Distressed

The days of vacant, distressed homes covered in sheets of plywood appear numbered, as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac move toward greater adoption of polycarbonate "clear boarding" to secure foreclosure properties.

A Florida-based bank has launched foreclosure proceedings against the developers of the renovated downtown Anchorage office building abandoned by the Alaska Legislature.

Kentucky has a property problem and Henderson is no exception. Some property owners let their grass grow past 10 inches. Unsafe structures are not secured or boarded up. The list or problems goes on.

If you're a delinquent taxpayer, there is a fine line in Ontario County, N.Y., between losing your property and keeping it. In this case, that line is in Rushville.

Private mortgage insurers have brought their once-beleaguered sector back to financial health. But rebuilding trust with their business partners is still a work in progress.

The Sebastian County Circuit Court issued a decree of foreclosure Friday on two homes built and owned by state Sen. Jake Files' Fort Smith construction company.

The Colorado Springs foreclosure picture continued to improve last month.

For Jennifer and Jason Parks, the serene block of tidy bungalows and three-flats in the heart of Chicago's South Shore was the perfect place to buy their first house in 2013.

Housing prices in the Near West Side, Logan Square and a handful of other popular areas north of downtown are now well above their pre-crash peaks, but most of the city and the suburbs are still clawing their way back from the depths of the devastating crash.

A bipartisan coalition in Pennsylvania created more than a decade ago to fight neighborhood blight is setting its sights on new legislative goals after a string of successes.