, up 22 percent over the same time period.

The average home in the Tampa Bay area sold for $150,000.

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Conference focuses on housing choices

Submitted by Gillian Finklea, Web Producer, 10 News In Your Neighborhood

Saturday, April 13th, 2013, 12:15pm

Pinellas County, Florida -- The Tampa Bay Fair Housing Consortium will present Housing Choices, Free of Discrimination on Friday, April 19.

Check-in is at 8 a.m. The program runs from 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. The day-long conference will be held at the Centre Club, 123 S. West Shore Blvd. in Tampa.

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Ice cream parlor eyes north beach location

Submitted by Jim Peppard, Assignment Editor

Friday, March 29th, 2013, 7:29pm

Ice cream parlor eyes north beach location

Clearwater Beach, Florida - A spot of land vacant for more than 20 years may become the home of the beach's newest store.

An ice cream parlor by the name of "Da Scoop" plans to locate at 22 Bay Esplanade, between the Palm Pavilion Inn and the Hess Station on the north beach.

A building permit is under review by the city, and some preliminary site work is already underway.

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New Clearwater Beach high rise hotel renderings

Submitted by WTSP Web Staff

Wednesday, March 13th, 2013, 11:39am

Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe & Associates

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New high rise hotel planned for south Clearwater beach

Submitted by Jim Peppard, Assignment Editor

Wednesday, March 13th, 2013, 11:00am

New high rise hotel planned for south Clearwater beach

Clearwater, Florida - A new 15-story hotel is being planned on the spot where the Adam's Mark hotel once stood.

The city confirmed today that Ocean Properties plans to build a 230-room hotel with a bar, restaurant and five-level parking garage on South Gulfview Boulevard.

PHOTOS: New Clearwater Beach high rise hotel renderings

The site has been a parking lot since the demolition of the Adam's Mark hotel in 2005.

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