Posts with tag tampa

Is Derek Jeter's Tampa Mansion a Tax Shelter?

Derek Jeter has just completed building the biggest home in Tampa, Fla.'s Hillsborough County, reported Tampa Bay Online. At a whopping 30,875 square feet, 7 bedrooms and 9 bathrooms, the home (pictured below) not only dwarfs the New York Yankees star's other homes in Manhattan and North Tampa, as well as those of his new... Continue Reading »

Top Posts on HousingWatch This Week

It was a hot week for celebrity real estate news, with four of our six most popular posts following the buying and selling habits of the stars. But there were also serious doings, too: former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan testified before a Congressional Committee (hint: It wasn't his fault) and Goldman Sachs said it didn't... Continue Reading »

Serial Bankruptcy Staves Off Foreclosure

A Tampa, Florida man hasn't made a mortgage payment since 2003, and although the foreclosure police are standing at his door, he hasn't budged. How has Jeffrey DeMauro staved off the auction block? He declared bankruptcy a whopping eleven times in seven years, reported the St. Petersburg Times. De Mauro is not alone.... Continue Reading »

Tampa Homes Get Doggy Treatment

When the housing market finally improves in this country, is a lot more poo in the streets all we really have to look forward to? That particular reward came along with a booming housing market in downtown Tampa, Florida. Buyers have snatched up condos and rental units in recent months, after prices were pummeled by the... Continue Reading »

Most Dangerous Cities for Pedestrians

Watch your step in Florida: Orlando, Tampa, Miami and Jacksonville were just ranked top four most dangerous cities for walkers according to a new Transportation for America study. The organization hopes to draw attention to the 5,000 accidental deaths a year due to pedestrian un-friendly roads. The study is timed to strike... Continue Reading »

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