Wednesday, January 17, 2007

IN: Legislation aims to keep HOA election disputes out of court Walz authored Senate Bill 27 which requires parties in a dispute involving the election of a director or officer of a homeowners association to first attempt to resolve the issue through the use of a mediator instead of going to court. 10:38:40 PM

AZ: Buckeye residents fuming over unfinished subdivision But that's the case for Stark and other residents in Buckeye Park, a subdivision of about 160 homes in the historic downtown, where construction began years ago and is still not done. 10:19:58 AM

FL: It's a miniature boom for big condo dreams This is a model of condominium living in Florida. No, really, this is a model, a miniature mockup of a building yet to be built. And in today's nightmarish condo market, this is an essential part of selling the condo dream. 8:50:40 AM

Buyers Scarce, Many Condos Are for Rent In hopes of salvaging something from their costly plans, hundreds of developers like Mr. Franco are looking to the strong market for apartments, planning to rent their units for at least a couple of years while waiting for today’s condo surplus to shrink. Mr. Franco and Mr. Blum hope to break ground on what will be a somewhat less expensive building this spring. 8:42:56 AM

FL: Blast forces evacuation of Miami condo A chemistry student with a previous arrest for possessing bomb-making materials had to explain to detectives Tuesday why he had a horde of chemicals that exploded in his Miami apartment. 8:40:37 AM