THE SEARCH LEDGER · TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA · REAL ESTATE
Every month Tampa-St. Petersburg types 118,420 real estate searches into Google. This is the public record of what those searches are, what they cost, and who currently answers them.
Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in MAR and lowest in DEC.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Real Estate category in Tampa-St. Petersburg — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword.
The 20 highest-volume of 203 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “realtor near me” at $16.10.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | apartments near me | 60,500 | $3.69 | 41 | transactional |
| 2 | apartments tampa fl | 14,800 | $3.08 | 6 | commercial |
| 3 | homes for sale near me | 8,100 | $1.16 | 63 | transactional |
| 4 | realtor com tampa | 5,400 | $0.45 | 14 | commercial |
| 5 | wesley chapel homes for sale | 3,600 | $3.60 | 0 | transactional |
| 6 | tampa homes for sale | 1,900 | $2.79 | 16 | transactional |
| 7 | realtor near me | 1,600 | $16.10 | 65 | transactional |
| 8 | tampa condos for sale | 1,300 | $1.91 | informational | |
| 9 | mobile homes for sale tampa | 1,300 | $1.50 | 0 | transactional |
| 10 | realtors in tampa fl | 1,000 | $9.39 | 39 | commercial |
| 11 | west chase homes for sale | 1,000 | $3.04 | transactional | |
| 12 | homes for sale south tampa | 880 | $2.11 | 0 | transactional |
| 13 | realtor tampa | 880 | $3.75 | 14 | commercial |
| 14 | tampa townhomes for sale | 720 | $3.33 | informational | |
| 15 | homes for sale in carrollwood | 720 | $2.44 | 0 | transactional |
| 16 | commercial realtors tampa | 480 | $2.57 | 0 | commercial |
| 17 | tampa palms homes for sale | 480 | $0.53 | transactional | |
| 18 | tampa homes for sale zillow | 480 | $1.75 | 0 | transactional |
| 19 | homes for sale 33647 | 480 | $1.07 | 0 | transactional |
| 20 | homes for sale 33626 | 480 | $1.72 | 0 | transactional |
SRC: DataForSEO, Tampa-St. Petersburg metro, Sep 8, 2026. Volume and CPC are Google Ads twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week. Difficulty is DataForSEO’s 0–100 score; blank where it has not been scored.
Live position tracking for the tracked keyword in this vertical — who Google puts in the map pack, and who holds page one.
SRC: DataForSEO, Tampa-St. Petersburg metro, Sep 8, 2026. LOCAL marks an organic domain that matches a business tracked in this metro; an unmarked domain is simply not one of them, which includes directories and firms we do not track.
The 12 most-reviewed businesses we track in this vertical, with the profile signals that put them where they are.
| RANK | BUSINESS | RATING | REVIEWS | CATEGORY | WEBSITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Anchor Riverwalk | 4.6 ★ | 688 | Apartment rental agency | YES |
| #2 | The Henry Student Living | 4.5 ★ | 603 | Student housing center | YES |
| #3 | Bell Channelside Apartments | 4.1 ★ | 511 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #4 | Society Westshore Apartments | 4.1 ★ | 484 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #5 | MAA Harbour Island | 4.5 ★ | 475 | Apartment rental agency | YES |
| #6 | Varela Westshore Apartments | 4.4 ★ | 431 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #7 | Arabelle Riverwalk | 4.1 ★ | 423 | Apartment rental agency | YES |
| #8 | Havana Square Apartments | 4.3 ★ | 401 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #9 | Altis Grand Central | 4.5 ★ | 380 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #10 | Aurora Apartments | 4.5 ★ | 373 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #11 | Camden Brandon Apartments | 4.8 ★ | 366 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #12 | Olympus Harbour Island | 4.5 ★ | 363 | Apartment complex | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Tampa-St. Petersburg metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim.
Branded demand is the clearest read on who has built recall here — searches for a business by name, the volume nobody has to bid for.
SRC: DataForSEO, Tampa-St. Petersburg metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Tampa-St. Petersburg real estate results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
What is the cheapest rent for an apartment?
How much is rent in Tampa?
What credit score is needed for an apartment?
What is the cheapest thing to rent to live in?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Tampa-St. Petersburg metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here.
Everything above is the market. If you want to be in it, start with where you stand today.
Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand.
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HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE
Every figure is collected, not estimated. Keyword volume and cost-per-click come from Google Ads via DataForSEO and are twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week — a weekly delta on either would measure the averaging window, not the market. Map-pack and organic positions are a live SERP read taken Sep 8, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled.
Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida · Real Estate · 203 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026