The task force is required as part of a $ 150,000 state grant to help deal with the city's ongoing problems with so-called “zombie properties.” Getting the program up and running has been delayed about two years because of issues with software the city's Code Enforcement office is using to implement it. The city spent […]
While they are talking apples and oranges, both the U.S. Census Bureau and ATTOM Data Solutions each took a recent look at residential vacancies . The Census Bureau's quarterly report on Residential Vacancies and Homeownership noted a decline in the incidence of rental property vacancies and a stable situation among owned properties while ATTOM was […]
“There is mildew and mold seeping [into my house] from the broken garage due to the water main bursting several times,” Melissa said. Squirrels have taken refuge inside the roof, poison ivy is slowly creeping into her backyard, and rodents are running wild, said Linda, who lives two doors away. Foreclosure News
Officials said city workers have been maintaining dozens of properties — many abandoned after Sandy — that are foreclosed and in disrepair. Long Beach city officials have created a registry of foreclosed “zombie” homes that have been abandoned and fallen into disrepair. Foreclosure News
The zombie office building at 365 Bay St. in Stapleton, which was constructed at least 10 years ago and has laid dormant ever since, was just purchased for $ 1.25 million, according to the Realtor who brokered the deal. Michael Schneider, broker/owner of the New Dorp-based Schneider Realty Services, said international investors purchased the property […]
Computer software problems are still hampering city efforts in how to cope with so-called “zombie properties.” The city spent about $ 60,000 on computer software to handle the zombie properties, a term that describes homes abandoned by owners after they stop paying the mortgage and before banks begin foreclosure But the software still isn't working. […]
The city of Portland took steps this week to foreclose on four severely ramshackle homes that had been allowed to degrade for years. The move is intended in large part to relieve long-suffering neighbors from living near unsafe, abandoned homes. Foreclosure News
The city, nonprofit community groups, financial institutions and others are partnering to revitalize housing left behind in the foreclosure crisis. Row houses line the streets in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago. Foreclosure News
Officials from the “twin cities” of Tonawanda and North Tonawanda are setting out Saturday, to try a new approach in the struggle against “zombie homes”. It is an outreach program they are calling “Tea & Talk” because they are setting up shop at “Pulp 716”, a comic book emporium, on Webster Street in North Tonawanda, […]
Toms River has joined dozens of towns in New Jersey that are attempting to tackle the problem of “zombie houses,” abandoned houses that are in disrepair. Foreclosure News