CNN Story.
The real estate market is so awful that buyers are now scooping up homes for as little as $1,000.
There are 18 listings in Flint, Mich., for under $3,000, according to Realtor.com. There are 22 in Indianapolis, 46 in Cleveland and a whopping 709 in Detroit. All of these communities have been hit hard by foreclosures, and most of these homes are being sold by the lenders that repossessed them.
"Foreclosures have turned banks into property management companies," said Heather Fernandez, a spokeswoman for Trulia.com, the real estate Web site. "And it's often cheaper for them to give these homes away rather than try to get market value for them."
In Detroit for instance, Century 21 Villa owner Randy Eissa has a three-bedroom, one-bath bungalow of about 1,000 square feet listed at just $500. It's a nice place with lots of light, but it needs a total rehabilitation inside, which Eissa estimates will cost between $15,000 and $20,000. But that's not bad, considering that the home last sold for $72,000 in late 2007, according to Zillow.com.
Take a look at the picture of the house that sold for 72 grand that just sold for 500 bucks. I might have that much in my billfold.
Now, unless you think this is just in Cleveland and Detroit, this is in North Dakota. In Ashley a house that was valued from the builder at $130,000 just sold for ten grand.
I suspect there are a lot of thousand dollar houses for sale in small towns all across NODAK.
What housing crisis???
The CRA was supposed to create affordable housing.
Mission accomplished.
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