Tampa Bay Parent Finance and Money Articles
New homes are everywhere. In some areas where cows used to graze suburban families now roam. Many of these new homes have popped-up during hous....
Choosing to Rent Out Your Home When the Housing Market is Slow
If you can not seem to sell you house, or you do not want to sell it at the current market price you might consider renting it out. If you rent....
More Foreclosures All over the State of Florida
All over the Tampa Bay area, homes are going under foreclosure. Some individuals that will buy a foreclosed home will be able to purchase a....
Tampa Bay Real Estate Now a Buyer’s Market
Everywhere you turn, whether on television, in print publications, or the internet, it is being said that we are now in a home buyers market. The....
13th Annual Home Buyer’s Fair 2007 at the University of South Florida’s Sun Dome
Credit Unions across Tampa Bay have joined to have 13th annual home buyers fair and seminar at the USF Sun Dome on Saturday, May 12th. This ....
Hurricane season 2007 is just around the corner. Predictions are very ominous and this is expected to be a very active hurricane season. Predicti....
Teen CEO Finds Blend Between School and Coffee Business
(NewsUSA) - On his lunch hour, Tyler Ornstein makes business calls on his cell phone, coordinates with poten....
Teaching Young Kids How To Save
I'm a big saver. I started saving young, putting my money in an old Nestl? Quick tin, carefully hoarding all that I collected from birthday, or....
Gradual Rise Projected for Home Sales
After bottoming in the fourth quarter of 2006, existing-home sales are forecast to gradually rise through 2007 and into 2008, while new-home sales ....
Florida's Existing Housing Market: Median Price Up, Sales Down in 2006
ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 25, 2007 — Florida’s housing market mirrored the national trend in 2006, with sales of existing single-family hom....
The Florida Association of Realtors offers a total of $106,000 in scholarship awards
ORLANDO, Fla., December 2006 -- Florida high school seniors: Are you filling out college applications and poring over potential scholarship pro....
Will You Be A Foreclosure Statistic?
Most owners who lose their homes in a foreclosure never thought it would happen to them. It always happens to someone else — you know &....
Property Values Relate To Curb Appeal
(NewsUSA) - When a prospective buyer drives up to the home you're selling, the first impression is going to be....
Simple Home Improvements Go A Long Way
There are simple home improvements you can make that will add a lot of interest and appeal to your home. You would be surprised at how a new l....
Tampa Bay Real Estate Market And Its Future
The Tampa Bay real estate market was predicted by Money Magazine in a recent article to be one of the strongest in the United States in the follo....
Credit Unions Help Make Homes More Affordable
(NewsUSA) - For first-time buyers of modest means, the goal of home ownership is more difficult to attain toda....
'Hardscaping' Can Increase Your Home's Value
(NewsUSA) - Want to increase the value of your home? If so, invest in hardscaping.
Most people are fa....
Despite Cool Market, Investing in Real Estate May Be Worthwhile
(NewsUSA) - With many people believing the real estate market has cooled, some experts and analysts are sugges....
Toys for Tots: A History Steeped in Service
(NewsUSA) - If the holidays overwhelm you, think about how that jolly old soul with the red suit and white bea....
Holiday Shopping Secrets That Will Save You Money
(NewsUSA) - There's nothing like a credit card bill the size of Santa's sleigh to replace warm memories of t....
What Kind of Holiday Shopper Are You?
(NewsUSA) - According to more than 2,400 participants in an online quiz conducted by Shop.com, an e-commerce m....
(3-29-06)LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The innovative "Magic Your Way" ticket plan that allows Walt Disney World guests to create their o....
Women-Owned Businesses Grew at Twice the National Average,Census Bureau Reports
The number of women-owned businesses grew 20 percent between 1997 and 2002, twice the national average for all businesses, according to a new U.....Walt Disney World Resort Announces Late-Summer Vacation Package Including Free Dining
Guests Stay, Play and Dine for One Special Price
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Guests eager to experience a magical vacation later this summe....
Governor Bush approves 2006 hurricane preparedness sales tax holiday
TALLAHASSEE — Governor Jeb Bush today signed legislation authorizing Florida's second annual 12-day sales tax holiday for hu....
Parenting Your Teenager: Teens and Money
The beginning of summer brings with it the first job for many teenagers. Most teens go into the work world ill-prepared to manage the money they wi....
