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A sign announces an open house for home sale in Los Angeles. Home sales across the country sped up last month to their quickest pace since November 2009. In Tampa Bay, home sales have steadily grown since the housing bust, surging dramatically since January 2008, when barely 1,000 homes sold. Associated Press (2010)

Tampa Bay home sales, prices continue climb

Tampa Bay's housing market continued to bloom last month amid the best spring selling season in years, but tight supplies of homes for sale are squeezing hopeful buyers out of deals, new Realtors data show. Nearly 3,200 local homes sold last month, making it Tampa Bay's busiest sales month in seven years, multiple  …

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