City keeping tabs on foreclosed homes

Nancy Huddleston — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:08:44 -0500

By Nancy Huddleston, Editor

You know the house in your neighborhood – the one where the landscaping is starting to look overgrown, the lawn is browning and sprouting weeds under the hot summer sun and there may or may not be a for sale sign in the front yard.

It could be one of a growing number of foreclosed homes on the market that are just sitting there.

In 2007, there were 96 such homes in Savage, compared with 48 in 2006 and 24 in 2005. Statistics from this year aren’t available because homes are not put on the list until they are vacant, but Building Official Jay Scherer says the number is growing.

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City keeping tabs on foreclosed homes