Sunday, April 15, 2007

CO: 50 residents displaced after Dillon Valley East Condominium fire A fire in the Dillon Valley East Condominiums displaced more than 50 residents Saturday afternoon according to the Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue. No residents or fire personnel were injured. Damage from the fire kept residents from returning permanently to their units. 2:31:49 PM

A To-Do List to Keep the Condo's Books Q: I have just been elected treasurer of our condominium association. Recently, I read that a property manager in Virginia may have embezzled thousands of dollars from associations with which he was associated. I am scared because I am ill-equipped for this task. What can I do to safeguard our association's money? 2:30:05 PM

DC: Learning to Age Gracefully With a changing demographic in the past few years, the Towers, like other condominiums and cooperatives across the District, has had to acknowledge both its wrinkles and its new residents. 2:28:34 PM

SPECIAL REPORT: Hidden Opportunities Behind Busted Condo Deals Several multifamily industry professionals spoke Thursday at the Westin Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Fla. about valuable prospects in condominium projects that didn’t move forward or sell as initially anticipated. 2:26:42 PM

CA: Early Buyers Feel Condo Conversion Sting Owners who bought "luxury" condo conversions at the peak of the market now complain their complexes still feel like apartments. 2:25:35 PM

FL: Condo owners fighting high insurance premiums The sweeping insurance legislation that passed this year has many breathing a sigh of relief. But there is still a large group of condo owners in Southwest Florida say they were left behind and that they are not getting the same treatment as traditional home owners. 1:33:43 PM

FL: Pelican Bay working for cityhood Marco Island residents did it and now Pelican Bay could do the same thing – try to become their own city. Naples rejected annexation of Pelican Bay in 2005, but the fight didn't stop there. 1:31:34 PM

FL: Community To Buy Its Amenities Representatives of the 5,500 homeowners in the Kings Point retirement community have approved a $47.5 million purchase of their recreational amenities from developer WCI Communities. 1:30:47 PM

GA: Sex offender's trouble spills over to child care center Robert Spahr lived in Suwanee's Peachtree Manor subdivision for at least six years. He became a face in the neighborhood, serving as treasurer of the homeowner's association board. 1:30:03 PM

NJ: CPA admits stealing from Crest condo association A Medford-based certified public accountant admitted Thursday that he took about $338,000 from the Acacia Condominium Association in Wildwood Crest and deposited the money in his own account. 1:28:12 PM

CA: HOAs bilked; 60-year-old arrested A 60-year-old Cathedral City woman has been charged with embezzlement for allegedly taking more than $361,000 in a homeowners association scam. 1:26:03 PM