OH: Toddler banned from pool
An Akron mother and the Fair
Housing Advocates
Association have filed civil
rights complaints against
her condo association,
saying the group is
prohibiting infants and
toddlers from the swimming
pool...
NY: Manhattan condo
amenities hit new heights
It used to be that a
full-service apartment
building in New York meant a
doorman, a roof garden,
maybe a gym. These days, the
can-you-top-this amenities
include chic screening
rooms; covered dog runs...
CA: Face-off over parking
takes a toll
The couple has been squaring
off in a lawsuit filed
against them by their
homeowner association. The
issue - the prohibiting of
parking large commercial
vehicles in the community
and of parking regula...
FL: $510 Million Trailer
Park Deal Hits Wall
The would-be millionaires of
Briny Breezes trailer park
may have lost their big
chance. Owners of the town's
488 trailers nestled along
the Atlantic Ocean
overwhelmingly approved the
sale of their com...
CA: Los Angeles condo
sellers don't buy into new
fee Since April,
homeowners selling a condo
in Los Angeles have had to
pay a $150 fee to the city
under a 33-year-old
affordable-housing ordinance
that has never produced a
single affordable unit....
VA: Fraud at Koger may tally
$2 million
A forensic accountant
reviewing financial records
of an embattled
homeowners-association
management company says the
amount allegedly missing
from customers is more than
double an original
estimate...
DC: Condo Living: You Can
Get it For Fees
CORY PORTER WAS FED UP with
writing rent checks every
month. The 30-year-old
public relations
professional at Sage
Communications in Vienna,
Va., decided he was ready to
buy a condo. But when he
menti...
OH: Embezzler tells how she
spent $1 million
Kathleen DeSalvo, co-owner
of the firm that once
managed Mariners Point
Condominium Association,
told attorneys last week she
used the money, allegedly
stolen from the various
associations, for person...
FL: Fist Fight Breaks Out At
West Kendall HOA Meeting
As CBS4 cameras rolled at a
meeting between residents
and the attorney
representing the homeowners'
association for the Bird
Lakes development, a fight
broke out....
CA: Neighbors sue city, each
other over 2005 slide
In early 2005, after a
slow-moving landslide
wrecked their east Oceanside
neighborhood, families on
Arroyo Avenue and Comanche
Street sued the city,
charging that leaking water
and sewer pipes trigger...
Canada: Savvy boards can
save a lot
Self-managing your condo
corporation doesn't have to
be scary, says one woman who
learned it from the ground
up....
OH: Single moms file bias
complaint against condo
President
Connie Smith is fighting
foreclosure for refusing to
pay a lien of $3,978 for
fines levied against her
daughter and two
grandchildren. Sixteen
others have joined her in
filing a counterclaim
against P...
CA: Carlsbad settles with
Marbella condo owners for
$12.5 million
City officials announced
Friday that they had reached
a $12.5 million settlement
with homeowners in La Costa
de Marbella, a condominium
complex in south Carlsbad
where eight units where
destroyed in a...
DC: Looking for Loopholes
Industry observers say there
are hundreds of buyers with
lawyers scouring purchase
agreements for loopholes and
escape clauses that would
allow prospects to walk away
without forfeiting their
deposits...
CA: Marijuana farms still a
mystery
Deputies first spotted the
farms July 10 during a
routine helicopter tour of
the area. Police then
conducted a two-day stakeout
and discovered that whoever
responsible for the
marijuana plants had tap...
TX: Houston condo residents
pack as deadline looms
Utilities in a southwest
Houston condominium building
declared unsafe by the fire
marshal will remain on
through Friday to give eight
families extra time to
vacate if they need it, a
city official sai...
FL: Water rules create
homeowner dilemma
River Club Homeowners
Association officials did
not return calls Wednesday,
but their stance on brown
lawns might have softened.
Vicky Zimarino, water
conservation manager for
Manatee County Utilities...
FL: Special Report:
Florida's Plummeting Condo
Market
Real estate agents say
prices on condos have
plummeted in some
developments as more and
more buyers feel the effects
of overextended budgets. A
recent survey found Florida
now has the second highest
f...
IA: Smoking wars move into
condo complex
The board of the West Grand
Towers condominium complex
at 3663 Grand Avenue in Des
Moines wants to ban smoking
throughout the entire
facility. That includes the
individual units and
possibly the balco...
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