Cleveland’s glut of vacant housing could cost billions to eliminate at current pace (Plain Dealer)
CLEVELAND, Ohio — At the current pace and without new funding sources, it would take more than 22 years and ...
In Old Brooklyn, outdoor job training center for people with disabilities is sprouting: Margaret Bernstein
September 13, 2012 [Margaret Bernstein, The Plain Dealer] This week, I saw a great idea taking shape from a seed ...
Owner Occupant Buyer Advantage Program Announced
September 11, 2012 [WEWS] Through its new Owner Occupant Buyer Advantage Program, the Cuyahoga Land Bank is offering houses in ...
Cuyahoga County land bank appointees replace controversial members (Plain Dealer)
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald has appointed three new members to the county land bank's governing board, ...
Cuyahoga County home prices start to rebound in some cities
September 2, 2012 [Mark Gillispie, The Plain Dealer] More than six years after home prices began an unprecedented decline, Cuyahoga ...
Land bank latest offer is buy it cheap, fix it up and live in it: editorial
August 27, 2012 [The Plain Dealer] The renovation of distressed properties is no longer the realm of the professional rehabber ...
New life for old ground in Old Brooklyn: editorial
August 23, 2012 [The Plain Dealer] Life is a circle. And so it was that earlier this week a vacant ...
Where is Blaine Murphy? Ask his ankle monitor: Christopher Evans
August 22, 2012 [Christopher Evans, cleveland.com] Tony Brancatelli and I are sitting in a Tremont coffee joint, talking about the ...
Cuyahoga County drops commercial property values by more than $200 million (Plain Dealer)
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cuyahoga County has wiped out more than $200 million in commercial property values since January 2011, a ...
Talk with the Boss: Gus Frangos, head of the Cuyahoga Land Bank
August 18, 2012 [Olivera Perkins, The Plain Dealer] Gus Frangos is president and general counsel of the Cuyahoga County Land ...
Mason doles out $1 million to suburbs to demolish dilapidated homes
August 1, 2012 [Mark Gillispie, The Plain Dealer] CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cuyahoga County communities will soon begin razing some of ...
For a different look at Cleveland-area housing activity, dig into online traffic, search results (Plain Dealer)
"We're having a listing contest right now, because we're in desperate need of listings," he said. "The buyer activity is ...
