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Tampa / St. Petersburg, FL housing market

Tampa / St. Petersburg, FL metro median sale price $378K in Jul–Sep 2026, up 1.2% year over year.

The median sale price in the Tampa / St. Petersburg, FL metro is $378K over Jul–Sep 2026, up 1.2% from the same 3 months a year earlier. The gain is smaller than in most of the 383 U.S. metros Pecan Street ranks on this measure. FHFA's repeat-sales index for the metro agrees within 0.1 points (up 1.1% through Q2 2026).

On median sale price, Tampa / St. Petersburg ($378K) ranks 7th of the 22 Florida metros Pecan Street tracks, between Port St. Lucie ($406K) and Sebastian ($374K). On median days on market, Tampa / St. Petersburg (77 days) ranks 15th of the 22 Florida metros, between Ocala (77 days) and Pensacola (75 days). On share of listings with a price cut, Tampa / St. Petersburg (40%) ranks 2nd of the 22 Florida metros, between Jacksonville (42%) and Melbourne / Palm Bay (37%).

Listings spent a median 77 days on market in Oct 2026, more than in most of the 385 metros. 40% of active listings carry a price cut; the 3-month average vs a year earlier is 1.3 points lower. That share is higher than in most of the 385 metros. Median asking prices sit about 2% above the median sale price. Building permits authorized 1,934 new housing units in Sep 2026.

At the 7.12% 30-year fixed rate with 20% down, principal and interest on a median-priced home come to $2,036 a month; at 28% of gross income, that takes about $87K a year. The median sale price equals about 13 years of HUD Fair Market Rent, a ratio up 4.5% from a year earlier. That ratio is lower than in most of the 373 metros. Active listings ask a median $232 per square foot; the 3-month average vs a year earlier is down 5.8%.

Median list prices are lower than a year earlier in all 12 ZIP codes in the table below.

Headline

Median sale price

Jul–Sep 2026

$378K

+1.2% year-over-year

How it’s calculated

Average of the last three monthly median sale prices vs. the same three months a year earlier.

Mortgage rate

Nov 4, 2026

7.12%

30-year fixed

Where it comes from

National benchmark: Optimal Blue OBMMI 30-year conforming, via FRED. An average of rates borrowers have actually locked, updated daily.

The same rate appears on every market page.

Monthly payment

Principal & interest

$2,036/mo

$87K/yr income needed

How it’s calculated

Payment — this market’s median sale price with 20% down, on a 30-year fixed loan at the rate shown. Principal and interest only — no property tax, insurance, PMI or HOA.

Income needed — that payment at 28% of gross income. A rule of thumb, not a lending decision.

How Tampa / St. Petersburg compares to other U.S. metros

Price-to-rent↓317th of 373
Days on market↑60th of 385 (top 16%)
Asking-vs-sale gap↓214th of 300
Price cuts↑119th of 385 (top 31%)
Home-price growth↓235th of 383

Rank across the U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, on market data alone — a higher rank means more of that measure (more price cuts, faster price growth, a wider asking-vs-sale gap, a higher price-to-rent ratio, or more days on market). The bar shows where this metro sits within that metric’s own cohort (left is more, right is less); ↑ and ↓ mark the positions furthest from the middle, and rows are ordered the same way. Metrics without data for this metro are omitted.

Affordability

Price-to-rent ratio≈ 13 +4.5% YoY
↓317th of 373
Asking price / sq ft$232 -5.8% 3-month average vs a year earlier

Price-to-rent divides the median sale price by the annual HUD Fair Market Rent (a 3-bedroom, 40th-percentile benchmark), so it is a directional rent-vs-buy read, not a cap rate; its year-over-year change is directional in the same way. Asking price per square foot is the median across active for-sale listings (Realtor.com), as of Oct 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.

Market pressure

Listings with a price cut≈ 40% -1.3 pts 3-month average vs a year earlier
↑119th of 385 (top 31%)
New housing units permitted1,934

The median asking price $385K runs about 2% above the median sale price $378K.

Price-cut share is the portion of active for-sale listings that have taken a price reduction (Realtor.com), as of Oct 2026. New housing units authorized by residential building permits in the metro that month — new supply in the pipeline, which counts of existing listings don't capture (US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey), as of Sep 2026. Asking is the median list price of active listings (Realtor.com, Oct 2026); sale is the headline median of recent closings (Redfin, Jul–Sep 2026) — distinct sources and windows, so the gap is a directional read, not a like-for-like difference. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.

