Co-op / Condo News: Seward Park Axes an Auction Win as Too Low, Seller Sues

Read all the latest co-op / condo news for buyers, sellers and board members 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.

Co-op / Condo Board Issues...

• "Seward Park Co-op Board Voids Sale of One-Bedroom that Went at Auction for $329G" by Barbara Ross (New York Daily News)

• "Tips for Boards on Tipping the Property Manager and Beyond" by V. L. Hendrickson (BrickUnderground.com)

• "Ask an Expert: Do holiday tipping pools work?" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)

Co-op / Condo Buying, Selling, Living...

• "Tenants Trying Again to Buy Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village [as Co-ops or Condos]" by Charles V. Bagli (The New York Times)

• "The High Road: Don’t pay your broker a cent!," on the temptation to pay broker the commission directly rather than through the brokerage, by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)

• "Heavy Rain Causes [Co-op] Floors to Buckle" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)

• "Nonprofits Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Fifth Avenue Committee Announce Partnership" and recently opened the Red Hook Homes co-op (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

• "Upscale, With Rough Edges Intact," on new co-op / condo frontier of northern Tribeca, by Laura Kusisto (The Wall Street Journal)

• "Madonna Settles NYC Neighbor's Suit over Noise" by Jennifer Pelt (Associated Press), and "Madonna Settles Feud with Neighbour Who Claimed Rehearsal Studio in Pop Star's Apartment Made Life 'Unbearable'" by Simon Tomlinson (Daily Mail, UK)

WebCitation archives:

Seward Park • Tips for Boards • Tipping Pools • Stuyvesant • High Road • Heavy Rain • Nonprofits • Upscale • Madonna Settles NYC • Madonna Settles Feud