The Ypsilanti Township Board of Trustees on Monday approved taking legal action against the owner and receiver of a troubled townhome complex. Officials say both parties are ignoring township requests to address and reverse "deteriorating" conditions at the 162-unit River’s Edge Townhome complex, and, at their Feb. 13 meeting, the ...
A decision on a controversial language change in the Saline school district's non-discrimination policy is still several weeks away. The Saline school board held a special policy committee meeting tonight to discuss the issue, and the committee locked 2-2 on a vote to include the draft policy on the agenda ...
The last of Washtenaw County’s scheduled online tax foreclosure auctions started this morning, sending two significant local properties across the auction block due to unpaid taxes. Undeveloped and approved land in the Wellesley Gardens condos in Pittsfield Township and Uptown Village in Milan will be available to the highest bidder ...
Ann Arbor Country Club started the golfing season amid concerns over its lender selling its defaulted $1.7 million mortgage to an investor, followed by litigation involving control of the club. Now it's ending the summer in what a neighborhood note calls "dire financial straits" and its volunteer board is recommending ...
A troubled Ypsilanti Township apartment complex is scheduled to reach the sheriff’s sale stage of foreclosure on Thursday morning, raising questions about its future ownership. Already, township officials said, they have concerns about the condition of the 300-unit Tuscan Creek Apartments.
Bank of Ann Arbor recently prevailed in a court case involving disputed land values in unfinished subdivisions where the bank foreclosed on the developers.Washtenaw County Circuit Court Judge Archie Brown ruled that the bank's more conservative appraisal was the most accurate. Real estate experts have said the so-called "deficiency cases" could ...
The foreclosure crisis - and what homeowners can do if they face losing their home - is the subject of forum a panel of local real estate experts will be leading on Tuesday at Washtenaw Community College. The event occurs as homeowners, consumer advocates and the real estate industry adjust ...
The city of Ann Arbor has posted a news release on its Web site announcing it is receiving a grant for $850,000 from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority to fund a Neighborhood Stabilization Program. The program, new under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, provides targeted emergency ...