Buy Tampa Homes in the City’s Most Popular Neighborhoods

Published by nora | Filed under Buyer / Seller Tips, Communities, Miscellaneous, Real Estate

Look at Tampa homes in the most popular neighborhoods, as  reported by online real estate information providers Trulia and Zillow.

According to Trulia, the most popular neighborhoods in Tampa based on online search by prospective homebuyers are the following, including their median sales prices:

1. Old Seminole Heights  –  $62,000
2. Sun Bay South  –  $114,000
3. Tampa Palms  –  $99,950
4. Davis Islands  –  $310,500
5. Cory Lake Isles  –  $335,000
6. Bayshore Beautiful  –  $462,500
7. Tampa Heights  –  $39,750
8. Ballast Point  –  $93,750
9. Historic Hyde Park North  –  $240,000
10. Beach Park  –  $240,000

According to Zillow, the most desired communities based on increases in home values as of June 2011 are the following:

1. Tampa-Bayshore Gardens
2. Palma Ceia West
3. Parkland Estates
4. Davis Islands
5. Culbreath
6. Beach Park
7. Palma Ceia
8. Swann Estates
9. Cory Lake Isles
10. Hunters Green

Based on month-over-month increases in number of Tampa homes sold in June 2010 via Zillow, the most popular neighborhoods are:

1. East Tampa
2. Tampa Palms
3. Lowry Park Central
4. North Hyde Park
5. Fairoaks
6. Old Seminole Heights
7. Channel District
8. Sulphur Springs
9. Gandy/Sun Bay South
10. Harbour Island
11. North Tampa
12. Hunters Green Cory Lake Isles
13. Davis Islands

Let’s explore some of the most popular neighborhoods according to the three lists above:

Tampa Palms

This neighborhood is located in a new district called New Tampa, embracing the southern part of the Hillsborough River and enjoying its nature preserve known as River Park. It includes 24 separate villages of single family homes, estates, townhomes and apartment houses. Its five parks, acres of lakes and ponds, conservation areas, wide well-maintained roads and premier commercial, educational, and recreational facilities are key factors in its winning of a top master-planned community award from the National Association of Home Builders.

Tampa4U.com has listings of homes in Tampa Palms ranging from a 3-bed 1929-sq-ft single family home listed at $119,900 to a 4-bed 9123-sq-ft home listed at $2.75 million.

Davis Islands

This community, located in two islands in South Tampa, is desired by many buyers of Tampa homes because of its nearness to downtown Tampa and its views of the Port of Tampa. It also hosts the Tampa General Hospital, Peter O Knight Airport, Davis Island Yacht Club, Davis Islands Garden Club, Marjorie Park and Marjorie Park Municipal Yacht Basin. The original Mediterranean-style structures, built by Tampa real estate visionary David P. Davis in the 1920s and 1930s, have been designated historic buildings.

Tampa4U.com has listings of homes in Davis Island ranging from a 3-bed 5663 sq-feet single family home listed at $275,000 to a 4-bed 7-bath 8,700 sq-ft 30,600 home on a 30,600-sq-ft lot listed at $4.3 million.

Cory Lake Isles

This near-downtown New Tampa community is embraced by two gifts of nature: the Cory Lake which is Tampa’s largest lake, and 17,000 acres of protected woodlands.  The white-sand lakeside beach and the clear waters of the lake are gifts of heaven to boaters, swimmers, sunbathers, anglers, and lovers of beach and water sports.

Tampa4U.com has listings of Cory Lake Isles homes ranging from a 4-bed 3-bath 2273 sq-ft single family home listed at $225,000 to a 6-bed 6.5-bath 7217 sq-ft home listed at $2 million.

Contact Tampa4U.com now and view affordable and beautiful Tampa homes.