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- From: cthorne@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Charles E Thorne)
- Subject: Re: Corporate-owned housing
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 18:28:09 GMT
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- In article <BzqBII.MHE@boi.hp.com> bobpassl@boi.hp.com (Bob Passell) writes:
- >I was touring a major american city (thinking about a job
- >transfer) with a real estate agent who took me through
- >a number of vacant homes that were currently held by
- >corporations who relocated the former owners. She said
- >she preferred this because it didn't require a lot of
- >appointments (and I did give her short notice). It made
- >me wonder, though...
-
- >When someone is transferred and the relocation company
- >takes over the house, who owns it? The relocation company
- >is the obvious answer, but I was wondering if the former
- >owner's employer still had some interest in it. Never having
- >been transferred in this manner, I was wondering if housing
- >like this might be easier to acquire at bargain prices.
- >Or would the fact that the owner was a corporate entity
- >with a capital budget and no emotional reason for selling
- >the house pretty much mean that it would be priced (and sold)
- >at pretty much the prevailing market rate no matter how long
- >it took?
-
- You're probably correct up to a point. With a fairly large capital behind
- them, a corporation isn't usually under pressure to sell. At some point,
- they might be. The biggest obstacle is probably just the level of people
- who would have to decide to cut the price. At some point the accounting
- dept. would probably urge them to get rid of some property, and then they'd
- dump maybe half of it and then sit for another six months before doing anything
- else. To get a good comparison, look at how long it takes the Federal Gov't
- to get rid of repossessed FHA and VA houses--sometimes a year or more.
-
- Charlie
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