CORAL GABLES, FL-The real estate company, based here, had an increase in revenue for the quarter and the half, compared with the same periods in 2002. The net income of $1.745 million for the first half of this year was an improvement, compared with the $985,000 net loss for the same time last year.

CLEARWATER, FL-In the Tampa Bay market alone, the national real estate brokerage firm closed 165 transactions valued at $140 million in the January-to-June period and aims to duplicate its 2002 record year of $336 million in closed contracts.

TAMPA, FL-PPC Enterprises Inc. of Pinellas County pays Rim Rock of Tampa $2.15 million, or about $43,878 per unit, for the 49-unit, 19-year-old Hampton Place--which received multiple offers in a red-hot multifamily investment market.

BETHESDA, MD-At long last, things are looking up in the hospitality industry, and the Plasencia Group's advisory services for Host Marriott Corp.'s recent disposition of three hotels points to that emerging trend.