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Fulton Daily News

Fulton Sells Another Tax-Foreclosed Home at a Small Profit

A third city-owned house has been sold, for more than it was worth.

The city seized 862 West First St. in April, 2009 for unpaid property taxes. It’s a one-family home, 1,300 square feet, with three bedrooms and one and a half bathrooms.

The home is assessed at $62,000. It was listed for sale at $74,900. It sold for $79,000. […]

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Fulton Daily News

Fulton’s Home Rehab Experiment Makes Its First Sales, Turns A Profit

The city of Fulton’s first efforts at entering the real estate market have turned a profit.

The city this week approved the sale of homes at 470 S. 6th St. and 414 Park Ave. to new owners. (That’s the S. 6th St. home you see above.) The city seized the homes for having unpaid property taxes. Normally, local governments sell the homes at auctions, usually for the amount of taxes owed. But Mayor Ron Woodward had an idea: What if the city rehabbed the homes and sold them at market rates, just like any other homeowner?

Now, there’s an answer. […]

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Community

OCO Seeks Volunteer Host Homes

You can change a young person’s life in just one night. Oswego County Opportunities’ Youth Emergency Services Program is offering community members the opportunity to change the future of a young person’s life by becoming a volunteer host home. […]