Saturday, November 11, 2006

FL: Condos gone, but unpaid fines linger for Sanford City attorneys have filed a series of lawsuits to recover thousands of dollars in unpaid fines from the owners of condominiums that the city tore down more than five years ago. 3:44:35 PM

MD: Eight Eldersburg homeowners’ groups unite to form HOA Coalition Several homeowners’ associations in Eldersburg are coming together to address common concerns ranging from trash removal to resurfacing tennis courts to maintenance of common grounds. 3:35:12 PM

AZ: 'Junkyard' stirs ill will If you ask members of the Alma School Place HOA what's getting on their nerves lately, they'll tell you it's the "junkyard" across the street. 3:20:04 PM

HI: Trump hotel-condos bought up in single day for $700 million It took only hours for Donald Trump's luxury hotel-condominium project to sell out in Waikiki. 2:59:05 PM

FL: Angry condo buyers take developers to court With once-hot condominium markets across the country in sharp decline, angry buyers are taking developers to court, alleging everything from breach of contract to fraud. 2:57:45 PM

FL: Retirement trends may change due to rising insurance rates The soaring cost of homeowner's insurance may be starting a new retirement trend in Florida and nationwide, according to the chief economist for the National Association of Realtors. 2:56:55 PM

CA: Building a High-Rise Delicate choreography of concrete, steel and hard hats They broke ground for the first of two high-rise condominium buildings at the top of San Francisco's Rincon Hill just a year ago last week. 2:54:37 PM

Hams Strive to End Antenna Bans HFA’s second step was filing a Petition for Rulemaking with the FCC, seeking partial and conditional overrides of bans on ham antennas by homeowners’ associations (HOAs), restrictive covenants and landlords. 1:58:32 PM

CA: Homeowners group sues city for repairs A group representing 1,200 Coronado Cays homeowners is suing the city, alleging it has failed to maintain concrete channels that may be dangerously close to collapsing. 1:51:55 PM

WA: State leaves condo owners in lurch On Thursday, the Supreme Court upended the appeals court's reasoning, saying the homeowners could sue defunct corporations. Actually, they ruled they could have sued, if not for a new time limit the state Legislature imposed in March in an effort to help. 1:49:45 PM

FL: Homeowners fed up with developer's broken promises Homeowners in one Collier County community say they are fed up with the broken promises of both the developer and the homeowner's association because they have not lived up to the amenities the neighborhood's original advertisements claimed it would have. 1:45:36 PM

FL: Condo deal fallout is stormy for Seashore Club unit owners A sweet property deal goes sour and causes enraged unit owners to pass an amendment to limit the number of condos one individual can own. 1:43:10 PM

Allstate sues tenant over linseed-oil fire If you were the judge would you rule Fritz and Nelson can be held liable to Allstate Insurance Co. for reimbursement of the $700,000 fire loss? 1:33:04 PM

Spa condos put wellness classes just down the hall The project will be known as Miraval Living; the company is billing it as New York City's first "inspired living residence" and the first of what John Vanderslice, the chief executive, said would be 10 to 15 similar developments in the next decade in cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami and Washington. 1:22:30 PM