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News 10: Tampa Bay Housing Prices Surge
Housing prices have been climbing at a rapid rate to an average price of $350,000 in the Tampa Bay area. Compare that to Tampa’s average annual salary of $66,000, according to Payscale.com.
When it comes to home prices, Realtor.com’s June Monthly Housing Market Trends Report has Tampa/St. Pete/Clearwater’s median listing price at $350,000, up nearly 20 percent year over year. In comparison, Miami’s is $447,000, while Orlando’s is $356,000.
If you’re looking for a single-family home, your dollar will stretch far further in a different zip code.
“Moving out to areas like Wesley Chapel, which used to be, for some people working in the downtown area, a burden to drive that far there are some fantastic new construction communities out there,” explains Ali St Cyr, Broker/Owner of Tomlin St Cyr Real Estate.
CEO Connect: The Mother-Daughter Duo of TSC
Holly Tomlin previously ran her own business for 30 years. Ali St. Cyr, Holly’s daughter, was in a transition in her real estate career and as families often do, they banded together to create one of the fastest-growing real estate firms in the Tampa Bay area, Tomlin St. Cyr Real Estate Services.
In 2015 Tomlin St. Cyr Real Estate Services was incorporated, and, in 2016, it opened its doors in Tampa.
In 2020, Tomlin St Cyr was ranked as one of the fastest-growing brokerages in the Tampa Bay area for home sales. The brokerage produced $107 million in sales volume in 2020.
RISMedia: The Power of Culture
John Tomlin
CEO, Tomlin St Cyr Real Estate ERA Powered
Tampa Bay Area, Florida
We have been in the Tampa business community since 1984, and our name in Tampa is important. We are not willing to make that secondary. And with ERA, we didn’t have to. The Powered strategy is brilliant: you get the benefits of a brand affiliation—technology, marketing, learning, business planning, and high-touch service—but keep your local brand. I can grow in and around Tampa and share my insights with other people across the country.
ERA reminds us how important culture fit is when recruiting. We are open and sharing; if you bring someone in who is not open to sharing, they won’t fit well. We are recruiting with more of a longer-term perspective, making deposits into our credibility account, and focusing on relationships.
Every person I recruit, I tell them that I am personally committed to making them successful. Within the business and the community, it’s the same principle: helping people, whether it’s the next generation or those looking for a second act.
TBBW: All in the Family
Graduating from college during the Great Recession of the late 2000s was a daunting experience, indeed. It was hard for young graduates to be picky about their career offerings—there weren’t very many. It was the same for Ali St Cyr, now broker and owner of Tomlin St Cyr Real Estate Services, in Tampa.
Like a lot of young professionals during that time, she wasn’t exactly sure what she wanted to be when she grew up and was grateful to have a job at all. It wasn’t until a fateful dinner with her now-husband that she realized there was another path she had yet to walk. The timing was right for her and her family. Both parents were in a transition period in their own careers and Tomlin St Cyr Real Estate Services was born.
Mom, Holly Tomlin, ran her own business for 30 years. Dad, John Tomlin, was preparing to retire after a long, and successful, career as president of AAA/Auto Club South. Together, the trio, banded together to launch the real estate firm of St. Cyr’s dreams.
Not to discount Dad’s role in the business but this is the Mother’s Day issue, so TBBW sat down with Mom and Daughter to hear their story. How a family business, and family dynamics, ultimately play in their day-to-day and what it takes to run a successful, multigenerational family firm.
Business Observer: CEO John Tomlin’s New Venture
Not content to take it easy in retirement, a longtime insurance industry executive risked his nest egg on a real estate venture. One key to pulling it off? Knowing there are things you don’t know.
Nearly a decade ago, John Tomlin faced a dilemma familiar to CEOs of companies that go through mergers: relocation or retirement.
At the time, Tomlin was CEO of Tampa-based AAA Auto Club South, as it was known in 2011, when it merged with Dearborn, Mich.-based The Auto Club Group. He had begun his career with insurance giant Progressive Corp., which transferred him to Tampa in 1984. Five years later, he joined AAA and began his ascent up its corporate ladder.
Ali St Cyr & Joe Maddon Raise Awareness for Local Nonprofit
FOX 13: Holly Tomlin Wins National Award
TAMPA (FOX 13) – Holly Tomlin assumes many roles in life: Wife, mother, business owner, and giver of joy.
Tomlin has a pretty impressive track record. She launched the Women of Influence Committee and even won businesswoman of the year.
Now she’s being recognized nationally by Nothing Bundt Cakes as the person who spreads the most joy. She’s one of two winners in the country.
