Co-op/Condo News: Outsourced Supers, Lady Gaga & An App Just for You

NYC: July 19, 2010 — Recent news for co-op boards and condo associations.

"Appy" days are here again, with a smartphone app made just for co-op and condo boards. A co-op board in Brooklyn wonders if its water bills are too high, and a co-op in Bronxville keeps electric costs low. We've the latest tips for condo buyers — that includes you, too, prospective Soho purchaser Lady Gaga! — and we go around the country to show you how others boards are handling disasters, discrimination and distress. And what week would be complete with bad-board news, for which we go to Granite Bay, Calif., where common sense has gone out the door. A solar door, in particular.

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.

 

Buying and Selling...

  • "A New Holy Grail for Loans": Lenders are Loosening Requirements when It Comes to Issuing Mortgages in New Condos" by Catherine Curan ( The Real Deal)
  • "Hey, Lady!," on Lady Gaga considering purchase of a condo penthouse in Soho, by Jennifer Gould Keil ( New York Post)

Board Issues from Around the Country...

  • "Condo Owners Plead to Council" over effectively being forced to abandon apartments built on contaminated soil, by Jennifer Myers ( The Lowell Sun [Lowell, Mass.])
  • "American Dream Gone Awry: Tenants in Columbia Heights Thought Buying their Apartments Would Be Easy. They were Wrong" by Lydia DePillis ( Washington City Paper)

 

WebCite archives:

"Outsource" • "River House" • "App" • "Overpaying" • "Conversions" • "Becoming Condos" • "Holy Grail" • "Farewell Tip" • "Hey, Lady" • "Energy-Efficient Door" • "Discrimination" • "Owners Plead" • "American Dream"

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