Tampa Bay Market Watch
Data-first real estate guidance for Tampa Bay and the Gulf Coast
Tampa Bay Market Watch is FL Innovation News’s real estate column, written for the people actually making a move: first-time buyers, sellers timing the market, and investors watching the Gulf Coast. It trades hot takes for numbers, translating what is happening with prices, inventory, and rates into decisions you can act on this season.
The column is written by Patricia McCullough-Johnson and Sonya Madden of MJM Group FL at Coldwell Banker Realty, who have closed more than $75 million in Tampa Bay and Gulf Coast real estate and work every transaction as a team.
What Tampa Bay Market Watch covers
- Buyer and seller strategy in a shifting market
- Pricing, inventory, and days-on-market trends
- Neighborhood and county-level snapshots across seven counties
- Negotiation, financing, and timing
- Relocation and luxury-home guidance
Part of the Florida Living section.
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