Kevin J Cooney - Broker Associate, Realtor

Thousands of Tampa Bay area residents have lost property after falling behind on their mortgages and even homeowners association dues. But there’s a third way people are losing homes and land: delinquent property taxes. In the first nine months of this year, the owners of more than 200 properties in Hillsborough County have lost them in ...

 Within the next decade, 16 million new housing units will be needed to meet population growth and shifting demands, according to Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies in its latest annual “State of the Nation’s Housing” report. That means household growth, which has dropped drastically in recent ...

 Consumer confidence among Floridians remained at 68 in May, ending three consecutive months of decline, according to a new University of Florida (UF) survey. “While the overall consumer confidence index has declined steadily over the last several months and remained flat this month, there has been some uncharacteristic volatility in ...

Real estate investors, by three to one, will be more active in their local markets compared to typical homebuyers in the next 24 months; and 69 percent of investors say it’ll be easier to find properties in the near future, according to a survey of real estate investors released by Move, Inc., the management company overseeing ...

Borrowers may soon have an easier time sorting out all of those key details and expenses associated with their mortgage as well as more easily compare loan terms when trying to shop around for a mortgage that works best for them. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently unveiled its “Know Before You Owe” project and ...

• More than half (54 percent) of U.S. adults believe recovery in the housing market will not happen until 2014 or later. In a previous survey conducted six months ago, 42 percent said they thought the market would turn around by 2012 or had already turned around. Now, only 23 percent continue to think this will happen. • 45 percent of ...