New England Condominium, The Condo, HOA & Co-op Monthly

Management

Introducing New Security Tech in Your Building

The Challenge of Change

In today’s world of high-tech property management and building security, there are more options than ever for managers a…

Management

2019 June

Absent Owners

Managing Communities When Nobody’s Home

2019 May

Keys, Key Fobs, and Door Codes

Controlling Access to Your Building

2019 May

Co-ops, Condos & Kids

Managing Conflict Between Families and Child-Free Residents

2019 May

Considering a Change in Management?

How to Know When It’s Time

Finance

Maintenance Fee Increases

Navigating a Rising Tide

In life two things are assured: death and taxes. In condo and HOA life, there’s a third constant: annual increases to m…

Finance

2020 February

The Importance of Robust Reserves

Don’t Get Caught Short

2019 July

Facing Financial Mismanagement

When Boards or Managers Are at Fault

2019 July

Maintenance Charge Increases

When, Why, and How to Raise Monthly Fees

2019 July

Manager, or Landlord?

Understanding the Scope of Management Responsibilities

On The Board

Managing Conflict

Managing Conflict When Boards and Residents Take Sides By A J Sidransky

One of the unique aspects of life in a co-op or condo is that a building or HOA is in many ways a microcosm of the large…

2020 February

Condominium Owner Evictions

Handling a Tough Legal Situation

2020 January

Bidding Basics

Procuring Vendors the Right Way

2019 October

Warranties and Service Agreements

What You Should Know About Coverage

2019 October

Multifamily Communities and Social Media

Why Some Go Online While Others Opt Out

Who You Gonna Call?

Response to Calls is an Essential Part of the Manager’s Job

Olivia Pope, the main character on ABC’s Scandal, is a professional fixer. If you have a problem—any problem—she can fi…

2014 January

Managing Amenities

Coping With Changing Trends

2014 January

Changing Managers or Firms?

Don’t Overlook the Details!

Successful Management Strategies

How Do You Manage?

Keeping Track of Paperwork

Properly Managing Association Records

While keeping the records of the association is not the most fascinating part of serving on a board of trustees, it is …

2014 February

Board Owner Do’s and Don’ts

What Makes a Board Successful

2014 February

The Transition

Switching from Sponsor to Owner Control

2013 February

Building a Better Board

Common Traits of Successful Boards

2013 February

Better, Stronger, Faster...

What We All Need to Know About Electronic Communication

Maintenance

Fireplace Safety and Maintenance

A Valuable Amenity Shouldn’t Be a Liability

Some lucky apartment owners can come home from work on a cold winter’s night and warm their feet by a roaring fire while…

2019 November

Maintaining Air Quality

Managing the Indoor Environment

2019 November

Elevator Refurbishment

Managing a Major Service Disruption

2019 June

Video Intercom Systems

Choosing the Right One for Your Building

2019 May

Soundproofing

Multifamily Silence Technology

Facade Repair and Restoration

How to Know When It’s Time

When you close your eyes and picture any building, you are quite likely imagining its facade – the outer shell which pro…

2019 March

Exterior Cleaning

Cleanliness and Curb Appeal

2019 March

Maintaining Exterior Spaces

Safety, Longevity, and Aesthetics

2019 March

Building Demolition

Managing Chaos, Minimizing Disruption

2018 March

Exterior Signage

Monetizing Your Outside Space

Plumbing the Depths

Pipes, Drains, and Your Building’s Water Supply

Though mostly unseen, a building’s plumbing and piping network is one of its most important systems—as anyone who has e…

2014 November

The Heat is On

Taking the Steam out of Boiler Problems

2014 November

Your Building’s Anatomy

Systems that Keep Your Condo Building Running

2013 November

Do It Yourself

Can You Save Money with In-House Labor – And Is It Worth It?

2013 November

Now is The Time

Check Today’s Financing Options for Projects

Insurance

Parsing the Insurance Market

Understanding What the Current Cycle Means to You

Insurance Rates to Rise in 2020

Communities Should Plan for Increases

Combatting Kickbacks

Spotting and Stopping Fraud in Your Community

Why Managers Quit

When the Board-Manager Relationship Goes Sour

Board Transition

Switching Smoothly From Old Board to New

Design

Repurposing Unused Space

Making Amenities Out of Nothing

The Latest in Green Design

Wellness, Sustainability and the Future of Residential Development

Alteration Agreements

The Prerequisite to Any Project

Design by Committee

Using Design Committees for Common Area Projects

Residential Architecture Trends

What’s Hot in High-Rises?

