The St. Petersburg Times has a special report in today's edition entitled Soaring Home Prices In The Bay Area. It has quite a few stories on how regional growth throughout the Tampa Bay area has increased and how home prices and property values have gone up. Here's a link. If after reading the article you decide you would like to buy a home before prices go up again, visit me here.
I recall one house in Largo that sold for nearly $80,000 in the late 1990s, but would now easily sell in the $160,000s. A small condo that went for nearly $30,000 in the late 1990s would now easily sell somewhere between $80,000 and $100,000, possibly more. Nothing goes up like property values, especially when the property is in an area where everyone wants to live. Tampa Bay's definitely one of those places.
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Article comments
1 - Rodney Welch
Who cares?
2 - TDavid
Rodney - I guess someone who is looking to buy property in the Tampa Bay area.
3 - Rodney Welch
Great. Next week I'll post a recipe for chicken tetrazini.
4 - TDavid
This is the web, somebody out there will actually be interested in that recipe (not me, though).
:)
5 - John Mudd
What a wonderful idea!
6 - Eric Olsen
I guess the point of these comments is that it is always better to place specific and localized information into a bigger picture or context: How does this compare to real estate in other areas? What does this say about the economy? Etc, etc.
7 - John Mudd
I did originally want to compare our market with California's, but I had to show some condos. Naturally, though, this post isn't going to be for everyone, but then again neither is any other post that's posted here. The post is for people considering a move to or property purchase in Tampa Bay, as TDavid pointed out and it will likely be helpful to someone, at some point.
8 - Dwaine AKA Scooter AKA D.J.
[laughs] This has to be the most useless blog ever.
9 - John Mudd
Of course! That's why it won a Bloggie last year and was nominated for another one this year, albeit in a different category.
It's amazing how many people contact me based on what I write here on Blogcritics. I would say based on that, there are quite a few people out there who think this blog-based Internet magazine is very useful to them. I wouldn't contribute at all if it weren't.
10 - Rodney Welch
JohnMudd, What you write isn't "criticism" of any kind; you're just shilling for your company. For a blog that devotes itself to "music, books, film, popular culture, and technology," how in the world does your post even fit in?
11 - Al Barger
Easy, Rodney. The plugs like this are perhaps a bit cheesy, but John has also contributed a fair amount of interesting political commentary as well.
Plus, I would definitely be interested in your recipe for chicken tetrazini.
12 - Rodney Welch
Okay, I stand corrected; political commentary is fine. But am I alone in thinking that BlogCritics is NOT the place to post real estate ads for free?
13 - TDavid
I think that Eric has it right in another thread that information about Real Estate and mortgage rates is something with broader appeal. It would be easy to wrap up some personal business advertising into a piece with useful general consumer information about this business that has broad appeal. I also think acceptable.
John's a smart guy, I'm sure he can work this out to everybody's advantage.
The danger here of course being a thousand clones of John that aren't as skilled. Then this place would start looking like TampaRealEstateCritics ;)
14 - Rodney Welch
And lest I forget...
Chicken Tetrazini
3 tbsp. flour
1/2 stick butter
2 c. milk
1 green pepper; optional
1 can cream of mushroom soup
3/4 c. grated sharp cheese
1 sm. jar pimentos, chopped
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. salt
3 c. chopped chicken
Cook spaghetti in broth. Melt butter and blend in flour until smooth. Stir in milk. Cook and stir until thick. Add green pepper and cook 5 more minutes over low heat. Add cheese and soup. Blend well. Add chicken and broken spaghetti. Put in casserole and sprinkle with cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 30 minutes. Serves 8. May be frozen.
15 - JR
I commend John Mudd's efforts to lure people from California to Florida. California is too crowded.
16 - John Mudd
What a great recipe!
I will have to share that one with my mom. She'll love it!
Have you ever thought about changing your nick to Mr. Food?