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.

The current struggles of the oil-based economy of the Houma-Thibodaux, La., area has led to an increase in foreclosures, a new report says.

With its mortgage in default and no refinancing on the horizon, The Plaza at PPL Center in Allentown, Pa.,appears headed for foreclosure.

Foreclosures in the first quarter of 2017 fell to pre-recession levels in Pima County, Ariz.

The rate of home foreclosures in Houston was 52% below the average pre-recession rate.

A prominent Detroit property tax official moonlights as an executive for Home Team — the fledgling Detroit real estate company that recently pitched a controversial plan to acquire thousands of foreclosed homes — raising questions about a potential conflict of interest.

Foreclosure activity continues to fade in Southwest Florida this year, staying at pre-recession levels of distressed homeowners.

Sales of foreclosed homes in Monroe County, Pa., fell dramatically for the first few months of the year, figures from the local Realtors association revealed.

Foreclosure rates in Ohio's biggest metropolitan areas have dropped well below pre-recession levels.

First-quarter foreclosure activity was down 19% from the same period last year to the lowest level since the third quarter of 2006.

Almost half of U.S. housing markets are now seeing foreclosure rates lower than they were before the Great Recession.