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Tear Jerker, Like the ‘Grapes of Wrath’
Haywood County has tried foreclosing on properties that owed back taxes, but sometimes nobody would even show up. Those who did would sometimes offer only a pittance. The county therefore…
Foreclosure
legal process in which a lender attempts to recover the balance of a loan from a borrower
Liberty
Turnips Lack Hemoglobin, Study Says
Bubble-era purchases of second homes in Macon, Swain, Jackson, and Haywood counties still can’t afford the taxes. Some haven’t paid in five years. Some abandon the properties, others try to…
Health Care
Obama’s war on the dutiful
Charles C.W. Cooke asks in a new National Review Online column why President Obama seems to avoid one particular group when he claims to stand up for the downtrodden. Among…
Liberty
HP mayor deliquent on utility bills
The High Point Enterprise reports Mayor Bernita Sims —already under an SBI investigation for passing worthless checks — owes the city hundreds of dollars in utility bills, some of which…
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Gboro’s soon-to-be homeless mayor
The N&R reports Greensboro Mayor Robbie Perkins’ Centre Point condominium is in foreclosure and will be auctioned off. Perkins says he will move into an apartment or townhouse, adding bankruptcy…
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The New American Mindset: My Debt Is Somebody Else’s Problem
There was a time when Americans understood and accepted that life has challenges — sometimes very difficult and serious challenges — but challenges that must be faced. Somewhere along the…
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Guilford, Forsyth foreclosures increase…
Numbers were down in 2011 from the peak year of 2010, but they crept back up in ’12, reports the Winston-Salem Journal.
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Re: Robbie Perkins’ financial troubles
Greensboro Mayor Robbie Perkins is having financial problems. Perkins owed the IRS $86,000, which he says he has now paid down to $30,000. Perkins also faces foreclosure on the home…
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No Shame
They’re called “Sharpie parties,” according to this story – a “party” to trash a foreclosed home. Evidently U.S. society has now degraded to the point that this new form of…
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Robbie Perkins: Throwing the box away
Latest brainstorm from Greensboro Mayor Robbie Perkins –how about the city flip foreclosed properties? City Council members and city staff spent two hours Thursday afternoon exploring ways to boost local…
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The latest in the Vue saga
Foreclosure. And probably a conversion into apartments. Which really should surprise no one. Which is not to say that local economic development types like the trend, because renting doesn’t tie…
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Raleigh Squatters Take Over Private Property
No one wants to see someone lose their home, but there is a simple reality in life: You must pay your mortgage in order to retain your legal right to…