Anthony Sambrato Jr.'s (asambratojr) Blog

Lennar's having some unbelieveable deals in many communities throughout the Tampa Bay Area!  Live Oaks Preserve in New Tampa has some of the best deals listed! 6Bd/3Ba/2 at 2,994 square feet for $259,490! 4w den/3.5Ba/3 at 2,892 square feet for $251,990! 5w den/4Ba/3 at 4,097 square feet for $437...

Is this a trend that will continue in the greater Tampa Bay market?  Only time will tell.  What does this mean? You can cut statistics up in any way you want to manipulate the results you are looking for.  I have gathered by this information that property values may have started to stabilize and ...

Zillow had a impressive start this morning as it went public and began trading on the NASDAQ this morning.  The starting price of $20 a share quickly rose to as high as $60 a share early in trading this morning.  It quickly cooled off and was being traded around $38.44 at the time of this blog. T...

Prices in some specific properties continue to drop. Do we need to hit rock bottom before this trend stops? Hopefully we can be smart and look at the positives that might help us. With the weaken market we can expect to have interest rates stay low and consistant for a while. Sales seem to favor ...

It seems that social media has taken root in everyone lives today. With the increase of exposure via this medium it is in the best interest of everyone to not fight change and get involved. Activerain is a perfect example of how correct utilization of this medium can help generate contacts and le...

So far this year cash sales has dominated homes by close to 59% in some area's of Florida. Why? It's easy to explain, the decrease in market value and the increase in the amount fo homes that are available has given rise to opportunities that weren't there earlier. This has given investors a grea...

You can look at this market in many ways. A trend that is gaining momentum is the utilization of 203(k) rehab loans. With the increase in homes that are in need of repair that are on the market why not cater to this demographic? First, there are many different hurdles that need to be overcome in ...

All of us look for postitive signs in Real Estate markets and I have to say that the ball in the 33615 zip is starting starting to roll! The 33615 zip is a probally one of the unique ones to the greater Tampa Bay area. In the last 6 months there has been over 166 properties sold in this zip with ...