The Ten Most Expensive Home Sales Of 2012

Drew Harwell of the Tampa Bay Times has written a story for today's newspaper detailing the ten most expensive homes sales of 2012.  Here's the list ...

1. Hulk Hogan's (Terry Bollea) former mansion on Willadel Drive in Belleair was sold for  $6,200,000.  17,145 square feet.
2. Joel Cantor's mansion on Baltic Circle on Davis Island, Tampa.  $5,200,000.  8,595 square feet.
3. Sold last September for $3,800,000 was a 9,786 square foot mansion in Villarreal De Avila in Tampa.
4. Located in Belleair Bluffs on Harbor View Lane, the #4 sale was for $3,500,000 for a 7,501 square foot home overlooking Belleair Causeway.
5. Our #5 sale was made for $3,400,000 on Exmoor Street near Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club.  9,533 square feet.  The buyer was Vincent Jackson of the Tampa Bay Bucs.
6. In May, a management firm from the British Virgin Islands purchased a home known as Villa Terracina, a 1925-built mansion on The Riviera Street in Tampa's Beach Park neighborhood.  $3,400,000 for 6,763 square feet.  I always like homes that have names -- even if I don't know what the name means.
7. The former home of Tampa eye surgeon Raymond Agia sold for $3,400,000 on Ladoga Avenue on Tampa's Davis Island.  5,676 square feet.  The house is scheduled to be torn down by the new owner who will rebuild.  Dr. Agia bought the house in 1974 for $93,500.  Nice return over time.
8. A Tampa Bay football player turned attorney, Brad Culpepper and his wife, bought a 6,109 square foot home on Bahama Circle on Davis Islands.  $3,300,000.
9. What do you know, Hulk Hogan bought a new house!  This time it is on Eldorado Avenue on Clearwater Beach.  5,400 square feet.  $3,300,000.  The Hulkster went from the largest to the smallest home on the list, but it's still posh, posh, posh.
10. Finally, we go to Saint Croix Drive in Tampa's Culbreath Isles.  This 6,500 square foot mansion was purchased by Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins for $3,000,000. 

So, what does this tell us?  First, there are people around here with plenty of money.  Second, you can't help but notice that none of these homes were located in places like Snell Isle, Tierra Verde, Old Northeast, Maximo or any other location famous for high dollar homes in St. Petersburg or St. Pete Beach.  Perhaps it was just a bad year in St. Pete for high priced homes.

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