Foreclosures Down

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Berrien County Treasurer Bret Witkowski has tallied up the totals, and he tells us about 185 property owners will be foreclosed this year for failure to pay their 2015 taxes. The deadline was Monday, and Witkowski tells WSJM News of the more than 600 property owners behind on 2015’s bill, more than 400 got on payment plans.

“What’s really encouraging is we’ve already had some people who have signed up and paid off their 2015 and are working on their 2016 and 2017s,” Witkowski said. “They are getting ahead of the game.

Witkowski tells us most of these properties are vacant. He’d been shooting for fewer than 200 foreclosures this year, and has hit his goal.