Co-op / Condo News: A Property-Tax Uptick — And Queens Is Ticked Off!

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 Buying, Selling, Living...

• "Ask an Expert: Can we still buy a co-op if we flunk the debt-to-income test?" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)

• "Some City Co-ops Become More Accepting of Dogs" by Jill Urban (NY1 News)

• "Ready, Set, Hike in City Property Taxes" by Josh Margolin (New York Post)

• "Politicians, Apartment Owners Renew Call for Property Tax Reform" by Rich Bockmann (Times Ledger, Queens); "A Tale of Two 'Glitches'" by Matthew Hampton (ForestHills.Patch.com); and "Leaders: Property Taxes Must Be Fair, Predictable" by AnnMarie Costella (Queens Chronicle)

• "On 52nd Street, a Co-op’s Members Think Numerals Are Holding Them Back" from the cachet of a name, by Elizabeth A. Harris (The New York Times)

• "Brooklyn Home Sales Rise 6.1% on Surge in Deals for Lower-Priced Co-ops" by Oshrat Carmiel (Bloomberg.com)

• Contractor Michael "Borcina [of the Christmas fire in Connecticut] Has Troubled Legal History," including a lawsuit involving an Upper West Side co-op, by Jeff Morganteen (Greenwich Time, Conn.; page 2 of story)

• "It Is Up to Brokers to Ground Clients in Reality" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)

• "Full Floor at Exclusive Fifth Avenue Co-op Available for $30 Million" by Guelda Voien (TheRealDeal.com)

Co-op / Condo Board Issues...

• "'Landmark' Co-op, New Windows / A Corporation as a Neighbor / How Co-ops Set Maintenance Fees" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)

WebCitation archives:

Debt-to-Income • Dogs • Ready, Set • Politicians • Glitches • Property Taxes • 52nd Street • Brooklyn • Borcina • Brokers • Fifth Avenue •  Landmark/Corporation/Maintenance