Tampa Real Estate Blog

It was an exciting time for the Tampa Bay Rays but as hard as they tried, they just didn’t win. The Rays are an awesome team and played their hearts out. Everyone in Tampa thanks you and we look forward to next year. Congrats to the Phillies. It was fun watching the joy on your [...]

Sims Park in New Port Richey was buzzing with excitement Monday night! Senator Joe Biden joined the list of candidates who have visited this park in Pasco County for an election rally. George W. Bush spoke here as well, during his election campaign in 2004. And before that, Vice President Dan Quayle held a rally [...]

I stumbled on a really cool Celebrity Real Estate website today. Here you can find the homes of the rich and famous and there’s also a miscellaneous page where you can find homes that have been featured on TV shows or movies. I was disappointed that the “Mrs. Doubtfire” house in San Francisco wasn’t being [...]

Do you know where Safety Harbor is? Safety Harbor, Florida is just north of Clearwater, which is also very close to Tampa too. This historic town with a population of over 17,000 began in 1917 and is located on the northwest side of Old Tampa Bay in Florida. Living in Safety Harbor has the definite [...]

ANY QUESTIONS? pic sent to us this morning by St. Clair Maynard, Jr.

Michael Madson with Lipply Real Estate just closed on another one of his listings! This time his 55+ home in the adult community of Key Vista in Holiday, FL sold in JUST 12 DAYS at 94% of its asking price. That’s right! This cute home was priced at $170,000 and closed on 10/7/2008 for $160,000. [...]

Guess who is coming to Tampa for the Super Bowl? The NFL just announced that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be performing at the half time show here for Super Bowl XLIII on February 1st. The Boss will rock Tampa! Last year’s Super Bowl featured Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and more [...]

Another success story for Lipply Real Estate ~ brought about by Thomas Towns of our team. Great job Thomas! Beautiful Ashley Downs Townhouse in Palm Harbor, priced right and model perfect, sold quickly at a great price. Priced at $194,500 it sold on 10/10/08 at 92% of the asking price just 8 days after being [...]

Let’s face it, everyone is looking for a good bargain these days. Well, some of the best bargains around can be found in the city of Oldsmar at the Oldsmar Flea Market. Just off Tampa Road at 180 Race Track Road N, the flea market is open Sat and Sun from 9-5. It’s big, it’s [...]

Since we learned about Fred Howard Park closing for renovations (it will be closed until Fall 2009), we’ve all been wondering where else to go in Tarpon Springs to enjoy the sand and take in a sunset. Well, we discovered a little known gem not far from Howard Park called Sunset Beach. Sunset Beach is [...]