TAMPA, Fla. — General sales manager Mike Finley and 14 other members of the Pulte Homes, Centex and Del Webb sales team in Tampa volunteered for kitchen duty recently to help feed homeless men, women and families at Trinity Café in downtown Tampa. Finley, who organized the volunteer day, said he was impressed with the [...]
There seems to be no stopping the Sarasota real estate market! April 2012 saw yet another seven-year high for monthly sales, hitting 886 total closed transactions. The figure topped last month’s 831 sales by 6.6 percent. It was the highest number of sales since August 2005, and when there were 908 total sales. The [...]
TRINITY, FLA. – Southern Crafted Homes has landed on Professional Builder magazine’s national Housing Giants 2012 list, one of just two Tampa Bay-based home builders to do so and one of just a dozen or so Florida builders to grab that distinction. This is Southern Crafted Homes’ first appearance on the prestigious list, says Jim [...]
TAMPA, Fla. — Ashton Woods Homes has opened a ready-to-move-in single-family home on Manns Harbor Drive in Mira Bay, the luxury waterfront community Newland Communities has developed in Apollo Beach. Michael Roche, vice president of sales and marketing for Ashton Woods Homes in the Tampa Bay region, said the Layton model home offers four bedrooms [...]
TAMPA, FLA. – During recent award ceremonies in Tampa, William Ryan Homes received a highly regarded Merit Award for its entry in the 2012 Tampa Bay Parade of Homes, sponsored by the Tampa Bay Builders Association. According to William Ryan Homes’ regional president, Jeffrey D. Thorson, the Siesta model home at Harbour Isles in Apollo [...]
Keller Williams Realty Gulf Coast in Seminole part of community service initiative in the US and Canada Seminole, FL—5-16-12 Keller Williams Realty associates took the day off on Thursday, May 10, 2012, but it was hardly a day of rest. Associates with Keller Williams Realty Gulf Coast, Seminole took part in “Give Where They Live” as [...]
TAMPA, Fla. — Lennar’s Central Florida Division has released 60 single family villa homes and 60 town homes for sale at Hawks Point, located on Oak Pond Street in Ruskin, off 19th Avenue, west of U.S. 301 in the SouthShore area of Hillsborough County. Mark Metheny, president of Lennar’s Central Florida Division, said two and [...]
SARASOTA, FL – Attorney and Certified Public Accountant Jo Ann Koontz will be a featured guest on Talk Credit Radio, a weekly radio talk show hosted by consumer advocate Gerri Detweiler of Ultimate Credit Solutions Inc. in Sarasota. Koontz will discuss short sales, their tax implications and potential pitfalls. The show will air 2 p.m., [...]
TAMPA, FL – The cost to rent is rising 5.6 percent nationally every year, according to Trulia Rent Monitor. Smart investors are taking advantage of this upswing, and becoming landlords. But, only after they’ve learned how to invest and manage from nationally-renowned expert Bryan Chavis. A bay-area native, Chavis turned his experience as a property [...]
John Neal Homes is launching a new division that will offer a custom lot experience for buyers looking to create a uniquely designed home on their own lot. Taking advantage of the turning point in a recovering real estate market, the custom lot experience will be ideal for people who either already own their own [...]







