The area of Telegraph and Square Lake is Bloomfield Township. The far corners of Bloomfield Twp that border Pontiac has always been transitional, and frankly is not one of the more desirable areas to be in.
Every city/township is going to have some fringe areas.
On the bank owned/foreclosures, lets not kid ourselves, they aren't selling for the cost of back taxes and are still out of reach for many.
Example:
House in Franklin was valued at $1.0M in 2005, sold for $699K in 2008.
House that was worth $1.3M in Bloomfield Hills, was sold by the bank for $800K in 2011.
While they are not the absurd prices of years ago, there is plenty of demand of real estate in that price range in Metro Detroit. McMansion in Rochester Hills can go for $700K easily.
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