Rachel Legg's (rachellegg) Blog

New construction is happening in North Tampa!Bearss Landings is set to open this summer on Bearss Avenue just minutes from Interstate 275 in North Tampa. Meritage Homes is building 115 townhomes ranging in size from 1756 SF to 2378 SF. Offering six unique floor plans that all include an attached ...

Being a first-time home buyer these days can be challenging. Sinceit's a seller's market there are not many homes available and  competition is stiff for the ones that are. Fortunately there are city, county, state and federal programs out there to help first-time buyers with down payments and cl...

Once again Clearwater Beach has been named the #1 beach in the country by TripAdvisor - only two years after winning the title in 2016 for the first time. Siesta Beach, near Sarasota was named #2 and St Pete Beach ranked 7th. Clearwater Beach, with it's white sugar sand and wide open space is ha...

Lennar - the nation's largest home builder - is planning to build the first active-adult community in the Tampa Bay area in southern Hillsborough County and it will feature a Crystal Lagoon - only the second one in the nation! The first Crystal Lagoon is currently being built in the community of ...

Tampa Palms is located in New Tampa, Florida on Bruce B Downs Blvd., just south of I-75 in Hillsborough County. It is a mix-use, planned community just north of the University of South Florida, Moffitt Cancer Center and James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, consisting of 28 separate villages, offerin...

These days, if you're looking for new home communities in the Tampa Bay area you might want to head north - as in - all along SR 54 in Pasco County - which rivals the Southshore area of Tampa when it comes to new construction! One of the newest communities is Bexley, being developed by Newland Co...

Epperson Ranch is underway in Pasco County Florida - the first development being built that will be part of the Connected City --a state-approved, 10-year pilot program to support a technology-based "city of the future." At it's anticipated 50-year build out, the Connected City is to have more th...

Since becoming a real estate agent over ten years ago - at the height of the market I might add - I have managed to bounce around from no less than 6 brokerages including the one I am currently with - Keller Williams Realty New Tampa. That's an average of 2 years at any one place. The reason? I'm...

Now that the real estate market has rebounded - new construction is everywhere you look in the Tampa Bay area - especially in New Tampa and Wesley Chapel! Many times buyers don't realize they can have a buyer's agent help them with a new construction purchase. They just assume that new constructi...

The exciting new luxury community of The Ridge at Wiregrass Ranch is quickly filling up with   happy homeowners enjoying the ultimate resort  lifestyle right here in Wesley Chapel Florida. Since opening in the summer of 2015, The Ridge at Wiregrass Ranch features unique home designs, and a soon t...