Mississippi Business Journal » tax-forfeited property http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 City, state to hold second sale of tax-forfeited property http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/17/city-state-to-hold-second-sale-of-tax-forfeited-property/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=city-state-to-hold-second-sale-of-tax-forfeited-property http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/17/city-state-to-hold-second-sale-of-tax-forfeited-property/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 12:07:06 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=74933 GREENVILLE — Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann and Greenville Mayor John Cox are hoping the second round of tax-forfeited land sales in Greenville will be just as successful as the first. In a joint press conference, Hosemann and Cox announced the public sale of another 94 parcels of tax-forfeited land, valued at $210,000. “I would [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/17/city-state-to-hold-second-sale-of-tax-forfeited-property/feed/ 0 SoS receives nearly 200 bids for tax-forfetied properties http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/25/sos-receives-nearly-200-bids-for-tax-forfetied-properties/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sos-receives-nearly-200-bids-for-tax-forfetied-properties http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/25/sos-receives-nearly-200-bids-for-tax-forfetied-properties/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:29:49 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=71896 MERIDIAN — The Secretary of State’s Office recently received 183 bids to purchase 103 parcels of tax-forfeited properties in Meridian and Lauderdale County, effectively returning more than $62,000 to local property tax coffers. Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said, “Tax-forfeited properties are a blight on the community. Returning these properties to private taxpaying ownership also [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/25/sos-receives-nearly-200-bids-for-tax-forfetied-properties/feed/ 0 SoS reports ‘solid response’ to sale of tax-forfeited property http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/09/sos-reports-solid-response-to-sale-of-tax-forfeited-property/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sos-reports-solid-response-to-sale-of-tax-forfeited-property http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/09/sos-reports-solid-response-to-sale-of-tax-forfeited-property/#comments Sat, 09 Jun 2012 22:17:35 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=58396 GREENVILLE —There was a “solid response” to the eighty (80) parcels of tax-forfeited properties marketed for public bid in Greenville, the Secretary of State’s Office reports. “We are pleased to say we received over 87 bids on 52 parcels,” said Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann.  “I believe the tremendous response was due largely to Mayor [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/09/sos-reports-solid-response-to-sale-of-tax-forfeited-property/feed/ 0 Tax-forfeited properties up for bid in Port City http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/17/tax-forfeited-properties-up-for-bid-in-port-city/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tax-forfeited-properties-up-for-bid-in-port-city http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/17/tax-forfeited-properties-up-for-bid-in-port-city/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 13:55:27 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=57184 GREENVILLE — Eighty tax-forfeited parcels at a value of over $265,000 in the Greenville area up for bid, and Greenville Mayor Chuck Jordan and Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann held a joint press conference yesterday to market these lands. “Tax-forfeited properties are a drain on the community, the state and your local tax rolls,” said [...]

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