According to a recent report, some of Ohio’s largest metros are among the most tornado-prone areas in the nation. Here are the details of the storms that swept the region over the holiday weekend.
Read More »Legislation To Approve Electronic Notarization
While current laws don’t preclude recording electronically signed documents, here’s why it’s important to make it as clear and easy as possible for county officials to accept digital documents. Editor’s note: This feature originally appeared in the January issue of DS News.
Read More »Appeals Court Expands Ohio Statute of Limitations Decision
Editor's note: This story was originally featured in the January issue of DS News, out now. Recently, the Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals expanded upon the Ohio Supreme Court’s Holden decision. In Holden, the court had determined that a ...
Read More »Ohio Courts Could Change Course for Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
Editor's note: This story was originally featured in the January issue of DS News, out now. In a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, debtors have the ability to modify their mortgages. A modification is generally called a “cram down” and it occurs when a ...
Read More »Ocwen Announces Millions in New Mortgage Debt Forgiveness in Ohio
The United States was hit hard by the housing crisis. Here’s how financial services holding company Ocwen is working to help families save their mortgages and stay in their homes.
Read More »Auction.com Launches Platform to Enhance Ohio Foreclosure Sales
Auction.com has announced its new online platform to execute mortgage foreclosure sales of Ohio properties in conjunction with Private Selling Officers (PSOs), which with the signing of Ohio House Bill 390 allows third-party sales to be conducted online.
Read More »Cordray Skirts the Question
With the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray’s, term coming to an end next year, there has been a lot of discussion on whether or not the Ohio native will make a run for the governorship, despite remaining silent on the matter.
Read More »Clunk, Paisley, Hoose Co., L.P.A Announce Hiring
Ethan J. Clunk, Ohio State University law graduate, joins the Ohio and Kentucky-based firm.
Read More »Ohio Governor Signs Plywood Ban Into Law
History was made for the property preservation industry when Ohio Governor John Kasich signed H.B. 463 into law for the state.
Read More »Fast-tracking the Fight Against Community Blight
Community Blight Solutions co-founder and chairman Robert Klein presents his case that fast-track foreclosure legislation recently passed in Ohio should go nationwide.
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