Luxury condos open in NYC's China Town
Serving on the board of a gentrified inner city Condo apartment building would be interesting.Everyone on the board will be affluent, most will work in the city and may will be frequent travelers.It's...
View ArticleTrust, integrity and fairness key to condo, townhouse HOA boardmanship
The Hewlett-Packard board used pretexting to spy on a board member who was leaking information to the business press, and as the Washington Post reports (click headline), a law firm used a consulting...
View ArticleHOA reserves important to condo, townhouse values
Homes 101 (click on head) offers a basic article on evaluating and maintaining home owners association reserves. Consultants make nice livings doing reserve studies for HOA boards.Condominium &...
View ArticleHewlett-Packard's board secrecy a lesson for all condo HOA boards
I've blogged on the board secrecy and corporate spying issue over at The Business Word.If you think you have to hire a private investigator to learn about another board member or home owner, you've got...
View ArticleCondo and townhouse HOAs might use vendor referal services
A new service, getvendors.com, is creating online communities where handy men, plumbers and other services can advertise their services and members can discuss vendors and review them. Services like...
View ArticleTownhouse and condomium home owners associations may use this referral service
Here's an 11-year-old referral service with 425,000 paid members. Click on headline.Condominium & Townhouse HOA Boards
View ArticleCondo and townhouse HOAs boards must help market their communities
Condominiums and townhouses are the first to feel a break in housing prices in times like these for whatever reasons.HOA boards can use their membership meetings, newsletters and community marketing...
View ArticleCondo board purchases renewable energy credits
A Chicago condo is purchasing renewable energy credits from an Iowa wind farm. (Click head.)Following in the footsteps of major corporations such as Whole Foods and Johnson & Johnson, the...
View ArticleCondo & townhouse home owners association hot topics
Condominium prices, townhouse prices, home owners insurance premiums, insurance premiums for home owners associations, energy costs, renewable energy, the impact of interest rates and inflation on HOA...
View ArticleCondo HOA boards and directors can find lots of blogs on alternative &...
Use the search bar in this blog to search blogs that are covering renewable energy. Click the head on this post to link to one of the more active ones.This site on alternative energy looks pretty good....
View ArticleShortage of condo and townhouse HOA managers feared
There may not be enough professional property managers available to managed the home owners associations for residents in condominium and townhouse associations and coops.That, at least is the warning...
View ArticleHuge Florida condominium HOA airs new web site
In an effort to improve communications with its some 9,000 residents, a Floridal condominim and townhouse HOA board has introduced a sophisticated web site.Lede graphs from a story in The Observer...
View ArticleCondo prices down, single families up
Economists and Realtors™ offer their spins on the latest housing sales figures, which show some price declines for condominiums and townhouses. (click head for free wsj.com roundup of economists's...
View ArticleCondo and real estate appraisers under fire in Colorado
Condo and townhouse HOA board members will be interested in the controversy involving alleged inflationary appraisals that are putting over appraised homes at even more risk if home prices begin to...
View ArticleCondo and townhouse boards must enforce bylaws and rules or change them
One of the hardest things boards of directors of home owners associations have to do is enforce their condo and townhouse home owners associations' bylaws and rules.It is just uncomfortable to enforce...
View ArticleRetirees looking for friendly condo communities, neigborhoods
The Wall Street Journal reports today that retirees are looking beyond Florida, Arizona and the mountains for communities that are friendly and comfortable.Pickup today's paper if you don't have a paid...
View ArticleCondos hardest hit in weakest housing markets
Three real estate economists say condo prices are falling the most quickly, and by "condos," they probably also mean townhouses, if not patio homes. Anyone trying to track the housing market will be...
View ArticleSnows challenge condo and townhouse HOA boards
Snow removal policies are always a challenge for condo and townhouse (patio home) HOA boards.At what point do the sidewalks and driveways get shoveled and plowed. Some common issues include:1. Does the...
View ArticleHow to choose a bank for condo and townhouse HOAs
Most condo and townhouse home owners associations use banks recommended by their management companies, but a fair share no doubt search the market for banks that will give them the best returns on...
View ArticleHands on condo and townhouse HOA boards save money
When members of condo and townhouse home owners associations take charge of hiring and managing contractors, they spend their own money, and they get more for their money than boards that let...
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