Archives For: polycarbonate
Battling Zombie Homes. . .and Plywood
DS News published an article exploring ways to combat vacant and abandoned properties. The article features comments from Safeguard Properties Founder and Chairman Robert Klein.
5 Dec 2017
Middletown, PA Mayor to Host Blight Reduction Presentation, Aug. 14th
ABC 27 (Harrisburg) released a report highlighting a Middletown, Pa. demonstration of SecureView polycarbonate clearboarding. The report features comments from Safeguard Properties Founder and Chairman Robert Klein.
14 Aug 2017
Blight Laws And The Movement Away From Plywood
Servicing Management published an article authored by Natalia Steele, partner at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP. In it, Steele outlines recent actions that have been taken to utilize polycarbonate window and door coverings to secure vacant properties.
28 Jun 2017
‘Clear boarding’ Replacing Plywood in Bid to Curb Foreclosure Blight
National Mortgage News published an article discussing recent moves by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to widen the use of clearboarding for securing pre-foreclosure and real estate owned (REO) properties.
9 May 2017
FHLMC Guide Bulletin 2017-5: Servicing Updates
Freddie Mac issued a release announcing several new and updated servicing requirements. Included is a reimbursement for expenses associated with clear boarding broken windows in vacant or abandoned foreclosed properties with clear polycarbonate.
20 Apr 2017
Servicing Game-Changer
A new white paper from HousingWire and Community Blight Solutions explores how the 2016 decision by Fannie Mae to reimburse servicers for the use of polycarbonate clearboarding could have a major impact on the effort to reduce blight across the country.
24 Feb 2017
Breaking Down Blight
DS News published an article authored by Community Blight Solutions Founder and Chairman Robert Klein. In it, Klein discusses the use of polycarbonate clearboarding as a primary tool to secure vacant and abandoned properties in 2017.
6 Feb 2017
First Responders Getting Past the Plywood
DS News published an article discussing the downside of using plywood to secure windows and doors on vacant and abandoned properties.
31 Jan 2017
National Solutions on a State Level
DS News published an article discussing OH H.B. 463, which was signed by Governor John Kasich on January 4, 2017.
5 Jan 2017
The Shift in Pre-Foreclosure Property Management
DS News published an article discussing a recent action by Fannie Mae allowing all vacant Fannie Mae-owned properties to use an alternative to plywood for securization. The article features comments from Safeguard Properties Founder and Chairman Robert Klein and CEO Alan Jaffa.
30 Nov 2016