Friday, February 09, 2007

CA: Over 2 Years Later, Condos Still Uninhabitable More than a dozen families have been forced to live for over two years in an Emeryville hotel. Their brand new condos are filled with mold and therefore, are uninhabitable, and there doesn't seem to be a solution. 9:59:19 AM

NJ: Oak Hollow homeowners may face liens King's Grant Condo Association President Michael Meglino intends to file a lawsuit against residents and place a lien on all 276 Oak Hollow properties to collect what he says his wife's company is owed for work. 9:55:00 AM

NY: Make Way for the ‘Condops’ The Panoramic View Hotel in Montauk is being converted to “condops,” a cross between a condominium and a cooperative. 9:49:33 AM

Condo market runs aground for investors, but core buyers remain Condominium sales have stalled as investors flee the market and developers who jumped into the sector during the boom of the last three years are turning their attention back to rental apartments, where demand is expected to pick up, condo and apartment builders said 9:46:20 AM

FL: Condos caught in rate-relief limbo Just when they thought property insurance relief was in sight, more bad news is arriving for Lee County's 71,273 condominium owners and 1,673 condominium associations. Companies are mailing notices that policies are being terminated, or rates are tripling. 9:41:56 AM

MS: Condo homeowners get rebuilding going Village on the Beach, formerly Village at Henderson Point, may be the first condominium complex destroyed by Hurricane Katrina to be rebuilt by its homeowners' association. Construction is scheduled to begin next month and wrap up by summer of 2008. 9:40:55 AM

NV: Caughlin Ranch board members face recall Four members of the Caughlin Ranch homeowner association board elected three months ago on "reform" platform stances are facing a recall election this month. 9:40:05 AM

CA: San Lorenzo residents explore options for getting rid of graffiti The staff at the San Lorenzo Village Homes Association gets several calls a day about graffiti. If it knows who the homeowner is, it asks the person to remove the graffiti straightaway, Homes Association administrator Nancy Van Huffel said. 9:37:29 AM

CT: With overwhelming support, military mom may get flagpole Teresa Richard's wish to continue flying her flags on a free-standing flagpole - rather than attached to her condominium unit - may come true thanks to some friends in high places and a whirlwind of national publicity. 9:33:53 AM

FL: Living at mall a draw for some The idea of living at the mall sparked enough interest among buyers over a year ago that units in a set of five condominium buildings to the east of Fashion Drive sold out after going on the market in late 2005, and owners should begin moving into those units when they are ready in late spring. 9:10:49 AM

FL: Not on these doors, Condo Commandos say Could the Board of Directors of Fort Lauderdale’s Port Condominium (known as "the Port") possibly have intended that in an area with such a large Jewish population, the placing of a mezuzah on an apartment’s doorframe is a forbidden act? 9:06:53 AM