Zombie home is bank blunder, Chase apologizes

The unincorporated area of the County, and the area carrying a "Lake Worth" mailing address, is not immune to the problem of vacant properties. This one has not fully been taken over by the lender and has slipped through the cracks of the foreclosure process. The bank, JPMorgan Chase, is being shamed into taking care of the property. Click title for link.

The decaying home at 8072 Burlington Court in suburban Lake Worth should be cleaned up soon following a Monday apology by JPMorgan Chase,which said a miscommunication is to blame for the maintenance slip.
According to Chase spokeswoman Amy Bonitatibus, the property management crew responsible for upkeep on the home thought it had been purged from the foreclosure process. The initial foreclosure was filed in September2010.