Non-profits are getting more donated homes in the wake of the housing market collapse, and the trend is likely to grow given the ongoing foreclosure crisis. The homes, typically low-value ones, may be refurbished and resold or demolished to rid… Read more ›
CLEVELAND – It’s been a busy few weeks for Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason. On Wednesday, he announced the indictment of Blaine Murphy who is accused of illegally flipping 235 houses in the county. Murphy bought the homes and flipped… Read more ›
CANTON: If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you will keep getting what you always got. For this reason, Stark County commissioners are preparing to start a land bank to expedite the process of returning some of the county’s… Read more ›
Transcript RAY SUAREZ: One of the main issues of the election season under way is the sluggish state of the economy. Things are not nearly as bleak as they were at the depths of the recession, but, for many Americans,… Read more ›
Shovels were hard at work on October 13, 2011, as ground was broken for the $5 million CircleEast Town homes on Lakeview Road-and the Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corp. (Cuyahoga Land Bank) played a vital role in launching the 20-unit… Read more ›
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices fell in most major cities for the second straight month, further evidence that the housing recovery will be bumpy and weigh on the broader economy in 2012 The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index released Tuesday… Read more ›
Cleveland, my hometown*, is in the news again, thanks to 60 Minutes. We aren’t usually known for awe-inspiring events here. Dennis Kucinich, former mayor, and current Congressman had to declare the city bankrupt in 1976, as the Cuyahoga River caught… Read more ›
As Ed FitzGerald finishes his first year as Cuyahoga County’s first ever executive, we’ll ask him how he thinks the county has improved and what it still needs to work on. We’re asking you, too. Has confidence been restored in… Read more ›
Five defendants pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud crimes that covered more than 500 real estate transactions totaling $50 million, according to County Prosecutor Bill Mason and the Cuyahoga County Mortgage Fraud Task Force. The crimes involved one house in Strongsville… Read more ›
CLEVELAND,Ohio -Attorney General Mike DeWine, the Attorney General’s Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission (OOCIC), and Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason today announced that five defendants pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud crimes covering more than 500 real estate transactions totaling… Read more ›
CHEERS . . . to the many cheerful givers of time, talent and money who go the extra mile during the holidays to brighten what would otherwise be a cold and cheerless season for many Northeast Ohioans. CHEERS . .… Read more ›
Demolition contractor Craig Crawford has a foundation-level view of Cleveland’s housing market, and he sees a lot of unbuilding ahead. Contractors who cashed in on the boom are now tearing down buildings, Crawford said in an interview amid the loose… Read more ›
(Cleveland)- County Prosecutor Bill Mason and the Cuyahoga County Mortgage Fraud Task Force announced five (5) defendants plead guilty to mortgage fraud crimes covering over 500 real estate transactions totaling $50 million, $44 million in fraudulent loans and $31 million… Read more ›
CLEVELAND – Five pleaded guilty to changes in the nation’s largest mortgage fraud case, which was based out of northeast Ohio. Prosecutors said Uri Gofman, 39, of Beachwood, promised family and friends a profit for investing in his real estate… Read more ›
CLEVELAND — Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason and the Cuyahoga County Mortgage Fraud Task Force say five defendants pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud crimes covering over 500 real estate transactions totaling $50 million, $44 million in fraudulent loans and $31… Read more ›
County Prosecutor Bill Mason and the Cuyahoga County Mortgage Fraud Task Force announced five defendants plead guilty to mortgage fraud crimes covering over 500 real estate transactions totaling $50 million, $44 million in fraudulent loans and $31 million in profits.… Read more ›
Called a “mortgage fraud predator and a hoodlum,” by Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason, Beachwood resident Uri Gofman pleaded guilty Dec. 21, to mortgage fraud crimes. He faces up to 99 months in prison and will be sentenced Feb. 1,… Read more ›
CLEVELAND – It’s been a busy few weeks for Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason. On Wednesday, he announced the indictment of Blaine Murphy who is accused of illegally flipping 235 houses in the county. Murphy bought the homes and flipped… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank enjoys a symbiotic relationship with the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, working closely in tax foreclosures of abandoned, tax-delinquent properties. In summer of 2011, the Prosecutor endorsed the Land Bank’s vital role in removing blight and assisting… Read more ›
Pelley: You know there are lots of people all over the country. Many thousands of people who are mailing the keys to the bank and walking away. They can’t figure out how it makes sense to put more money into… Read more ›
Plan supporters looking for way to deal with increase in foreclosures. The idea to create a public land bank in Butler County to deal with more than 12,000 vacant homes has been criticized, including skepticism from Commissioner Don Dixon. But… Read more ›
Uploaded on Dec 15, 2011 Ashtabula County Sheriff William Johnson forecloses on the home of Christine Cart in Orwell, Ohio, for Fannie Mae, which has never produced the note Read/watch it from the source.
