NJ: Mother, daughter charged
in scam - Indictment: Condo
funds misused
A mother-daughter management
team has been indicted by a
Monmouth County grand jury
on charges they bilked more
than $1 million from
condominium owners in
Aberdeen....
WI: Residents want a say in
development
The plaintiffs, who say they
have support from many of
their neighbors, think the
developer, Forward Geneva
National, is exercising too
much control without
approval from the
residents....
AL: Katrina Aid Goes Toward
Football Condos
With large swaths of the
Gulf Coast still in ruins
from Hurricane Katrina, rich
federal tax breaks designed
to spur rebuilding are
flowing hundreds of miles
inland to investors who are
buying up luxur...
VA: Lansdowne Residents to
Vote on Plan For Day Care
In an effort to end a
long-standing dispute over
home-based day-care
businesses in Lansdowne on
the Potomac, the homeowners
association board has
decided to hold a
community-wide referendum on
the iss...
DE: Condo owners fight over
repairs
A miracle may be the only
thing that can resolve the
problem at Burn Brae, where
owners have been ordered to
pay a $4,000 special
assessment for repairs after
years of neglect and
mismanagement of the...
FL: Storm rules mired in
turmoil
The law required buildings
taller than 75 feet - or
roughly seven stories - to
have generators by the end
of this year that could
provide power to at least
one elevator. Steve Inglis,
president of th...
NY: Dare's role in Pastures
cost association $100,000
An advocate for the Historic
Pastures Homeowners
Association, which lost more
than $100,000 in association
dues from the mismanagement
of the properties by Aaron
R. Dare, said federal
authorities have...
NJ: Ex-Readington condo
manager sentenced
The former community manager
of the Whitehouse Village
Condominium Association in
Readington was sentenced
Friday in Superior Court to
five years in prison for
stealing at least $200,000
from the organization
AZ: SC Grand may cash in
from ruling
The Sun City Grand Community
Association Management board
could get as much as
$400,000 back from Maricopa
County thanks to a ruling
regarding the status of
Grand's Cimarron Center as a
common area a...
CA: Residents angry over
assessment on city job
A La Jolla homeowners
association is assessing its
597 members $2.4 million -
$4,000 apiece for emergency
repairs to a canyon eroded
by runoff, even though in
April it won a court ruling
that the dam...
Australia: Body corporate
scandals aplenty
So when the State Government
inspectors have finishing
raiding rental centres it
looks as if there is plenty
to check in the body
corporates which run
Queensland's 330,000
units....
IN: Falling Waters
subdivision bridging
troubles
Don Plumb, one of those on
the newly formed residents'
committee, expressed
optimism about how developer
Tony Floramo addressed
problems...
FL: Who represents Sorrento
Ranches?
When Bob Graf helped form
the Sorrento Ranches
Homeowners Association Inc.
in 2005 he didn't anticipate
two years later he would
splinter off into another
group -- the Sorrento Area
Residential Associ...
CA: Builder pays $5 million
settlement to Novato condo
owners
A Larkspur construction
company has agreed to pay a
$5 million settlement to
owners of Novato
condominiums who claimed the
company's building practices
caused water damage to their
homes....
FL: Owners struggle to sell
condos as boards impose
tough standards
Jane Consiglio has been
trying for a year to sell
her one-bedroom apartment in
section 4 of High Point of
Delray Beach. She finally
got an offer from a disabled
Vietnam War veteran and his
wife, but ...
AZ: Homes left behind
City code enforcers and
county mosquito patrols
across the Valley say
they're seeing a spate of
weeds and green pools in
places they never used to:
newer neighborhoods with
higher-priced homes. Incre...
FL: Plug pulled on Briny
Breezes development
As is often the case, the
best of well-laid plans
often go awry when the
unexpected throws some sand
into the works, and the
machine grinds to a halt....
Canada: Homeowners sickened
with worry over leaky condo
cost
Lise Begin is convinced her
home is making her sick.
Begin suffers from
fibromyalgia and says her
home in a townhouse complex
on Creekside Drive causes
her nothing but stress that
aggravates her illne...
NV: A condo's slide Downhill
About eight years ago, a
condo building at Wedekind
Road and Tripp Drive began a
glacial journey down a
hill....
FL: Condo owner can't break
lease over fee jump
In June, I wrote about 30
lawsuits filed in West Palm
Beach in which the buyers of
pre-construction condominium
units refused to close and
demanded their deposits
back. In each case, the
buyers claime...
IL: Good management firms
always encourage competitive
bidding
Managers are a good source
for cost-cutting
recommendations. After
evaluating assessments
compared to the marketplace,
one of the first things a
good management agent will
do when adding a property
to...
WY: E. coli may be isolated
Some in the community are
unhappy with the steps taken
by the Sleepy Hollow
Homeowner's Association and
Falcon to notify the
residents....
CA: Too many pets rattle the
cage
The family wants to keep
multiple dogs, but has been
told by their homeowner
association that they can't.
According to the Sherwood
Valley Homeowners
Association rules and
regulations, pet ownership
...
AZ: HOA: Flooded Car Owners
'On Their Own'
Residents of luxury
condominium complex in the
north Valley learned on
Wednesday they won't be
getting any assistance from
their Home Owners
Association or condo
developer after heavy
rainfall flooded...
VA: Legal fees, bad press
lead Koger to regroup
Homeowners associations that
are auditing records as a
result of Koger Management
Group's financial problems
have until Dec. 4 to file a
claim because the embattled
company filed for
bankruptcy....
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