Carolina Mall Owners Deal in Alleged Real Estate Scam [South Carolina]

Carolina Mall Owners Deal in Alleged Real Estate Scam [South Carolina] A failing mall in Columbia, S.C., is now under scrutiny to discover what happened to cause its fall over a 20-year time span. Now named Midtown at Forest Acres, the mall has previously been known as Richland Mall, and Richland Fashion Mall. Although the …

Run-down complex will go condo [Central Florida]

Run-down complex will go condo [Central Florida] Families who thought homeownership was out of their financial reach may have a chance to buy a place for less than half the average price of a new home in Lake County. The City Commission has agreed to spend $2 million to renovate the run-down Kristen Court apartment …

Glen Burnie family wins the right to return home [Maryland]

Glen Burnie family wins the right to return home [Maryland] Virtually homeless for the past week, LaDonta Edwards and her three children just want to go home. Mired in a vicious lawsuit with two business associates she claims perpetrated a “foreclosure rescue scam,” she found four police officers and sheriff’s deputies at her Glen Burnie …

Boca Developers ponders bulk sale at three projects

Boca Developers ponders bulk sale at three projects Sign of the times: In a bid to unload unsold inventory, Boca Developers is contemplating a bulk sale at three of its projects. Boca Developers is considering a bulk sale of unsold units at three South Florida projects, in a proposed deal that shows how builders are …

Tax relief may work against real estate vultures [Florida]

Tax relief may work against real estate vultures [Florida] For two years Magdiel Guillemi watched the condominium towers go up across South Florida and waited for his chance to buy in. Now the 25-year-old aluminum company executive thinks his time has arrived. With the housing market stuck in slow motion, more and more condos nearing …