This week's property-distress brief · Northeast Ohio

Countywide Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain, Summit, and Stark tax delinquency plus Cleveland enforcement stages and South Euclid grass violations, with supplemental auction data.

Brief generated Aug 16, 2026. Records refresh hourly; brief refreshes daily.

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This week's shape

Cleveland is doing most of the heavy lifting this week. The best calls are the active condemnation and open vacancy/code items, then the tax-delinquent parcels with foreclosure filed or large balances. A few clustered records in Cleveland, Euclid, Lakewood, and Shaker Heights add context, but they are secondary to the open city enforcement and the delinquency signals.

Market signals

Signal	Total records	This brief	Access
Property Tax Delinquency	60,168	45,250	Sign in or create account
Civil Code Enforcement Ticket	16,807	91	Sign in or create account
Sheriff Foreclosure Auction	209	76	Sign in or create account
Building Complaint Violation Notice	31,606	69	Sign in or create account
Vacant Property Unit	90	12	Sign in or create account

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Top-ranked examples

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#	Type	City	Status	Address	Owner	Ranking basis	Access
1	Unsafe Structure Condemnation	—	ACTIVE	1xx RENO AVE, CLEVELAND, OH, 44105	owner withheld	Active Cleveland condemnation is the cleanest escalation signal in the set. This is the kind of file that can move owners faster than routine nuisance tickets.	Sign in
2	Civil Code Enforcement Ticket	—	Awaiting Payment	1xx E 55TH ST, CLEVELAND, OH, 44103	owner withheld	Open vacant-and-open-to-entry ticket. Fresh enforcement on a vacant property is a good call list item because it often points to abandonment and short-term pressure to sell.	Sign in
3	Civil Code Enforcement Ticket	—	Awaiting Payment	3xx W 59TH ST, CLEVELAND, OH, 44102	owner withheld	Vacant-building-registration case is still pending payment. That is a practical follow-up target when you want owners already in the city’s queue.	Sign in
4	Civil Code Enforcement Ticket	—	Awaiting Payment	7xx LAWN AVE, CLEVELAND, OH, 44102	owner withheld	Another fresh vacant/open entry ticket in Cleveland. These are useful because they usually mean the property has already been noticed by code, not just by neighbors.	Sign in
5	Vacant Property Unit	—	Closed	3xx E 66 ST, CLEVELAND, OH, 44127	owner withheld	This one combines a vacant-property investigation with tax delinquency and a foreclosure filing. That mix makes it one of the stronger owner-contact targets in the brief.	Sign in

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What’s new in coverage

Cuyahoga clerk filings were more complete this week, which strengthened Cleveland tax-delinquency coverage. South Euclid code cases also became more reliable, but they are smaller signal here than Cleveland and the county delinquency feed.

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