An interesting thing has been occuring that I think tells how dramatically the media has been adding to the housing situation. On December 29th, our local Tampa Tribune ran a front page story about our housing market in Tampa relative to the other metro markets in the State of Florida. Tampa was the top selling region in the state with almost 21,000 homes in 2007. 2nd was Orlando with around 14,000. Last was Miami at around 5200.
Since the beginning of the year my website has seen a dramatic increase in hits and property views. I have had more showings in the past 3 weeks than in the previous 3 months. Then I checked my listing views on Realtor.com and found that the week beginning Dec. 30th saw a jump in property views. Not a jump of 5 or 10 percent but as much as a 400% increase in property views!!!! The property views on every listing went up at least 150% per week for the past 3 weeks.
Coincidence? It seems a little too sharp and consistant to be coincidence.
I would be interested in knowing if others have seen similar activity in other areas following positive or negative articles in your local media. If so, I think we should all consider how many advertising dollars we give to our local media when they have been talking the country into recession and pushing the housing markets to the abyss.
posted by: www.atHomeintheHeights.com
The source for vintage homes in Tampa
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