It’s the convergence of two global obsessions: real estate and scandal. Property professionals call homes tainted by murder, sex scandals or messy divorce “stigmatized properties.” While they make up a sliver of the market, as I reported for The Wall Street Journal, they have been the subject of academic research, provided fodder for lawsuits and posed a challenge for brokers.
Above, a home in East Hampton, N.Y., where a murder took place in 1998.
Troy McMullen | Journalist 