JAY D'ABRAMO
Posts from March 2026
Behind the Sign: Real Stories from Tampa Bay’s Market
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Tampa Bay Buyers Just Got a $30K Boost in Buying Power (Here's What That Means for Tampa, Brandon, Riverview, Apollo Beach, and FishHawk)
A year ago, a lot of homebuyers around Tampa Bay ran the numbers and didn't like what they saw.
Today, those numbers look different.
Zillow just reported that a median-income household can now afford $30,302 more home than they could a year ago.
The biggest reason is simple: mortgage rates have come down from the high 6% range last year to about 5.98% recently.
And in real life, that matters because even a small drop in rate can change what you qualify for, what your monthly payment looks like, and which neighborhoods suddenly become realistic.
The real que...
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