China

Copper thieving 

Jason Szep at Reuters tackles an issue that anyone in property preservation knows all too well — copper thieves. In places like Detroit and Cleveland, it’s often the case that the copper in the home ends up being worth more than the house itself. And with the market for nonferrous metals at an all-time high, the industry faces an interesting problem: board up a house, and its essentially open season to be gutted and have its metal parts shipped off to China.