If buying a home is the biggest purchase a family makes, choosing the right real estate agent must be pretty important, too. Most homebuyers pick an agent based on referrals from friends or family. But there's a new method emerging: Web sites that rank agents. But can these rankings be trusted? The Web site approaches vary and so do the results. ...more

November 28, 2008

The Tampa Bay area's falling home prices - and perceived bargains - are slowly luring buyers back into the market. ...more

November 16, 2008

Voters elected real estate agent Manny Funes to the Zephyrhills City Council on Tuesday. ...more

November 5, 2008

Barack Obama, briefly a grandson instead of a candidate, spent some quiet family time Friday with the ailing woman who helped raise him, while reporters, guards and gawkers waited outside her apartment building. ...more

October 25, 2008

A young oak tree in the front yard may be the first clue this 1,644-square-foot home on the Caloosa Greens Golf Course, is in one of the newer Sun City Center communities. ...more

October 22, 2008

Two weeks ago, real estate agent Steve Fruit was examining the value of a Lake Placid house for the owners, who are thinking of selling. For tax purposes, the Highlands County Property Appraiser had valued the property at $254,769. ...more

October 19, 2008

Lightning center and No. 1 overall draft pick Steven Stamkos is making the transition this season from junior star to NHL regular. Throughout the season, the 18-year-old from Markham, Ontario, will share his experiences with Tribune writer Erik Erlendsson and provide a weekly diary to give Tribune readers an insight to a new way of life along his rookie journey. ...more

October 19, 2008

You can tell we're getting to that time of year when the air temperature is more tolerable because it seems there is a plethora of outdoor activities. And one of those is the Family Fun Day event that Keller Williams Realty South Shore is sponsoring from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at 6488 U.S. 41 N. ...more

October 17, 2008

Ernie Harpster fell behind on his mortgage payments last year, so he tried to persuade his bank to give him time to sell his home and pay off what he could. ...more

October 5, 2008