Market facts

ZIPs with listing data12 shown of 128
MLS board of recordStellar MLS
Price methodologyRedfin vs FHFA HPI
Sale-price windowJul–Sep 2026

Recent signals

No signals flagged for this market right now.

Recent notable readings

Readings from the latest data that sit at one end of the U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, from the nightly cross-metro comparison. They are not signal alerts.

Housing Economy

Tampa / St. Petersburg · ConstructionCOPIED

Tampa / St. Petersburg builders pulled 2.1% more single-family permits than a year earlier

Single-family building permits in the Tampa / St. Petersburg metro area, by month, one line per year, units

AprJulOct6009001,2001,5001,80020252026
AprJulOct6009001,2001,5001,80020252026
2024
Chart data
Month202420252026
Dec919933—
Nov905864—
Oct8581,287—
Sep7011,0611,015
Aug1,0571,3241,282
Jul1,3481,1401,161
Jun1,2881,2661,248
May1,5061,3361,141
Apr1,2681,2931,198
Mar1,1351,2101,176
Feb1,3438911,154
Jan1,5881,0911,120

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey · data through September 2026

Builders in the Tampa / St. Petersburg metro area pulled 13,579 single-family permits in the twelve months through September 2026, 2.1% more than in the twelve months before. So far in 2026, permits are running 1.1% below the same months of 2025.

Why it matters. Permits come before starts, and starts come before new homes for sale, so this is the earliest read on how much new building is planned in the Tampa / St. Petersburg area. When the permit pipeline shrinks, buyers see fewer new-build options later; when it grows, sellers of existing homes face more competition from builders.

Tampa / St. Petersburg · Home pricesCOPIED

Tampa / St. Petersburg home prices are 1.1% higher than a year ago

Home prices in the Tampa / St. Petersburg metro area, change from a year earlier, FHFA all-transactions index, quarterly, percent; shaded bars mark recessions

19801990200020102020-40%-20%0%20%40%Tampa / St. Petersburg
1990200020102020-40%-20%0%20%40%Tampa / St. Petersburg
No changeRecession
Chart data
DateTampa / St. Petersburg
Jun 20261.1%
Mar 20262.1%
Dec 20251%
Sep 20251.1%
Jun 20251.9%
Mar 20251.4%
Dec 20242.1%
Sep 20242.2%
Jun 20242.9%
Mar 20245.1%
Dec 20234.2%
Sep 20233.3%
Jun 20236.3%
Mar 202312.6%
Dec 202219.2%
Sep 202227.5%
Jun 202231.3%
Mar 202229.9%
Dec 202127.1%
Sep 202123%
Jun 202116.9%
Mar 202110.6%
Dec 20208.6%
Sep 20207.1%
Jun 20206.6%
Mar 20207.1%
Dec 20197.2%
Sep 20197%
Jun 20196.5%
Mar 20197.7%
Dec 20188.3%
Sep 20189.2%
Jun 20189.9%
Mar 201810%
Dec 20179%
Sep 201710.1%
Jun 201710%
Mar 201711.7%
Dec 201610.6%
Sep 20168.9%
Jun 201610.2%
Mar 20167.6%
Dec 20159.7%
Sep 20158.7%
Jun 20158.1%
Mar 20157.4%
Dec 20145.8%
Sep 20147.9%
Jun 20148.5%
Mar 201411.1%
Dec 20139.9%
Sep 20138.1%
Jun 20137.5%
Mar 20132.6%
Dec 20120.3%
Sep 2012-0.8%
Jun 2012-2.5%
Mar 2012-3.3%
Dec 2011-5.3%
Sep 2011-7.4%
Jun 2011-6.7%
Mar 2011-8.4%
Dec 2010-6.9%
Sep 2010-6.2%
Jun 2010-12.2%
Mar 2010-14.2%
Dec 2009-11.1%
Sep 2009-14.3%
Jun 2009-15.9%
Mar 2009-16.9%
Dec 2008-21.4%
Sep 2008-18.9%
Jun 2008-16.5%
Mar 2008-11.1%
Dec 2007-7.1%
Sep 2007-3.7%
Jun 20070.9%
Mar 20074.5%
Dec 20069.9%
Sep 200616%
Jun 200622.6%
Mar 200626.9%
Dec 200527%
Sep 200524.3%
Jun 200523.2%
Mar 200520.7%
Dec 200418.4%
Sep 200417.6%
Jun 200413.7%
Mar 200411%
Dec 20039.7%
Sep 20037.3%
Jun 20037.8%
Mar 20038.5%
Dec 20028.2%
Sep 20028.5%
Jun 20027.8%
Mar 20027.5%
Dec 20019.2%
Sep 20019.5%
Jun 20019.5%
Mar 20019.8%
Dec 20008.1%
Sep 20007.4%
Jun 20006.4%
Mar 20005.7%
Dec 19994.8%
Sep 19994.7%
Jun 19995.4%
Mar 19994.2%
Dec 19985.1%
Sep 19985.3%
Jun 19985.2%
Mar 19984.9%
Dec 19974.3%
Sep 19973.8%
Jun 19972.7%
Mar 19971.1%
Dec 19961.9%
Sep 19961.4%
Jun 19962.6%
Mar 19965.8%
Dec 19954.3%
Sep 19953.6%
Jun 19952.6%
Mar 1995-0.9%
Dec 1994-1.4%
Sep 1994-0.4%
Jun 1994-0.7%
Mar 19941.6%
Dec 19932.4%
Sep 19931.1%
Jun 19932.5%
Mar 19931.1%
Dec 19921.2%
Sep 19924.1%
Jun 19922%
Mar 19922.3%
Dec 19913.5%
Sep 19910.5%
Jun 19910.6%
Mar 19910.4%
Dec 1990-1.4%
Sep 1990-0.9%
Jun 19901%
Mar 19901.7%
Dec 19893.2%
Sep 19891.9%
Jun 19890.1%
Mar 19892.8%
Dec 19881.1%
Sep 19882.8%
Jun 19883.5%
Mar 19881.5%
Dec 19873.4%
Sep 19872.7%
Jun 19871.2%
Mar 19873.1%
Dec 19863.6%
Sep 19865.3%
Jun 19867%
Mar 19865.3%
Dec 19855.3%
Sep 19851%
Jun 19852.7%
Mar 19853%
Dec 19843.5%
Sep 19845.3%
Jun 19843.1%
Mar 19843.9%
Dec 19831.6%
Sep 1983-1.7%
Jun 19834.6%
Mar 1983-2%
Dec 19827%
Sep 198219.7%
Jun 198221.2%
Mar 198223.8%
Dec 198116.1%
Sep 19819.3%
Jun 19813.7%
Mar 19813.2%
Dec 19803.8%
Sep 19809%
Jun 19807.1%
Mar 198013.1%
Dec 197912.7%
Sep 197911.5%
Jun 197912.7%
Mar 197916.5%

