During January- a traditionally slow month for real estate sales- over $939 million dollars of residential real estate was sold in the Tampa Bay area. There were 7,018 new listings put on the market, and homes sold for an average of 97.6% of their asking price (higher if they were priced right from the beginning). And according to the Tampa Bay Times, now is the most profitable time to sell a home in more than 10 years. In January, the total number of residential home sales combined in Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas counties was 3,735, a 7.5% decrease year-over-year compared to January 2017, and down month-over-month by 33.5% from December 2017. Hillsborough county was responsible for 1,4