Considering buying in the Tampa Bay area? Now is the time to move (literally!) Let me tell you why! At the tail end of the HEIGHT of the market in 2006 we had about a 6 month supply of homes for sale in the Tampa Bay area. Then we hit the "dark days" in 2008 and had about a 24 to 25 month supply. The reason I am using supply of homes for sale in Tampa is that it is a good balance to represent how many homes (4 comments)