TAMPA - Florida’s existing home prices surged again last month, rising by 18.6 percent over a year’s time to reach a median sale price of $175,000, new figures from Florida Realtors said. 

TAMPA - Tampa Bay homes last month posted some of the biggest price jumps in the state, Florida Realtors said Monday. Median home prices here jumped to about $165,000, 27 percent over those in July 2012. 

TAMPA Tampa Bay home prices last month made their highest year-over-year jump since the housing boom, soaring 27 percent over July 2012 and reenergizing worries about a new bubble. 

TAMPA - Housing prices in the Tampa Bay area rose 18.7 percent in June when compared with this time last year, a strong performance even if it was slightly slower than the blistering growth of previous months. That's one of the insights from a generally positive Florida Realtors report issued Tuesday. 

WASHINGTON — You've probably seen some of the reports during the past week about home sales and prices. Housing is hot. 

ST. PETERSBURG - Property values rose by an average of 3 percent across the county, according to official tax roll estimates sent by the Pinellas County Property Appraiser's Office to cities and fire districts last week.  

ASSOCIATED PRESS - Sales of new homes rose in April to the second highest level since the summer of 2008 while the median price for a new home hit a record high, further signs that housing is recovering. A separate report out on Thursday showed that average rates on fixed mortgage rose for the third straight week, hitting their highest levels since mid-March. 

TAMPA - 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. 

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Construction on new U.S. homes rose 7% in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.04 million -- the highest level since June 2008 -- according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Commerce.