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Unemployment in Tampa Area Increases; Pressure will Continue on Commercial Vacancy

December 28th, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments

Unfortunately, the Tampa Area unemployment rate continues to climb. Until the unemployment rate increases reverses its negative trend, the area commercial real estate vacancy rates will continue to be under pressure.

The Tampa Bay area’s jobless rate jumped half a percentage point to 12.3 percent, making it the most job-challenged major metropolitan area in Florida. The region’s most sluggish county remained Hernando, which saw its unemployment rate rocket to 14.7 percent, up from 14.0 percent the prior month….from the St Pete Times (for complete article)

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