Archive for the 'Foreclosures' Category

Oct 18 2008

In the Region | Long Island: Vacant, With Much to Maintain

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By ELSA BRENNER wrote an interesting post today on
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Hired by banks and other lending institutions on the Island, home preservation companies are racing to keep increasing numbers of foreclosed properties from sharing the fate of the Bay Shore house.

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Oct 10 2008

In the Region | Connecticut: How Talks Can Avert Defaults

Published by under Housing, Connecticut, Foreclosures

By GERRI HIRSHEY wrote an interesting post today on
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A court-based mediation program is helping Connecticut homeowners find their way through the always frustrating, sometimes excruciating process of foreclosure.

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Oct 07 2008

Survey Finds Expansion of Housing in the U.S.

By TERI KARUSH ROGERS wrote an interesting post today on
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The number of houses, apartments and mobile homes in the nation rose by almost four million from 2005 to 2007, according to a Census Bureau survey.

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Oct 04 2008

In the Region | Westchester: Foreclosures Creep Upmarket

By ANTOINETTE MARTIN wrote an interesting post today on
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These days, no community is immune when it comes to foreclosures.

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Oct 03 2008

In the Region | Connecticut: Foreclosures Creep Upmarket

By ANTOINETTE MARTIN wrote an interesting post today on
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These days, no community is immune when it comes to foreclosures.

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Sep 26 2008

This Old Recyclable House

By JOSH BARBANEL wrote an interesting post today on
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Every year, we demolish 250,000 homes and bury the debris. What if all those floors and joists and beams were reused?

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Sep 25 2008

Raffles: Real Estate’s Latest Game of Chance

By JOSH BARBANEL wrote an interesting post today on
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A number of homeowners have been using raffles and competitions in a last-ditch effort to raise money and unload a house.

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Sep 25 2008

This Land: Tending the Boulevards of Broken Dreams

By LISA KEYS wrote an interesting post today on
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Shayne Becher of Fort Myers, Fla., is the sole member of the city code enforcement division’s rapid response team, which tries to maintain abandoned properties needing to be mowed and boarded up.

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