The recent case of Armstrong v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, 2009 WL 217867, expanded the definition of “single housekeeping unit” to include an apartment with four […]
Foreclosure
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Foreclosures Climb Along with the Unemployment Rate
This does not bode well for reducing the number of foreclosed properties anytime soon now that the foreclosures are spreading to regular mortgages due to the owners’ loss […]
Foreclosure / property maintenance
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Tips on Dealing with Vacant or Abandoned Property
The National Vacant Properties Campaign has an interesting summary of different approaches being taken around the country regarding vacant and abandoned property. You can find the summary at […]
Building Codes / Code Enforcement
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Fine More Than House is Worth
I was visiting Milwaukee this past weekend when I came across an interesting article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about a case in Florida where a district attorney […]
Building Codes
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Granting Modifications to the Building Code
Last weekend I went to visit Frank Lloyd Wright’s home, Taliesen in Spring Green, WI. When you realize that architects were still building Victorian homes when he began […]
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The Trouble with Loan Modifications
Remember how I’ve mentioned before that it’s hard to find the actual lender for these securitized loans because thousands of investors actually can own a mortgage on a […]
Foreclosure / property maintenance
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Getting Lenders’ Attention
John Caywood from Ft. Wayne, writes: I am one of the authors of the City of Fort Wayne’s minimum housing ordinance. When there is a violation on a […]
Code Enforcement
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Towing Vehicles on Private Property
If I want to spark a lively discussion in one of my classes, all I have to do is mention the topic of towing vehicles off of private […]
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Collapse in commercial market
Should inspectors be worried about foreclosures involving commercial property? This article in the August 1, 2009 edition of The Economist suggests that this will be the next area […]