Long, unpredictable delays ripple through the housing market, frustrating short sales, foreclosure sales, and other devices that would turn dead property into performing loans and squatting homeowners into real residents.

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At this point you either drop dead, or you turn around and try another path.

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The volunteers work with local artists to breathe new life into "dead" furniture and turn it into quirky collectables.

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