February 15 Brown Bag Forum: Cuyahoga County Housing Trends 

Frank Ford (left) and Kyle Fee (right)

How's your neighborhood doing and what's the future for community reinvestment?

Moderator: Maria Thompson, Manager of Community Development Services, Third Federal Savings & Loan

Bring your lunch and join us on Wednesday February 15! Make sure you come a few minutes early to register. CLEs pending.

This forum will update housing and community development practitioners on the latest trends in housing.  Frank Ford, Senior Policy Advisor with Western Reserve Land Conservancy, will provide an update as of December 31, 2016 on mortgage foreclosure, vacant property and median home sale trends at the county, neighborhood and suburb level. 

Kyle Fee, Regional Community Development Advisor with the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland will discuss mortgage lending trends in Cuyahoga County from 1994 to 2015.  His presentation is based on an analysis of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data (HMDA ) and will cover trends in mortgage applications, originations, origination rates and average loan amounts across  income and geography within the county.