Mortgage Rates Hit 7.4%: What Tampa Buyers and Sellers Can Do Now

Mortgage rates hit 7.4% in October 2026. What that costs on a Tampa home, and 5 ways buyers and sellers are working around it, from buydowns to assumable loans.
How Is the Real Estate Market in Tampa, Florida? (2026 Buyer & Seller Guide)

The Tampa real estate market in 2026 has shifted from a frantic seller’s market into a more balanced one. Inventory is up sharply from the pandemic years, homes are taking longer to sell, and median prices have leveled off somewhere in the high-$300,000s to mid-$400,000s depending on which source and county you look at. For […]