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Emily L. Mahoney - Real Estate Reporter
Emily L. Mahoney

Real Estate Reporter

I cover real estate, which means I get to report on what is most people's biggest purchase in their lives: their home. I'm interested in the twists and turns of the real estate market, but also how our living situations — good and bad — play a massive role in our lives. I want to tell the stories of those who don't have a comfortable place to call home, of renters getting scammed, how our warming earth is changing the way we build. I previously covered politics in the Tallahassee bureau, which means I have some war stories to tell. Want to hear them? Talk story ideas? Send me an email.

  1. Sales open for Central Avenue condo building, tallest tower coming to St. Pete
    Oct. 6• Real Estate
    A rendering depicts a balcony off of one of the condos in The Residences at 400 Central.
  2. What is home staging and how can it help you sell a house in Tampa Bay?
    Oct. 5• Real Estate
    An example of a room staged by Dwell Staging, which uses neutral but trendy decor.
  3. Preocupa inminente alza en el precio de los seguros contra inundaciones
    Sep. 29• CENTRO
    Las casas frente al mar se muestran en el vecindario de Viña del Mar en St. Pete Beach. FEMA está revisando el Programa Nacional de Seguro contra Inundaciones, la fuente de la gran mayoría de las pólizas de seguro contra inundaciones en Florida, lo que hace que las primas de algunos propietarios aumenten drásticamente, el viernes 24 de septiembre de 2021 en San Petersburgo.
  5. Built-for-rent houses coming to Tampa Bay suburbs as industry booms
    Sep. 29• Real Estate
    A rendering of a NexMetro built-for-rent community in the Dallas metro area, which the company said is similar in layout and concept to their future community in Odessa.
  6. Many Tampa Bay-area flood insurance premiums are about to go up
    Sep. 29• Business
    Waterfront homes are pictured in the Vina Del Mar neighborhood on St. Pete Beach. FEMA is overhauling the National Flood Insurance Program, the source of the vast majority of flood insurance policies in Florida causing some homeowner’s premiums to rise sharply, Friday, September 24, 2021 in St. Petersburg.
  7. Tampa Bay’s August home sales flat, prompting more predictions of normalcy
    Sep. 22• Real Estate
    A Charles Rutenberg Realty sign marks a home for sale, 541 Locklie Street, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in Dunedin.
  8. Peoples Gas announces new president
    Sep. 14• Business
    Helen Wesley
  9. West Shore Interchange project moved up to 2023, DeSantis announces
    Sep. 13• Business
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference Monday, Sept. 13, 2021 in Tampa. Gov. DeSantis spoke about the continued Howard Franklin Bridge expansion project and the fast-tracking of other area roadway projects.
  10. Steven Stamkos buys new Davis Islands house for $8.35 million
    Sep. 9• Real Estate
    The front of the Davis Islands home purchased by Steven Stamkos.
  11. What questions Tampa Bay condo associations are asking after Surfside collapse
    Sep. 8• Real Estate
    The partially collapsed Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside, Florida Thursday, June 24, 2021.
  12. In Tampa Bay, it takes three minimum wage jobs to make rent, report says
    Sep. 7• Real Estate
    Bridget Cunningham stands in front of the Tampa duplex she's been renting on Tuesday, August 31, 2021. Her landlord is raising her rent by $1,000, she said. The lack of affordable rent options are motivating her to buy a property instead.
  13. How would a Rays stadium work in the Ybor City ‘Gas Worx’ plan?
    Sep. 3• Real Estate
    This rendering shows a north-to-south view of Gas Worx, a proposed mixed-use development on 50 acres between Ybor City and downtown Tampa (in the background). Plans for the project are being filed with the city by real estate investor Darryl Shaw and lead developers Kettler, a Washington, D.C. real estate firm.
  14. Florida quickens pace of rent aid disbursement but still lags behind nation
    Aug. 31• Real Estate
    A final notice of eviction, delivered by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, remains on the door of an apartment in Tarpon Springs in January.
  15. What it’s like being a first-time homebuyer in this Tampa Bay market
    Aug. 26• Real Estate
    Gene Vandi, 28, poses with his girlfriend, Melissa Ostrowski.
  16. Is Tampa Bay’s real estate market starting to calm down?
    Aug. 24• Real Estate
    A home for sale, 541 Locklie Street, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in Dunedin.
  17. Tampa Electric Co. customers break record for energy use amid scorching temps
    Aug. 19• Business
    Linemen work on power lines. Tampa Electric Co. customers broke a record this week for energy used.
  18. Lightning’s Steven Stamkos sells Davis Islands home for $16 million
    Aug. 17• Real Estate
    An exterior view of Steven Stamkos' house on Davis Islands on Aug. 17, 2021.
  19. Florida veteran faces eviction as he waits for rent relief. It may be too late.
    Aug. 6• Real Estate
    William Schleman, 80, stands in front of his side of the duplex in Charlotte County, which is just south of Sarasota, where he has lived for about nine years. He is facing a potential eviction because of delays in the state's disbursement of rental assistance money that he was approved to receive weeks ago.
  20. The new CEO of Tampa Electric Co. envisions a greener Tampa Bay
    Aug. 5• Business
    Tampa Electric CEO Archie Collins poses for a portrait on Thursday, July 29, 2021 in Tampa.
  21. Florida landlords, renters: Here’s how the new CDC eviction moratorium works
    Aug. 4• Real Estate
    Housing advocates protest outside Governor Andrew Cuomo's office on the eviction moratorium on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in New York. After a federal eviction moratorium was allowed to lapse this weekend, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new moratorium Tuesday on evictions that would last until Oct. 3.
  22. Florida has disbursed 2 percent of rent aid as eviction moratorium ending
    Jul. 30• Real Estate
    A protester holds an anti-eviction sign. [Tribune News Service]
  23. A look inside Tampa’s new Westshore Marina District
    Jul. 28• Real Estate
    A man walks his dog along the water at Tampa's Westshore Marina District seen on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. The uncompleted first luxury condo tower is pictured right, while a finished residential building is on the left.
  24. Tampa shopping plaza sold for $22 million, Ross store coming
    Jul. 27• Real Estate
    Two of the stores at Horizon Park plaza in Tampa are dd's Discounts and Guitar Center.