Ohio

Columbus, Ohio, had the nation's second-hottest real estate market during June, topped only by Midland, Texas, according to Realtor.com.

Home sales dipped in Ohio and across the nation last month, as prices climbed, mortgage rates inched up and would-be buyers were stymied by a persistent shortage of available properties.

The Columbus, Ohio, city attorney's office has filed a complaint against a corporation based in Nebraska and Columbus that owns 11 blighted properties here and created companies to shield it from liability.

Four out of five Franklin County, Ohio, homes that changed hands this year sold above the county auditor's estimated value, in some cases for two or three times as much.

Homes sales in metro Toledo, Ohio, dropped 4.3% in March even as area home prices continued to rise, according to new figures from the Toledo Regional Association of Realtors.

The housing market in the Dayton, Ohio, area continued to improve in February, with increases in the median sale price and number of homes sold.

Central Ohio home sales slipped in February as the number of homes for sale again dropped to record lows.

With demand for central Ohio homes at record highs, and the number of homes on the market at record lows, the stars should be perfectly aligned for central Ohio homebuilders.

Sledgehammered by the foreclosure crisis, drug dealing and other crimes, some Dayton, Ohio, neighborhoods are too far gone even for the Montgomery County Land Bank to use its limited resources for demolitions.

House prices in the Cleveland area rose notably last year, but nowhere near as much as they did in many other major metropolitan areas.