A historical industrial complex — and maybe future condo project — in Hamilton’s core. An agricultural property mixed up in a Mob-linked, soil-dumping controversy . A residential property nestled in Ancaster’s pricey Old Meadows neighbourhood.

These are just a few of the properties up for bidding in the city’s annual tax sale .

The city can legally put a property on the market via tax sale if taxes go unpaid for three years, director of revenue services Clayton Pereira previously told The Spectator.

The minimum bid price is the amount owing on the tax bill — which can sometimes look like quite a deal.

For example, 104 Seneca Dr. in Ancaster has a minimum bid amount of $68,709.95. That’s not much for a property last assessed at around $437,000 — and in a neighbourhood where actual

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