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INFORMATION                                                    PVF CAPITAL CORP.
                                                               30000 Aurora Road
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                            Solon, OH 44139

                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL
                                                                 Carol S. Porter
                                                                    440.248.7171
                                                     carol.porter@myparkview.com


                PVF CAPITAL NAMES MARK D. GROSSI BOARD CHAIRMAN;
                               JACK MALE TO RETIRE

SOLON, OH - JAN. 29, 2009 - PVF Capital Corp. (Nasdaq: PVFC) today announced the
appointment of Mark D. Grossi, a veteran banking executive, as chairman of the
board of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Park View Federal Savings
Bank, succeeding John R. (Jack) Male. In addition, Male will retire as chief
executive of the Company and Bank by March 31, 2009.

PVF said it will immediately start a search for a chief executive to succeed
Male who will remain as chief executive and president of PVF Service
Corporation, the Company's real estate subsidiary. Male also will remain a
director of the Company and the Bank.

"With unprecedented economic pressures impacting the banking industry, I cannot
think of a person with a better track record to lead the board of our
customer-focused community bank and serve the best interests of our customers
and shareholders," said Male, 60. "With Mark now as chairman, this is the
opportune time for me to step back." Male joined Park View Federal in 1971.

Grossi has more than 30 years of banking and thrift experience, including as
executive vice president and chief retail banking officer of Charter One Bank,
N.A., before it was acquired by Royal Bank of Scotland in 2004. Under Grossi,
Charter One was recognized as a leading retail bank with a variety of products
and services that adapted to changing consumer lifestyles, enabling customers to
more easily bank whenever and wherever they wanted.





"For more than 88 years, PVF Capital has been a well-run, well-capitalized
family business. I look forward to being a part of its future," said Grossi.
"The board is grateful to Jack for his many years of dedicated service, and his
continued role at PVF Service Corporation."

Grossi is currently providing consulting services to financial services
companies across the country and is serving on the boards of directors of Energy
West, Inc. and John D. Oil and Gas Company.

PVF also announced that Richard M. Osborne has resigned as a director of the
Company and the Bank, and that Grossi will fill the vacancies created by
Osborne's resignations.

PVF Capital Corp. is the holding company for Park View Federal Savings Bank,
headquartered in Solon, Ohio, serving the Greater Cleveland area with 17
full-service branch offices. Additional information on the company may be found
at www.myparkview.com.

This press release contains statements that are forward-looking, as that term is
defined by the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995 or the Securities and
Exchange Commission in its rules, regulations and releases. The company intends
that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created
thereby. All forward-looking statements are based on current expectation
regarding important risk factors including, but not limited to, real estate
values and the impact of interest rates on financing. Accordingly, actual
results may differ from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, and
the making of such statements should not be regarded as a representation by the
company or any other person that results expressed therein will be achieved.

PVF Capital Corp.'s common stock trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the
symbol PVFC.