When you evacuate your home in advance of a hurricane, it’s bad enough you have to worry about coming home to find a new indoor swimming pool in your basement. You certainly shouldn’t have to be concerned that your stuff has floated away in the back of some thief’s truck — or that this thief is also the same person who knocked on your door to order you to evacuate. [More]
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HOAs Feeling The Financial Sting Of Abandoned Houses
With a sea of homes left empty by erstwhile homeowners who couldn’t afford the mortgage, a number of homeowner associations around the country have are stuck having to pay for the upkeep on vacant properties lest the value of the remaining homes be harmed any further. [More]
Office Vacancies Hit Highest Rate Since 1994
Someone should tell those cats that have been taking over abandoned homes that there are also plenty of empty offices waiting for them to frolick in — A new report says that there office vacancies in the first quarter of 2010 reached its highest level since Kurt Cobain was still alive. [More]