Tampa Real Estate at Its Best

If you are looking for a wonderful place to live, the Tampa Bay area is for you. With a lovely sub-tropical climate and a Guinness Book of World record average of 350 days of sunshine each year, Tampa is the ideal place for your next primary home, second home or vacation home. Couple that with Tampa's ranking in 2008 by Yahoo Real Estate as the 8th cleanest city in the country and you definitely have all the ingredients for the location of your next home.

Located on Florida's west coast on Florida's largest estuary, Tampa is the second most populous city in Florida. Tampa, Clearwater, St. Petersburg and the surrounding areas together have a population of over 2.7 million residents. In addition to being home to the main port on the west coast of Florida, the Port of Tampa is also the 7th largest port in the country. It is also host to several major cruise lines, including Royal Caribbean, Carnival and Holland America. Tampa International Airport regularly ranks number one in the nation amongst business and leisure travelers.

The Tampa Bay area also offers entertainment galore, every possible kind of restaurant, great shopping, Lowry Park Zoo, the #1 ranked zoo in the country for children and major theme parks, such as Busch Gardens and Adventure Island. For those who love to gamble, there is even a Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. What's more, the Tampa Bay area's beaches rank consistently among the top ten in the nation. Caladesi Island State Park with it natural setting, powder white sand and warm, crystal clear water ranks #1 on Dr. Beach's 2008 list of America's best beaches. Water sports, boating and fishing opportunities abound in the Tampa Bay area and sunsets over Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico are nothing short of breathtaking.

Tampa is a sports fan's dream with several major league teams including the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers, winners of the Super Bowl for the 2002 season, MLB's Tampa Bay Devil Rays and NHL's Tampa Bay Lightening, winners of the 2004 Stanley Cup. What's more, Tampa will host the Super Bowl again in 2009.

In addition, Tampa is proud to be the home of Macdill Air Force Base. Macdill is the headquarters for both the United States Central Command and the United States Operations Command.

The Tampa Bay area is committed to excellence in education and offers a wide array of public, private and magnet school choices. Two of the Tampa's public high schools appear on Newsweek's 2008 list of top 100 U.S. High Schools.

The Tampa real estate market is recovering nicely and there are still great buys to be had. Interest rates remain historically low, Florida has no state income tax and the Tampa Bay area has a very wide array of home choices for every lifestyle and budget.