Affordability crisis fuels bidding wars for abandoned homes in beleaguered US city — reducing vacancies in a stunning reversal
Long-blighted Baltimore has a blooming new future in store. Thousands of vacant homes within the city, which for years stood as eyesores and scared investors away, are now seeing a stunning moment in the spotlight thanks to big buyer demand and bidding wars, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Long-blighted Baltimore has a blooming new future in store. Thousands of vacant homes within the city, which for years stood as eyesores and scared investors away, are now seeing a stunning moment in the spotlight thanks to big buyer demand and bidding wars, the Wall Street Journal reports. And while not every city neighborhood is seeing such success, the activity is helping Baltimore see a notable vacancy reduction — nearly a third — over the last decade. Not only are the city and Maryland showering Baltimore with billions of dollars in funding, but nonprofits are also rehabbing full blocks at once — all while violent crime makes historic drops.
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- Long-blighted Baltimore has a blooming new future in store. Thousands of vacant homes within the city, which for years stood as eyesores and scared investors away, are now seeing a stunning moment in the spotlight thanks to big buyer demand and bidding wars, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Affordability crisis fuels bidding wars for abandoned homes in beleaguered US city — reducing vacancies in a stunning reversal
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