Co-op/Condo News: Maintenance Fees, Hand Scanners, Buying Parking, More

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.

• "Manhattan Co-op Maintenance Up 19%" by Jonathan J. Miller (Matrix / Miller Samuel Inc.)

• "Noise Ruling [in favor of co-op] Shakes Up Nightclubs" by Craig Karmin (The Wall Street Journal). See also Habitat article "Co-op 1, Obnoxious Bar 0: How a Board Won an Anti-Noise Case"

• "My Big Fat Board Interview: Co-ops Don't Like Foreigners?" by anonymous Manhattan co-op buyer as told to Teri Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)

• "If This Is a True Story, One Broker Should Be Shot" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog), on questionable dealings involving a a broker married to a co-op board president

• "Hand Scanners to Improve Security at Marina City [condo] but Not Convenience" by Steven Dahlman (Marina City News, Chicago, Ill.)

Buying and Selling...

• "Buying Parking Spot in a Co-op" (Brownstoner.com forum)

• "The Parc Standard [condo] Update" (Harlem Bespoke blog)

• "Queens Condo Owners Sue Developer for $20M" by Amanda Fung (Crain's New York Business)

Board Issues from Around the Country...

• "Evanston Won't Press Condo Owner for $635 Tax Bill" By Bob Seidenberg (Evanston Review, Evanston, Ill.)

• "Judge Hears Sandy Street Condo Arguments" re: faulty construction, by Carl Rotenberg (The Times Mirror, Norristown and Montgomery County, Penn.)

• "Murano Condo Owners Sue Developer over Number of Sales" by Alan J. Heavens (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• "Homeowner Will Fight HOA to Keep Pigeons" by Peter Schelden (The Orange County Register, California)

WebCitation archives:

"Maintenance" • "Noise" • "Foreigners" • "If...Shot" • "Hand Scanners" • "Parking" • "Parc Standard" • "Queens" • "Evanston" • "Sandy Street" • "Murano" • "Pigeons"