Ridership at Tampa International Airport declined 4.2 percent in October compared with a year ago to 647,514 departing passengers after a 2 percent gain the month before ended an 18-month decline. ...more

November 28, 2009

A rising number of fixed-rate home loans made to people with good credit are sinking into foreclosure, adding to concerns about the strength of the economic recovery. ...more

November 20, 2009

Bay area home prices continued to fall in January, posting a 23.3 percent yearly decline, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index, released Tuesday. ...more

April 1, 2009

All 20 areas tracked across the country showed a decline. Miami, the only other Florida city tracked, dropped 29 percent. ...more

March 31, 2009

Home prices fell in nearly nine out of every 10 U.S. cities in the fourth quarter of last year as low-cost foreclosures flooded the market and the housing market's decline spread nationwide. ...more

February 13, 2009

A not-so-funny thing happened on the way to economic recovery. Over the last two weeks, what should have been a deadly serious debate about how to save an economy in desperate straits turned, instead, into hackneyed political theater, with Republicans spouting all the old cliches about wasteful government spending and the wonders of tax cuts. ...more

February 7, 2009

Pump prices in Tampa continue to tumble, and industry experts say the trend is expected to continue, although further price declines won't be as dramatic as they have been recently. ...more

November 4, 2008

Buoyed by improved affordability, existing single-family home sales in Hernando County rose in September. ...more

November 2, 2008

Here - finally - may be some good news for those awaiting evidence of a housing turnaround. But the gleam of hope is coming at the expense of homeowners who can't afford to hang on to their houses. ...more

August 26, 2008

Where politicians and bankers see vexing liabilities in defaulted mortgages and foreclosures, Robert Lee sees opportunities as he picks up the pieces of the housing bust. ...more

July 15, 2008