The sale of repossessed houses at knockdown prices is unfair, unconstitutional, and a human rights and dignity issue, as it leaves financially distressed individuals with huge debts, when they have ...

What if people who lost their homes to foreclosure could rent them back from the lenders that repossessed them? That idea, which has lingered on the outskirts of the housing-crisis debate, got a boost ...

For sale or rent by distressed owner: 248,000 homes. That’s how many residential properties the U.S. government now has in its possession, the result of record numbers of people defaulting on ...

The federal government has more than 65,000 houses for sale around the country, a stockpile that includes attractive homes priced at more than $100,000 as well as ”some dogs.” All these properties ...

The North East Bronx Community Alliance plans to monitor abandoned houses in Country Club, Ferry Point, Throggs Neck, Pelham Bay, Spencer Estate and Waterbury LaSalle. Members of NEBCA want to hold ...

A year ago, repossessed houses accounted for about 40% of lots for sale at Allsop's auction. In the forthcoming auction, that figure will be no less than 60%.