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Former Bucs coach Lovie Smith puts Tampa estate on the market for $4.8M (Photos)

October 5, 2017 in /by

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Lovie Smith and his wife have put their Tampa estate on the market. Smith's home in Tampa Palms has been listed for sale at $4.8 million. Including the outdoor areas, the home is more than 10,000 square feet with six bedrooms, six full bathrooms and two half bathrooms. It sits on 13 acres, according to the property listing, and includes a guest house along with a guest tower suite. It has “his and hers offices” and an 800-bottle wine cellar. Jennifer Zales,…

Billionaire buys Fisher Island condo for $8M (photos)

September 28, 2017 in /by

Billionaire Alan Hassenfeld, the former CEO of toy maker Hasbro, bought a condo in the new Palazzo Del Sol on Miami’s Fisher Island for $8.2 million. Hassenfeld was the CEO of Hasbro from 1989 to 2003 and remains on the board. He is a grandson of the company’s founder. According to Bloomberg, Hassenfeld became a billionaire around May based on the increasing value of his 6 percent stake in Hasbro. He recently bought a 4,560-square-foot condo at Palazzo Del Sol from PDS Development, the condo…

What happened when a Facebook post about the Patel house went viral

September 22, 2017 in /by

Here’s one sign of how curious people are about the largest residential construction project in the Tampa Bay area — a multi-home compound being built by health care entrepreneurs and philanthropists Dr. Kiran Patel and his wife, Dr. Pallavi Patel. When the Tampa chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction put a notice on Facebook about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday that said, “Join us for a tour of Dr. Patel’s Palace in Carrollwood,” 1,600 people said they were interested in going…

Here are the Florida counties with the most insurance claims from Hurricane Irma

September 21, 2017 in /by

More than 30,000 insurance claims have been filed in Polk County in the wake of Hurricane Irma. Polk took the brunt of Irma’s wrath in the Tampa Bay area, and has 43 percent of the 71,518 claims filed through Tuesday afternoon for the seven counties in Tampa Bay. The county breakdown of claims is included in an updated report from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. The office estimated $2.75 billion in total insured losses in Florida, based on aggregate information compiled from claims…

Photos: Houston house owned by stars of TLC’s ‘The Little Couple’ for sale for $1.2M

September 18, 2017 in /by

The stars of TLC’s “The Little Couple,” who announced their move to Florida in July, have put their Houston house on the market for $1.225 million. Lisa Kornhauser of John Daugherty Realtors has the listing for the house at 2802 Fairhope, near the Texas Medical Center and NRG Park. Click through the slideshow for a look inside. Houston-based Facundo Homebuilders Inc. custom-built the house for Dr. Jen Arnold and Bill Klein to accommodate the couple’s height. However, the house recently…

Where’s the best place to flip a home?

September 18, 2017 in /by

Pittsburgh, Pa., had the highest rate of return on home flipping in the second quarter of this year, according to a report from Attom Data Solutions. The report showed 53,638 single family homes and condos were flipped throughout the U.S. in Q2. Attom defined a home flip as “a property that is sold in an arms-length sale for the second time within a 12-month period based on publicly recorded sales deed data.” Flipped homes in Pittsburgh had an average return investment of 146.6 percent. Behind…