We started a website to help foreigners buy cheap homes in Japan. We've bought 6 homes ourselves, but it's not the money-maker you'd expect.

Two friends started AkiyaMart as a Zillow-like website to search for homes in Japan. They now own 6 homes in Japan, but the ...

Abandoned UK ghost village that’s cut off for 310 days a year finally opens to public – but you’ll have to be quick

A TOWN frozen in time since World War II will open to the public for a limited time. The abandoned ghost village stays cut ...

Shopping mall was once the jewel in Democrat-run city's crown in its 90s heyday but now it's a ghost town and up for sale

A mall once filled with customers and stores is a shell of its former self. It has been put up for sale although no asking ...
Game Rant

Groundbreaking Quest In ARC Raiders (Abandoned House On The Whiteboard)

Nahda Nabiilah is a writer and editor from Indonesia. She has always loved writing and playing games, so one day she decided to combine the two. Most of the time, writing gaming guides is a blast for ...
WAVE3

Louisville leaders work to secure abandoned properties ahead of winter

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Louisville city leaders, along with first responders want to protect people from getting hurt or killed in fires starting at abandoned homes and buildings. They also want to ...
Houston Chronicle

HISD approves sale of more than 230 acres, including three abandoned schools

Houston ISD's Board of Managers approved the sale of more than 230 acres of surplus property — including three former schools — at its final board meeting of the year Thursday evening. Property sales ...
WOWT.com

Omaha officials addressing rising trend of fires in abandoned homes

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - City officials are addressing an issue they say is getting worse, fires at abandoned properties, as folks seek shelter from mother nature. Mayor John Ewing was joined by Omaha ...
inforum

Sinking West Fargo house abandoned as uninhabitable, once targeted for burning down, is for sale

Amanda DeLaPointe vacated her house in 2022 because it was unsafe. She defaulted on her mortgage, and the lender now is trying to sell the house, built on unstable ground in Meadowridge. Amanda ...
Interesting Engineering

Canadian village turns abandoned coal mines into cheap geothermal heat source

The industrial foundations of Cumberland run deep. ACET researchers are determining how these now-abandoned coal mines under the village could generate geothermal energy to heat and cool ...
manilastandard

Japan firms turn to satellites, AI to find abandoned houses for sale

A satellite image on Oct. 21, 2025 shows buildings marked to indicate they may be abandoned. (Courtesy: Where Inc. / Kyodo) Dozens of Japanese companies are capitalizing on a combination of satellite ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

The historic TXU power plant on Fort Worth’s future Panther Island is for sale

Tarrant County College is looking for buyers for the abandoned TXU power plant property along the Trinity River near downtown Fort Worth, on what will be the future Panther Island development. TCC ...
KOAT Albuquerque

A portal into another life: Photographing America’s abandoned homes

The houses are worn by weather and time, photographed in isolation like forgotten monuments. They have a haunted feel: Windows are boarded on Victorian-era turrets; paint flakes off the towering ...