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

Management

Providing a Safe Workplace for HOA Employees

Guidance for Boards & Managers

Editor’s Note: During this crisis, New England Condominium will be passing along information, tips, and FAQs submitted b…

Management

Reopening Your Community

IREM Offers a Roadmap

Property Managers Are Essential Workers

A Legal Professional's Perspective

Managing Through the Coronavirus Crisis

What Condo, Co-op & HOA Boards Can Do

March 20, 2020

COVID-19 Q&A for Condos, HOAs, & Co-ops

Keeping Pace With the Crisis

Finance

Condo Associations Face New Collection Challenges

Mass. AG's Debt Regulations Mean Well, But...

In an effort to assist residents facing severe hardship, the Massachusetts Attorney General issued new regulations on Ma…

Finance

What to Do About HOA Finances & Assessments During Coronavirus

How Associations Should Respond

2020 February

Maintenance Fee Increases

Navigating a Rising Tide

2020 February

The Importance of Robust Reserves

Don’t Get Caught Short

2020 January

Underfunded Reserves

The Dangers of Running Short

On The Board

Helping Out in the Age of Coronavirus

Lending a Hand Without Overreaching

Whether you’re living in a co-op apartment building in Manhattan, a condo on Chicago’s Gold Coast, or a townhouse commun…

2020 May

Helping Out in the Age of Coronavirus

Lending a Hand Without Overreaching

2020 April

Collecting Common Charges During Crisis

CAI Offers Guidance for Boards

CAI Releases Statement on Foreclosure Moratorium

Calls for 'Flexibility, Understanding, and Business Continuity'

Urgent HOA Business vs. Social Distancing

Two Legal Tools to Help Your Board Cope

Coronavirus & COVID-19

What Should Condos & HOAs Do?

As cases of the new coronavirus increase here in the US, the crisis has led to a number of questions from condominium bo…

2014 January

Who You Gonna Call?

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

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?

Coronavirus & COVID-19

What Should Condos & HOAs Do?

As cases of the new coronavirus increase here in the US, the crisis has led to a number of questions from condominium bo…

2020 February

Condominium Owner Evictions

Handling a Tough Legal Situation

2014 February

Keeping Track of Paperwork

Properly Managing Association Records

2014 February

Board Owner Do’s and Don’ts

What Makes a Board Successful

2014 February

The Transition

Switching from Sponsor to Owner Control

Maintenance

Spring Cleaning

Preparing Your Property for Warmer Weather

With the end of winter comes relief—gone are the grey skies and slush-puddles, and the promise of balmy days and sunshin…

April 7, 2020

The Challenges of Managing a Distressed Property

Getting Back on Track

March 20, 2020

Multifamily Cleaning Tips

Keeping Your Community Safe

Maintaining Air Quality

Managing the Indoor Environment

Coronavirus & COVID-19

What Should Condos & HOAs Do?

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

5/29/2020 Behavior of some condo owners is only getting worse—Fosters

It’s getting worse, not better. And I don’t mean COVID-19. I mean the interactions with owners. I get it. These are frustrating, scary, even dangerous, COVID-19 times. Either people know someone sick, worry about getting sick, are out of work, know someone who is out of work, or if working, fear being put out of work or catching the virus. It leads to stress, frustration, loneliness, depression, probably a list too long for single column. But nothing excuses bad behavior at a condo meeting. Nothing. Ever. It’s just not that important.
Read full story

5/28/2020 Mass. home sales down almost 14 percent in April—Lowell Sun

Home sales in Massachusetts during April were down nearly 14 percent, although buyers and sellers wrapped up 3,706 sales agreements while the state grappled with a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths and as residents largely stayed home and away from shuttered workplaces.
Read full story

5/28/2020 Goodspeed: Condo associations have a lot of power—Wicked Local

Often, these types of situations where there is selective rules enforcement are really nothing more than a cover for a personality conflict. You can try to reason with the trustees. You can try to build alliances with other owners and/or sympathetic trustees to promote your case. You can also run for trustee yourself.
Read full story

5/21/2020 Cape Cod home sales down, but interest returning through online searches—Boston Agent Magazine

The Cape Cod & Islands Multiple Listing Service for Barnstable County has reported a 43% decrease in pending single-family home sales in April, but the association notes a continuing high level of interest in homes in the area.
Read full story

