If you are talking about just the city of Tampa then there are 8,563 homes available at this moment. This includes single family homes, mobile homes, condos, townhomes and villas. There are also brand new homes listed in this, however not all the new homes as some but not all builders put their homes on the MLS.
As I said this is just for the city of Tampa. However, many consider the Tampa area or Tampa Bay which really extends that area. For example, this is Brandon, Wesley Chapel, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Apollo Beach, Ruskin, Spring Hill and many more that are considered the Tampa area.
The best thing to do is contact myself or some other Tampa area Realtor and let us know what you are looking for and we can discuss where you might like. Then we can give you the true number of inventory based on your needs and wants. It is important to know the available inventory for the price range. This is because the inventory on hand is very different in each price range running from a low of 5.73 months of inventory in the under $50,000 price range to 43.02 months of inventory in the over $1 million price range. The average months of inventory is 16.63.
If you narrow down your search to a certain neighborhood or area, you can even take homes of say over $1 million and find that the inventory in that area is only 9 months instead of the 43 months overall. It is more important to know the numbers for the specific place you are most interested in. Even certain subdivisions have seen incredible price falls, while others have maintained their value much better.
Jeff Launiere, P.A., CPS, e-PRO, TRC
Keller Williams Realty
Tampa, FL
813-469-3163
Info@SweetHomeTampa.com
http://www.SweetHomeTampa.com
http://www.HomesOfTampaFL.com - Sun Sep 14 2008, 04:37