Source: FHFA house price index; recession dates from NBER · data through Q2 2026

FHFA's all-transactions index for the Tampa / St. Petersburg metro area in the second quarter of 2026 was 1.1% above its level a year earlier. Since 1979, prices have risen an average of 5.4% a year. Nationally, prices were 3.0% higher than a year earlier.

Why it matters. Long-run context shows how the latest change in Tampa / St. Petersburg home prices compares with the market's own history, including the recessions shaded on the chart. When appreciation slows, sellers have less room for a list price to run ahead of recent sales, and buyers feel less pressure to stretch to keep up; when it speeds up, the reverse holds: list prices can run ahead of recent sales and buyers compete harder.

Price reconciliation

normal · 0.1pp

Redfin (metro)

+1.2%

FHFA HPI · Q2 2026

+1.1%

Year-over-year home-price change from two independent methods — Redfin (sale prices over the last 3 months) and FHFA (quarterly repeat-sales index). When they diverge, the market is mid-shift; cite the figure with that in mind.

Market dispatches

Citable market dispatches for Tampa / St. Petersburg → Latest dispatch: Aug 14, 2026.

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ZIP-level data

ZIPMedian list priceActive listingsNew listingsPrice reductionsDays on marketHome value
33572$490K↓291↓64↓112↓90↓$442K↓
33573$268K↓349↓116↑152↓62↓$269K↓
33578$325K↓272↑68↓92↑73↓$335K↓
33579$410K↓268↓72↓116↓76↓$384K↓
33706$599K↓362↓84↑112↑99↓$573K↓
33707$395K↓278↓72↑10881↓$361K↓
33708$600K↓325↓56↓88↓100↑$510K↓
33767$822K↓330↓48↓76↑115↓$699K↓
34609$345K↓269↓92↓112↓72↓$320K↓
34652$239K↓358↑72↑148↑99↑$214K↓
34667$325K↓364↓84↓120↓91↓$274K↓
34668$250K↓356↑104↑152↑70↓$226K↓

ZIP figures from Realtor.com listing data; home value from Zillow ZHVI. ZIP codes shown have the most complete listing-data history and active for-sale inventory in this metro; the latest available month is shown per ZIP. Arrows show the direction of each figure against the same three months a year earlier; no arrow means the change rounds to zero or the comparison isn't available.