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Susan Taylor Martin - Real estate reporter
Susan Taylor Martin

Real estate reporter

Call me a nosy neighbor. I’ve always liked checking out Sunday open houses, especially houses for sale around my area of St. Petersburg. And I’m a huge fan of HGTV shows like “Flip or Flop’’ and “House Hunters.’’ Maybe that’s why why I ended up four years ago as the Tampa Bay Times real estate reporter.

  1. Miami investor is betting on one Tampa neighborhood, to the tune of more than $60 million
    Yesterday• Real Estate
    Watermans Crossing apartments at 4515 N. Rome Avenue in Tampa.
    Jakub Hejl discovered the Tampa Bay area while studying at IMG Academy.
  2. Tampa Bay home buyers could save up to $116 a month on their mortgages
    Yesterday• Business
    For sale sign on a Tampa Bay home. [SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN | Times]
    It pays to shop around for the lowest rate, new study shows.
  3. $91.5 million corporate building and 17-story hotel planned near St. Petersburg’s Edge District
    Sep. 13• Business
    Rendering of proposed UPC Insurance headquarters and hotel in St. Petersburg.
    Project would include wider sidewalks, more trees and street lighting.
  4. Luxury Tampa high-rise 500 Harbour Island sold for $103.45 million
    Sep. 12• Business
    500 Harbour Island, on right.
    The price is by far the most paid per unit for a Tampa Bay apartment community
  5. Wesley Chapel shopping center sold for nearly $63 million
    Sep. 12• Business
    The Grove at Wesley Chapel
    Tenants include Michael’s and T.J. Maxx
  6. You can look down on your neighbors — all of them — from this $4.6 million St. Pete penthouse
    Sep. 12• Business
    The city's downtown waterfront including the under-construction pier area as seen from the balcony of a penthouse in ONE St. Petersburg.
    Some condos in the new ONE St. Petersburg are being flipped at hefty profits.
  7. Greg Sembler becomes CEO of the St. Petersburg-based Sembler Company
    Sep. 11• Business
    Greg Sembler, chairman and new CEO of The Sembler Company.
    He replaces Ron Wheeler, who joined the company in 1997.
  8. Tampa Bay’s mortgage delinquency rate continues to fall
    Sep. 10• Real Estate
    A few short years ago, Tampa Bay was a national hub for foreclosures. Not any more. [Getty Images/iStockphoto]
    Rising delinquency rates in some areas might be a sign of trouble ahead.
  9. Felon Tampa Bay Realtor accused of ‘fishy’ dealings faces possible loss of real estate license
    Sep. 9• Business
    screen grab of web page showing Realtor Michael Schaffer Screen grab of this page http://www.tampabayhomerealtor.com/team/
    Agent Michael J. Schaffer once worked closely with a disbarred lawyer.
  10. Co-founder of Tampa firm ConnectWise buys two Clearwater Beach gulf-front parcels for $20.25 million.
    Sep. 6• Business
    The two gulf-front house in the center of the photo were bought this summer by Arnold Bellini, co-founder of a Tampa software firm, and his wife for a total of more than $20 million.
    Combined, they would be Tampa Bay’s priciest residential transaction ever.