Tampa Home Prices Rose 58% After Pandemic, Zillow Reports

The thing about Tampa area home values is that they didn’t just rise — they swelled, bloated, almost grotesque in their hunger. The numbers climbed like fingers clawing at the edge of the world, up 58%, higher and higher until Tampa wasn’t just a city anymore. It was a beacon, burning too bright, drawing in everyone with a bank account and a dream. Zillow was the scribe, the watcher, recording every inch of that climb, charting the fevered pulse of a city caught in the perfect storm.

It wasn’t just Tampa. Far from it. Tampa had company, though the kind of company that stands too close, breathing down your neck. Miami was there, of course, gleaming and humid, and Charlotte, too, quiet but twitching. San Diego hung off the West Coast like a warning. Together they formed a map of cities where home values didn’t just rise — they inflated, ready to burst, leaving behind who knows what.