Co-op / Condo News: Embezzled Boards in Fla., Queens Owners Want Ombudsman

Read all the latest co-op board and condo board news in Habitat's weekly Monday News Roundup! Also included: Permanent archival links. If a link ever goes dead, you'll still be able to read the backup at WebCitation.org.

• "Unhappy Co-op & Condo Owners Crowd Queens Forum for Help with Boards" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)

• "Scaffolding Scourge: Thieves Scale Safety Structure to Nab $500K in Jewels" by Matt Chaban (The New York Observer)

• "Condo Troubles Looming [re FHA Mortgages]?" by Jim Buchta (Star Tribune, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minn.) and "FHA Condominium Recertification Deadline Has Been Extended" by Kevin L. Britt (Seattle Condominium and Homeowners Association Attorney blog)

• "Will Sarah Jessica Parker Pass 88 CPW's Sticky Co-op Board?" by Laura Kusisto (The New York Observer)

For Buyers and Sellers...

• "Is Now the Time to Buy a Home?" (CNBC video at TheRealDeal.com)

• "The High Road: How Many Brokers Count [Number of Rooms and Square Footage] Right?" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)

• "After the Fall [of a Neighboring Building], Condos at Tribeca's 77 Reade Emerge" by Pete Davies (NY.Curbed.com)

Board Issues from Around the Country and More...

• "Police Say Condo Scam' Suspect Duped Elderly Board Members" by Neal Bennett (WPTV.com, West Palm Beach, Fla.), and "Ex-Property Manager Charged with Embezzling More than $2M" by David Rogers (Palm Beach Daily News)

• "Cracking Down on Board Theft" by Daniel Vasquez (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

• "Condo Fire Reveals Elevator Retrofitting Gaps" by Tom McGhee and Howard Pankratz (The Denver Post)

• "[Condo] Apartment Owners Band Together to Look After Homes" by Irina Sandul (Kyiv Post, Kyiv, Ukraine)

WebCitation archives:

"Unhappy" • "Scaffolding" • "Condo Troubles" • "Recertification" • "Sarah Jessica Parker" • "Time to Buy" • "High Road" • "77 Reade" • • "Condo Scam" • "Embezzling" • "Cracking Down" • "Elevator Retrofitting" • "Band Together"