Co-op / Condo News: Bad Board Gives No Gas, NYC Home Prices Up, More
New York, NY, Oct. 17, 2011 — Recent news affecting co-op / condo buyers, sellers, boards and residents.
That co-op board in Manhattan's Washington Heights still hasn't fixed the gas outage, and won't respond to residents or the press. Other boards aren't making documents available that they should. Brooklyn real-estate prices push up New York City's, Manhattan home prices rise, and two affordable buildings come to Harlem — possibly the hottest neighborhood in town, real-estate-wise. Plus: how to deal with a stucco emergency, and how'd you like to buy Nelson Rockefeller's old co-op?
Read all the latest co-op / co-op 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 Buying, Selling, Living...
- "Washington Heights Residents Still Fuming Over Gas Outage" by Susan Jhun (NY1 News)
- "Harlem Co-op Chops Asking Price By $1K a Day" by Katherine Clarke (TheRealDeal.com)
- "Getting a Copy of Bylaws and Lease / Buying a Sponsor Unit in a Prewar Co-op" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)
- "The Board Room: How to 'Sell' a Hallway," on privatizing common areas, by Scott S. Greenspun, Esq. (BrickUnderground.com sponsored article)
- "Brooklyn Boosts NY Home Prices," particularly those of co-ops and condos, by Paul Tharp (New York Post)
- "Manhattan Home Prices Rise: Average Pad Costs $1.4 Million" by Les Christie (CNN)
- "Two New Buildings Bring 226 Affordable Apartments to Central Harlem," on The Hamilton co-op and The Langston condominium, by Sandra Ifraimova (TheUptowner.org)
- "Great Expectations: Lawyers, Legal Fees and the Due Diligence Dilemma" Ronald H. Gitter (CoopAndCondo.com)
- "The High Road: Some Lawyers Shirk Due Diligence" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
- "[Co-op] Apartment that Once Belonged to Former VP Nelson Rockefeller Is Listed at $27.5 Million" by Laura Vecsey (Zillow.com blog via BusinessInsider.com)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
- "Stucco Blues: How One Condominium Deals with a Construction Emergency, Part 3" (Ryan Poliakoff on Condo & HOA Living blog)
WebCitation archives:
Washington Heights • Harlem Co-op • Getting / Buying • Hallway • Brooklyn • Manhattan • Harlem • Great Expectations • Nelson Rockefeller • Stucco