BUFFALO, N.Y. – Erie County officials are offering would-be homeowners a low-cost of way of buying into one of the hottest real estate markets in the country, Thursday morning, at the county's annual Tax Foreclosure auction. The reality of tax foreclosure sales is that one person's loss can be someone else's gain, but county officials said there are a couple of bright spots for this week's county auction of tax-foreclosed properties: a record number of homeowners are working out installment plans to pay the back taxes they owe and keep their homes.