Organizations

Group Financing

Smart Planning, Smart Spending

The New England Nursery Association

Leading the Northeast's Growing Industry

Keeping it Cool

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers

Concentrating on Community Association Law

A Look at the College of Community Association Lawyers

The Association of Pool and Spa Professionals

Training, Education and Professionalism for Pool Adminstrators

News

2/21/2020 This South End condo is in a former church. Wait until you see its windows—Boston.com

The arched lattice-work windows alone make this luxury condo in a former South End church stand out.
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2/18/2020 Construction Begins on 80 Terrace St.—Mission Hill Gazette

After receiving a $6-million construction loan last month, Primary Development has begun construction on their third condo project in Mission Hill.
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2/18/2020 As home prices rise in big cities, holding out hope of buying—Marketplace

Just down the street from the Blackstone Community Center in the South End of Boston, there’s a two bedroom condo for sale for $1.2 million. That’s pretty typical for the neighborhood, which is one of the wealthiest in the city.
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2/14/2020 Biggest sales: A Beacon Hill condo with ornate molding for $5.2 million—Boston.com

Standing between the Public Garden and Charles River Esplanade is the region’s priciest home sale of last week, according to the Multiple Listing Service.
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2/14/2020 Seaplane Flights To NYC Will Soon Take Off From Boston Harbor—CBS 4 Boston

Boston’s busy harbor will soon have more travel options, as seaplanes will start flights to and from New York City in a one year pilot program.
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2/10/2020 Building a community: Residents of a manufactured home park go co-op—Mainebiz.com

When residents at Charter Oaks Village, a manufactured home community on the Biddeford-Arundel line, got a letter a year ago saying the property was going to be sold, it was a punch in the gut.
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2/10/2020 Massachusetts Turnpike project at Boylston Street and Mass. Ave. comes back to life—Curbed Boston

Plans to develop Back Bay’s so-called Parcel 13 at Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston Street stretch back to the earlier half of the past decade. Various financing and logistical challenges have held back such construction—but now it appears to be advancing.
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2/7/2020 Pleated Mission Hill condo building to pop along Terrace Street—Curbed Boston

First, that reason why smaller apartments and condos would benefit families with kids. A new Metropolitan Area Planning Council report found that a sizable share of larger homes in Greater Boston are occupied by older households of only one or two people or by groups of unrelated roommates who are invariably younger and single.
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2/7/2020 Beacon Hill penthouse puts you in the middle of it all—Boston Herald

Cobblestone sidewalks, gas lamps and brick rowhouses are hallmarks of Beacon Hill’s historic appeal. Surrounded by Boston lore and in the shadow of the State House’s golden dome, Beacon Hill is a special enclave. Those short, one-way streets that connect Cambridge Street to Myrtle or Revere streets are some of the most Boston-y sights the city has to offer, and 22 Irving St. is especially Boston-y.
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2/7/2020 Boston to consider copying New York by banning apartment broker's fee—Universal Hub

With New York State banning real-estate brokers from charging fees to renters, Mayor Marty Walsh said today he's forming a group to look at apartment broker fees in Boston.
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2/3/2020 Greater Boston’s Life Science Boom Threatens Housing Production—Banker & Tradesman

Boston and a handful of inner suburbs have played an outsized role in Massachusetts’ recent multifamily housing production. What happens if multifamily developers can’t bid enough to acquire urban development sites in the first place?
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1/30/2020 Boston’s Middle Class Is Doomed—Boston Magazine

Like a guy picking up his favorite T-shirt from college and thinking, “Yeah, I can still rock that” despite the thirty pounds he’s gained since then (yes, it’s me), Boston’s self-image is stuck in an earlier era.
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1/29/2020 Multifamily housing: An innovative avenue for first-time buyers—The Washington Post

After graduating college in 2016 with a degree in finance, Frantz Jacques began working as an account executive in Chicago and saving to buy his first home. Raised in a family of homeowners in Evanston just north of the city, he says he realized early on the benefits of owning real estate.
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1/27/2020 Everything’s getting more expensive in downtown Boston’s luxury condo market—Curbed Boston

Downtown Boston’s luxury condo market remains much, much different at the start of 2020 than the rest of the city’s condo market. And, given the sales figures at newer condo developments, some of which are set to open this year, it should stay that way.
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1/23/2020 Mass. median home sale price hits record $400,000—The Salem News

The median sale price for single family homes in Massachusetts set an all-time record last year, and a real-estate industry analyst expects the trend to continue in 2020.
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1/22/2020 Dorchester condo carved out of a single-family on sale for $475,000—Curbed Boston

The property at 66 Edson Street between Codman Square and Lower Mills in mighty, mighty Dorchester had been a single-family home. But it sold in foreclosure in October 2017 for $385,000, and a subsequent owner demolished the house in 2018, replacing it with a three-unit condo development.
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1/21/2020 Dilapidated old factory building on Braintree Street in Allston could be replaced by seven stories of small apartments—Universal Hub

A developer says it will soon file plans with the BPDA for a seven-story building filled with 147 "compact" apartments aimed at people who make a bit more than the area median income but hardly enough more to be considered rich.
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1/21/2020 If Chuck Turner got 3 years for taking a $1,000 bribe, BPDA manager should get at least 4 years for a $50,000 bribe, feds say—Universal Hub

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to send now former BPDA middle manager John Lynch to prison for four years for accepting a $50,000 bribe from a developer to arrange a successful zoning-board vote on a South Boston condo project.
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1/21/2020 The value of Boston-area housing grew to $845 billion during the 2010s, report says—Curbed Boston

The total market value of the Boston area’s housing grew 53.3 percent during the 2010s, to $845 billion, according to a new report from real estate research and listings site Zillow. That’s a $294 billion gain, and means the region accounts for 2.5 percent of the $33.6 trillion national housing market value.
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1/17/2020 Jeffrey T. Shovak (Obituary)—Chicago Tribune

Jeffrey T. Shovak, 53, lifelong resident of Windsor Locks, entered into Eternal Rest on Wednesday, January 15, 2020.
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