http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-34474378
Thousands apply to buy Liverpool homes for just £1
Thousands of people have applied to buy homes for £1 in Liverpool.
In total, 2,750 people have expressed an interest in buying empty terraced properties in the Picton area.
The scheme, which was started by Mayor Joe Anderson in 2013, aims to regenerate deprived parts of the city and help the economy.
In the successful first tranche, 20 homes were sold around Granby Four Streets and Arnside Road.
Tony Mousdale, empty homes manager of Liverpool City Council, told the BBC: "All the plumbing and the electrics and fixtures and fittings have been ripped out - so it is pretty much a shell.
"It's a blank canvas and people can put their own stamp on it."
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