In recent months, reports have been coming in from across the country, including locally in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties, regarding an alarming rise in vacant land property scams. This crime ...

A scam in which the perpetrator sells land that they do not own has been "plaguing several areas of Pennsylvania," according to the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors. Monroe County Recorder of ...

Data from the FBI indicates real-estate scams increased by 64% from 2020 to 2021. Identity verification is a weak point in real-estate transactions that can open the door to fraud. The safeguards aren ...

APEX, N.C. (WTVD) -- A couple living in Pittsboro learned that 20 acres of their land was nearly sold off without their knowledge. This involves 20 acres of land along Olive Chapel Road in Apex, which ...

Do you own vacant land in Rhode Island or are you thinking about buying some? If so, you could be the target of a real estate scam, and it’s happened more than you may think. Criminals find vacant ...

A five-story apartment building and townhouses have been proposed for vacant land on Des Plaines’ east side. A real estate company wants to put up the structures at 9600 E. Golf Road. Located on the ...

For one South Carolina couple, the cumulation of their life’s savings was stolen from underneath them without warning. After ...