Above are the most accurate real estate statistics. The December 2014 data was taken directly from MFRMLS. The MLS provider for all real estate agents in Central Florida. If you have any questions please give me a call or send me an email.

2014 was a good year for real estate in the Tampa Bay area. Prices went up a little higher than the rate of inflation. This was mainly due to the low level of homes for sale in the market, opposed to a high demand of buyers wanting to buy. 2015 is looking at being an even better year as inventory will still be quite low and home prices should increase at a good rate as well.

Expect the home-purchase market to strengthen along with the economy in 2015. Here's what Frank Nothaft (Freddie Mac‘s chief economist) had to say last month: “The good news for 2015 is that the U.S. economy appears well-poised to sustain about a 3 percent growth rate in 2015 – only the second year in the past decade with growth at that pace or better…”

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