Condos remain hot in Tampa Bay

Condominium sales are down statewide, but not in the northern part of the Tampa Bay area.

Existing sales in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties jumped 15% in January compared to the year before, according to Florida Realtors. That's opposite a trend of a nearly 2% decline throughout the rest of Florida.

The Tampa region had 942 sales, selling at a median price of $100,000 — up 3.6% from the year before. Median sales statewide had increased more than 5% to $137,000.