Imagine your dream home. Maybe it’s a beautiful apartment in the sky, or a dramatic townhouse overlooking a lake or golf course. Maybe it includes a state-of-the-art gym or pool—or both—only steps or floors away. In the mood for a movie? Wh…
In a typical co-op, condo, or homeowners association, residents have a lot to say about how their building or community is or should be functioning … but few actually step up to run for and serve on the board that does the actual governing.…
While experts predict an improvement in mortgage markets and builder outlook for the U.S. housing market in 2024, the number of new communities and existing home sales will be subject to a series of domestic and international issues. The ge…
With most home moves occurring between April and September, now’s the perfect time for homeowners to start preparing to sell their homes, according to the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors® (NVAR) which recently released six tip…
Whether you’re a manager or a board member, running a condo, HOA, or co-op has never been an easy job. There’s always a capital project to fund, a contractor to hire, a dispute to resolve, a leak to repair...the list can feel endless. …
Amid roiling national and international political upheaval, the prohibitive cost of housing for all but the wealthiest homebuyers in nearly every US market remains a cause for great concern. In an October 15 statement, National Housing Conf…
In 2017, a Boston couple was brutally murdered in their penthouse apartment in a high-end condominium building. The murderer, the former employee of a company that supplied concierge services to the condo, had worked there, and so knew the …
The doubling of interest rates in the past 18 months has certainly had a chilling effect on sales of all types of private homes, whether they be condos high in the sky, co-ops in quaint, pre-war walk-ups, or detached single family homes in …
According to a June 14 press release , the National Housing Conference (NHC) in partnership with the Black Homeownership Collaborative has developed a free mortgage affordability calculator to help all home-seekers - particularly those f…
There was a time not so long ago when having ground floor commercial space—or any rentable non-residential space, really—was a huge asset for a condominium or co-op building. The income stream from the space to the community helped offset o…