Brockton Foreclosures

Geographical Information

Whether traveling along Route 27, Route 24, Route 123 or Route 28, travelers will be able to reach this town, which is located in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Bordered by the cities of Avon to the north, Easton to the west, West Bridgewater to the south, and Abington to the east, this city is located almost equidistantly between Boston and Providence, Rhode Island. Several train stations are located within the city limits, including Montello, Campello, and the Brockton station. Most of these trains provide service along the Middleborough/Lakeville line. A portion of the Ames Norwell State Park is located within the community, as is the Washburn Meadow, Puffer Playground, and Thirtyacre Pond. Small brooks and streams can be found throughout the community.

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Short Sales

Some of the best deals in the state can be found in this city, which offers not only excellent proximity to two major cities, but also a wealth of natural areas for relaxation and recreation. Although the median price for a short sale here is $200 a square foot, some of these properties have been sold for as little as $85 a square foot. The price does not reflect the incredible accoutrements that are contained within. Startlingly large kitchens with brand new oven vents, refrigerators, and multiple container ovens provide ample space not only for food preparation, but the inclusion of a small dining table in the center for breakfast and snacks. A separate, more formal dining space is usually located off to the side in a room with elegant arched windows and built-in shelving and drawers.

The upper storey makes the most of the sloping roofs to create dramatic ceilings for bedrooms and offices. Skylights are frequently installed to add punctuations of light throughout the grand upper spaces. On the ground floor, the fireplaces are created out of a beautiful assortment of bricks, from tan to red to white. As a result, the hearths become not only a place for social gatherings, but also an aesthetic statement. The mantles function as a display shelf for family photographs, trophies, and other knick-knacks.

The yards, meanwhile, are practically worth the buying price in of themselves. Elaborate decks made from brick and stone feature curved retaining walls which double as seating during the summer months. A firepit or central cookout area can be sited next to a half acre of rolling lawn. An outbuilding, whether it is a tool shed or a gazebo, provides space for festivities and inventive storage.

Bank Owned Properties

Elegance for an astonishingly low price typifies the homes that come up for bank owned auctions in this region. Most homes sell for a range of $150 to $300 per square foot, and feature at least two stories, although some delightfully unusual one storey ranch style homes occasionally make their way onto the market.

Neo-Tudor and Neo-Colonial styles are common, and by no means are the only architectural styles in this region. However, the average Neo-Colonial home will incorporate a grand foyer that leads into an expansive kitchen. This kitchen sometimes takes up an entire room, and has the equivalent of four sides, even if two of those sides are punctured by a doorway. Tile flooring is often employed in these rooms, and it leads out into the hardwood floors used in the living spaces and bedrooms. The living space often is arranged so that any number of furniture configurations may be added to it. From couches to chairs to even an assortment of desks or tables, the living space is open enough to fit virtually any decor scheme.

The bathrooms tend to be luxuriously appointed, with marble or designer tile schemes covering the majority of surfaces in the room. The shower can either be encased in glass, or cleverly inserted into the wall so that only a glass door provides visibility into the stall. This latter arrangement usually is paired with a frosted glass skylight to provide ample light and privacy simultaneously. A freestanding bathtub may be part of the bathroom design, or the bathtub can be sunk into the floor, much as a hot tub often is. This bathtub ordinarily has a series of options, such as jets or other pressure-varying mechanisms that make it an ideal bathing choice after a long day.

If the home was built before 1930, it will usually have a large fireplace that is manually loaded with wooden logs. In some homes, the contemporary remodels have preserved the size of the fireplace but replaced the original bricks with a slew of differently colored materials, from varying shades of brick to stone or granite, or even colored concrete. The resulting effect is both startlingly modern yet reassuringly cozy. In almost all of these homes, effort has been made to either preserve or restore the vintage lighting fixtures, which often feature panels of rare, colored glass mounted on wire frames.

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