Foreclosure
When a man bought an Addison townhome at a foreclosure auction in October, he found the deceased body of its elderly prior owner. The case highlights risks every foreclosure buyer should be aware of — and offers lessons for homeowners and neighbors alike. Buying at foreclosure auctions comes with some “as is” risks. In Texas,…
More than 55,000 U.S. properties were tied to foreclosure filings – such as default notices, scheduled auctions, or bank repossessions – in October 2019, according to a report issued by ATTOM Data Solutions on Thursday. The figure is up 13 percent from September but down 17 percent from a year ago, according to the report.…
Turns out Cesar Sayoc, the person now (so far) charged with five federal crimes for allegedly sending 13 pipe bombs to various Democrats apparently had a bigger bone to pick with Republicans. While no specific motive has been ascribed yet, here’s one …
Huge kudos to Teresa Gubbins over at CultureMap, who spied a real anomaly in our Texas market: a foreclosure. Even when there are supposed to be fewer foreclosures in Dallas! And not just any foreclosure, but a foreclosure in the honeypot of Preston Hollow, on the same street where T. Boone Pickens recently sold his flawless…
Apocryphally, Black Friday is the day when retailers finally turn a profit on the year (not the color of your mother’s bruises getting you a Cabbage Patch doll). Yes, the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas is the only profitable month and it’s so profitable it makes up for the losses of the remainder of the…
