Massachusetts Gas and Convenience Store Foreclosure Auctions
Tranzon Auction Properties, with corporate offices in Portland, Maine, announced today that it has been engaged by TD Bank to market and auction 16 gas and convenience stores stretching from Southern New Hampshire to South-Eastern Massachusetts. “We’re marketing these properties locally, regionally and nationally to alert interested parties of the sales scheduled to start on June 21st and run [...]
Poloroid Foreclosure in Waltham Sold at Auction
The former campus of Polaroid Corp. on Route 128 in Waltham has been purchased for $40 million by Boston developer Sam Park & Co. The status of the 120-acre parcel has been uncertain since late 2009, when bankers foreclosed on plans to build The Commons at Prospect Hill, an ambitious development of offices, shops, and [...]
Additional Information on Massachusetts Foreclosures and Bank of America
PBS has a great interview about Bank of America’s foreclosure prevention plans for Massachusetts. Bank of America’s Foreclosure Fight Plan Wednesday, March 24, 2010 SUSIE GHARIB: Welcome relief today for some people who can’t make their mortgage payments if they’re with Bank of America. Tom, under pressure from state attorneys general, the bank agreed to [...]
Bank of America To Help Avert Massachusetts Foreclosures
I’ve been rough on Bank of America (BAC) in recent months over its failure to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure. So it’s encouraging to see the financial giant saying that it will begin reducing the principal balance on mortgages for eligible borrowers. Cutting loan balances is perhaps the best way to keep people in their [...]
Local Foreclosure Auctions Coming Up for Connecticut, New Hampshire and New York
Discounted foreclosures crowding the housing market continue to drive down home prices and entice buyers off the sidelines. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), distressed property sales, including foreclosures and short sales, accounted for 30% of home sales in the third quarter of 2009. America’s leading real estate-owned (REO) auction firm, Hudson & [...]
Boston Works To Keep Renters in Foreclosed Homes
The Boston Redevelopment Authority and the Department of Neighborhood Development are working together to keep tenants in foreclosed homes throughout Allston-Brighton. The BRA has used funds earned through its leased properties around the city to purchase five foreclosed homes from the Bank of America as a way to revitalize neighborhoods and limit the impact of [...]