As the calendar approached the start of 2012, more than 800 million people were on Facebook, 200 million people sent updates on Twitter, around 125 million were chatting away on MySpace and around 120 million people were registered use…
Holiday decorations are a bit like art—you know what you like when you see it. And our own sense of neighborliness and desire to live in a friendly community, combined with our need to respect freedom of expression, mean we must recogni…
Q “Is it legal to require board members to sign a confidentiality form even though it is not stipulated in the bylaws?” —Legitimately Concerned A “Of course it is legal for the board to require board members to sign a…
Launched just three years ago, New England Condominium’s annual Condo Expo has already become a fixture on the business calendar of vendors, service providers, board members, building staff members and residents throughout the region. Ea…
These days, the over 55-community is looking a little younger. Faced with a troubled real-estate market, developers around the U.S. are taking steps to reduce age limits to 45 or, in some cases, to lift restrictions entirely. …
Q “We have an owner in one of our units (these are condos) that always has excessive noise. A new older couple just moved into the unit behind them and has not had a peaceful night’s sleep since moving in. Last night around 3 a.m., the …
Drawing up a contract for management services looks at first glance like a simple task. Such contracts usually follow a particular format and outline similar services. But what about contract areas where there’s room for negotiation? Ho…
A proposal to ban federal lenders from purchasing mortgages in condos with deed-based transfer fees has community association leaders worried the ruling would lead to diminished operating budgets and severe disruption of the condo mark…
At a Planning Board meeting in a small Massachusetts town, the members reached an agenda item pertaining to a rather complicated land deal that involved the purchase of hundreds of acres of lakefront property. The Planning Boa…
When it comes to being green, New England’s condos have gone far beyond recycling bins. They’re doing everything from recycling water and switching to cleaner propane-powered gasoline lawnmowers to installing bike racks and walking trai…