Cleveland housing court Judge Raymond Pianka uses innovative legal tactics to achieve code compliance, but is it enough to stabilize neighborhoods? It isn’t every day that a municipal court judge smacks a convicted criminal with a fine of more than… Read more ›
DOWNTOWN AKRON — The Summit County Board of Elections (BOE) will receive funding for three months as county officials try to negotiate a reduced annual budget for the office for 2012. Summit County Council voted to give the BOE the… Read more ›
LAKEWOOD Vacant homes dot Cuyahoga County, affecting neighborhoods that otherwise host vibrant communities. And though that problem persists, the need for a creative solution also remains. To address these housing crises, the Cuyahoga County land bank has targeted a new… Read more ›
A rise in month-to-month foreclosure actions may herald more foreclosures in the new year. RealtyTrac, which follows foreclosure case filings, counted 424 foreclosure actions for Butler County in November, up from October’s total of 395. Butler County had 411… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank and the International Services Center (ISC) are partnering to create The Discovering Home Program: A New Beginning in order to provide housing for refugees settling in Northeast Ohio. The organizations, along with Fannie Mae, will invest… Read more ›
On Thursday morning, December 15th, at 10 am, Christine and Steve Cart and their two sons, Stephen and Shaun, will be forced from their home by the Sheriff’s department. Christine and her family, who live at 7234 State Route 45… Read more ›
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Within the collection of abandoned houses haunting the region stand some unpolished gems, sturdy structures that lack only a caring family to again become a home. Where will those families come from? They’re already here. That’s what… Read more ›
CLEVELAND – Several organizations are coming together to combat a major and costly problem in northeast Ohio. The problem is the growing number of vacant homes in the area. Some estimates show more than 30,000 abandoned and condemned homes are… Read more ›
Cleveland’s International Services Center (ISC) will work with the Cuyahoga County land bank in a joint effort, called The Discovering Home Program, to pair refugee families with some of the area’s many vacant homes. There are about 15,000 vacant and abandoned houses… Read more ›
The City of Berea is in a unique position in Cuyahoga County: it is one of a few communities outside Cleveland with its own Water Department. That means every time it hires new water meter technicians, the new employees unlike… Read more ›
Occupy Cleveland might be looking for a new home — a foreclosed one. The group’s tent is likely to remain on Public Square until city permits expire at the end of the year. After that, the group protesting corporate greed… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corp., a nonprofit that handles revitalizing foreclosed properties, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that they have renewed for a second year their agreement for HUD to transfer certain properties to… Read more ›
Les banques ou les sociétés de crédit ont abandonné tout espoir de revendre les maisons vides à cause de la crise. Pour ne pas payer l’entretien minimum et les taxes, elles préfèrent les donner aux municipalités. Watch the video here.
BEREA — An abandoned Runn Street house will become a home for a community garden. Planning Commission approved a request to raze the building and its garage located at 422 Runn Street. The Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corporation, commonly known… Read more ›
Since 2008 the nonprofit Cuyahoga County land bank has handled over a thousand abandoned and tax dilinquent properties. A pioneering program to help northeast Ohio communities deal with urban blight will continue. WKSU’s Tim Rudell reports that the U.S. Department… Read more ›
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Cuyahoga County judge has dismissed most of a 2008 public nuisance lawsuit Cleveland officials filed against 21 banks and mortgage companies in an attempt to punish them for bankrolling subprime loans. The dismissal cuts off another… Read more ›
Cuyahoga County’s tax base will shrink by more than $1 billion next year after the county reassesses property values — an exercise that hasn’t occurred since the housing peak, according to a prediction from two authors at the Federal Reserve Bank… Read more ›
We know that not every offender spends time behind bars. In many instances-either as a condition of the sentence, or because the person cannot afford to pay a hefty fine-many convicted offenders are sentenced to “community service.” But what, exactly,… Read more ›
