Akron ohio Properties News

WKYC Exclusive: Akron leaders launch pilot project for families facing foreclosures (WKYC Cleveland)
AKRON -- City leaders are looking to overcome an obstacles for home owners who eventually ended up in foreclosure by launching a pilot program to get directly involved with lenders.

Nonprofit Group Helping Prevent Foreclosures Accepting Final Applications in Akron Region (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
American Homeowner Preservation Inc. , a nonprofit organization providing an alternative to foreclosure for distressed homeowners, is hosting its final session in Akron on Monday November 24th from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM at the Hampton Inn - Akron South at 3235 South Arlington Road.

CoStar's Retail News Roundup: Nov. 24 to 30, 2008 (CoStar Group)
This week in the Retail Roundup, CoStar reports on expansions or new concepts at Al Copeland Investments and RedBrick Pizza; new retail developments in TX, PA, MO, OH, IL and NJ; acquisition, merger, loan or sale activity at Macerich and Circuit City...

Median Home Prices Fall In Ohio (WCPO Cincinnati)
A trade group says home prices fell in Ohio's eight largest metro areas.

Median Home Prices Fall In Ohio (The Kentucky Post)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A trade group says home prices fell in a record four out of five U.S. cities during the third quarter, including Ohio's eight largest metro areas.

Gas bubble: Slumping economy drains excitement over Marcellus Shale (The Tribune-Democrat)
The bubble has burst – at least temporarily – for those hoping to prosper from gas wells expected to be drilled in the Marcellus Shale formation deep underground.

Median home prices fall in Ohio (WFMJ Youngstown)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A trade group says home prices fell in a record four out of 5 U.S. cities during the third quarter, including Ohio's eight largest metro areas.

That sinking feeling: The value of your house likely is going down (The Columbus Dispatch)
Foreclosures ravaged Ohio housing prices in the third quarter, including in Columbus. But unlike in all other major markets in the state, the decline here was less than the Midwest average. Median home-sale prices also fell in a record four out of five U.S. cities in the quarter as lower-priced foreclosures flooded many markets across the country, the National Association of Realtors said ...

Columbus-area home prices tumble 5% (The Columbus Dispatch)
Foreclosures ravaged Ohio housing prices in the third quarter, including in Columbus. But unlike in all other major markets in the state, the decline here was less than the Midwest average.

Job losses, foreclosures leave vacant homes throughout cities like Akron, damaging spirit and value of neighborhoods (Akron Beacon Journal)
Task force to fight urban blight Vacant homes attract dumping, vandalism