Cleveland Real Estate News

Was the Cleveland lawsuit against 21 mortgage lenders too broad scoped or vague? Did they try to go after too many lenders at once? I don’t know the answers, but apparently the city of Baltimore is trying to learn from our loss. This Baltimore Sun article by Julie Bykowicz outlines their cities efforts as well [...]

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Of course it’s not worth it, and this is reiterated again and again with stories of people trying to steal copper wiring or pipes. Sometimes the furnace explodes (and they die), and sometimes they get electrocuted (and die) as reported in this article on the newnet5 website.   It happened in Warren. The thief lost his [...]

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If you live in Lakewood I’m sure you have an opinion one way or another.  Should leashed dogs be allowed to walk with their owners in Lakewood parks?  Since 1972 there has been a ban.  Now a group is trying to reverse the decision since it doesn’t seem to meet the ‘common sense’ rule for [...]

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Sometimes real estate issues are specifically local. Sometimes it’s a national trend. This article  in the Wichita Business Journal  discusses appraisal issues that ring true in my business experiences here.
The bottom line is that appraisals should always be accurate within  one percent. That’s my opinion.  I’ve never understood why people are allowed to buy a [...]

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You may recall my home seller’s limbo status. He is having trouble selling his four unit multi family home because the land on which the house sits is zoned two family not four — even though the City has been granting occupancy certificates to this property for decade, as a four family.
Teresa Dixon Murray posted [...]

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Something tells me it might not matter that the lawsuit brought against those 21 lenders was thrown out. Why? Judge Pianka of Cleveland’s Housing Court has issued what sounds to me like a precedent setting decision.  An injunction again, this time just against Wells Fargo. They are to bring their foreclosed houses up to code [...]

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Unless you live in a cave, you know the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the City of Cleveland (and Akron et al) could not require workers to live where they work. I sat on my hands, wanting to blog about the issue yesterday, but feeling like it might be better to wait to see what [...]

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Good morning everyone. Wanted to post some  general Cuyahoga County housing data before I head out to my brokers open house ina a few minutes.  These stats reflect sales with area brokerages and they compare April and March sales info for this year. The May results are not yet in, I have a feeling they may [...]

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One thing has puzzled me since I moved back to Cleveland, and it’s about adherence to the City’s Master Plan.  I know these plans are and should be fluid. But I always had the nagging suspicion that Cleveland is pretty good at looking the other way regarding her master plan. Am I wrong?
 
Now here is [...]

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How about a browse around the blogosphere? There were some posts I wanted to highlight from some of my favorite bloggers here in NE Ohio and from some other blogs.
 
First, a timely blog from Jill of  Writes Like She Talks. It’s about a project that works at bringing Palestinians and Israelis together; god knows we [...]

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