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Talk about an education in real estate: recent condo developments on the Upper East and Upper West sides have coincidentally both involved the displacements of two schools at their respective construction sites. At East 85 th Street and…
If you're looking to buy a new condo in New York City, perhaps now is the time to do so. According to a Wall Street Journal report published yesterday, sales for new condominiums fell during third quarter 2018—a drop of 30 percen…
A condo community in Wayne, New Jersey is experiencing a case of sticker shock after its residents learned they would have pay for foundation repair work. NorthJersey.com reported that the owners of condo-townhouse complex Brittany Chase…
Last April, The Cooperator published an update on the conversion-to-condo project currently underway at Manhattan's famed Waldorf Astoria hotel. The precarious financial situation of Anbang Insurance Group , the Chinese company tha…
Housing Development Fund Corporation (HDFC) cooperatives were set up some 40 years ago as a means of establishing home ownership opportunities for low-income residents in New York City. The program also served to help the city stabilize nei…
Most co-op, condo, and HOA board members are not legal professionals - they're volunteers who participate in the governance of their community out of a sense of duty and the desire to have a say in maintaining the value of their and their n…
It appears that the owners of a condo building in Manhattan’s Soho neighborhood are relieved that one of their own has finally moved out. The New York Post reported that celebrity photographer Ken Nahoum, who once owned a penthouse at 95…
The seemingly perpetually under-construction Hudson Yards redevelopment – spanning the area from 29 th to 43rd streets between 7 th Avenue and the West Side Highway in Manhattan – is often the target of critique for everything from co…
A conscientious, forward-thinking co-op, condo, or HOA board should always be looking for ways to improve their community's energy efficiency - but at the same time, board members must keep the cost of new, greener equipment and upgrades fi…
Compared to rowdy annual meetings or catastrophic plumbing leaks, insurance may not seem like the most exciting aspect of serving on one's co-op or condo board. But neglect it at your peril! Mishandling claims - whether deliberately or acci…