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Susan Taylor Martin - Former real estate reporter at the Tampa Bay Times
Susan Taylor Martin

Former real estate reporter at the Tampa Bay Times

  1. St. Pete is one of the country’s hottest new hotel markets. Here’s why.
    Jan. 7• Business
    The Tru by Hilton hotel under construction at 16th Street N and Central Avenue in St. Petersburg.
    An expert says there will be demand for the hundreds of planned hotel rooms.
  2. Should a Tampa couple’s tent count as home sweet home?
    Jan. 2• Business
    In an effort to obtain a homestead exemption that would have saved them thousands of dollars in property taxes, the Baldwins slept in a tent on the grounds of their new house in Tampa before it was finished in 2015.
    No, the property appraiser said, prompting a legal battle over taxes that’s still not over.
  3. All this stuff came from charities: Aren’t we supposed to give to them?
    Dec. 25, 2019• Business
    Charity swag - calendars, wrapping paper, pens and other items charities sent to one person this year as an inducement to donate.
    Many charities hand out swag to potential donors they hope will give year after year.
  4. Tampa’s James Cordier sued over ‘catastrophic loss’ in options trading
    Dec. 24, 2019• Business
    James Cordier, the founder of OptionSellers.com, apologized in an emotional YouTube video in November 2018 that losses from bad bets on energy prices would likely lead to the demise of his firm.
    Three Texans were among 300 clients who lost all of their investments.
  5. Tampa Bay home prices went from down, down, down to up, up, up in 10 years
    Dec. 24, 2019• Real Estate
    This house on 10th Street NE in St. Petersburg sold for $115,000 in 2009; $170,000 in 2012 and $249,000 in 2018.
    In 2009, the median price of a Tampa Bay home was $151,500. Today, it is $244,900.
  6. Tampa apartments sell for $37 million
    Dec. 23, 2019• Business
    The Point at West End has an average rent of $976.
  7. It cost $300,000 to get rid of another buyer but Tampa Bay estate finally sells for $10 million
    Dec. 23, 2019• Business
    This Tarpon Spring estate sold Dec. 19, 2019 for $10 million.
    The sale price was the fifth highest in the bay area.
  8. Buyers can take a virtual tour of condo tower planned for Tampa’s Bayshore Boulevard
    Dec. 20, 2019• Real Estate
    Units in Altura will be priced from $1 million to about $2.9 million.
  9. Pasco house prices soared in November with priciest sale in three years
    Dec. 19, 2019• Real Estate
    This home in Land O' Lakes sold for $1.9 million in November.
    A Land O’ Lakes home was one of Pasco’s priciest sales ever.
  10. This St. Petersburg house was a flip. See what it looks like now
    Dec. 19, 2019• Real Estate
    This house on Haines Road in St. Petersburg had little curb appeal when it sold for $112,000 in March.
    Tampa Bay ranks high in house flipping, but it’s harder to make a profit.