5/21/2020 Dakota Partners Closes on Oak Tree Village in Connecticut—Boston Real Estate Times

Dakota Partners recently secured all permits and closed on the property at 89 and 92 Preston Road in Griswold, CT. Construction on the new affordable housing community, Oak Tree Village, began in late 2019.
Read full story

5/21/2020 In Boston, a Development’s Approach to a Changing Coastline Is to Embrace It—Metropollis Magazine

Along the formerly gritty, industrial waterfront of East Boston, high-end residential developments have been popping up over the past decade, taking advantage of the stunning views of Boston Harbor and downtown that the district offers. Among the most prominent of these projects, the 478-unit Clippership Wharf was conceived as four buildings, two of which reach out into the harbor to create a tranquil central cove for the property.
Read full story

5/21/2020 Driver Faces Charges After Jeep Crashes Into Danvers Condo—CBS 4 Boston

A Peabody man is facing charges after his Jeep crashed into a condo on Garden Street in Danvers on Wednesday afternoon.
Read full story

5/19/2020 Ethos Specialty launches U.S. real estate liability program—Reinsurance News

Ethos Specialty has announced the launch of a new commercial general liability program for U.S. real estate owners and managers.
Read full story

5/19/2020 Hudson neighbors continue to oppose marijuana manufacturing facility—WickedLocal.com

Officials with Top Shelf Cannaseurs outlined their plans Thursday to prevent noise and odors from emanating from their proposed marijuana cultivation and manufacturing facility on Brent Drive.
Read full story

5/19/2020 Billerica man burned in 2-alarm fire—Lowell Sun

A Billerica man in his 30s was taken to a Boston trauma center with serious burns after firefighters pulled him from a 2-alarm fire in a Kenmar Drive condo complex that also left residents of about 20 other units displaced on Friday afternoon.
Read full story

5/8/2020 The rich are sheltering from coronavirus in luxury retreats with guns—New York Post

It’s easier to cope with coronavirus lockdown when your backyard is thousands of acres of rolling hills, meadows and marshes.
Read full story

5/8/2020 Coronavirus Escape: To the Suburbs—The New York Times

For some New Yorkers, it’s time to get out of town for good. Cooped up and concerned about the post-Covid future, renters and owners are making moves to leave the city, not for short-term stays in weekend houses, as was common when the pandemic first arrived, but more permanently in the suburbs.
Read full story

4/30/2020 COVID-19 Safety Rules Take Shape in Boston—Engineering News Record

Temperature checks at the jobsite gate and portable toilets equipped with hot water are set to become regular features at Boston construction sites going forward as city officials put into action new safety rules in the wake of the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
Read full story

4/28/2020 Real estate Q&A: My condo’s pool and gym are closed. Do I still have to pay the full monthly dues?—Boston Herald

Yes. You must still pay your maintenance dues.
Read full story

4/27/2020 Large Massachusetts construction union tells members they can return to work—Curbed

The North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters, which represents about 10,000 workers in Massachusetts, told members that it was alright to return to construction sites if they thought they were safe. The union had pulled its members from jobs on April 6 amid concern about the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Read full story

4/20/2020 Condo sales in Boston mixed in the immediate wake of coronavirus—Curbed Boston

It is the biggest parlor game in Boston real estate right now: How will the novel coronavirus pandemic affect housing sales? A new report from Warren Residential, part of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, shows a mixed bag from neighborhood to neighborhood during the first three months of 2020 in terms of condo sales.
Read full story

4/20/2020 Pandemic leaves buyers and sellers with no place to go—Boston.com

Looking back, the March date that Eliza Peters moved out of her Braintree home did seem a bit ominous.
Read full story

4/9/2020 Rent Payments Fall as Layoffs Ripple Through U.S. Real Estate—Bloomberg

The economic pain caused by the coronavirus is translating to lower rent collections this month. Just 69% of U.S. apartment renters made payments through April 5. That compares with 81% who paid their rent by March 5, a new tracking tool published by the National Multifamily Housing Council shows.
Read full story

4/9/2020 What Boston-area homebuyers need to know during the coronavirus pandemic—Curbed Boston

The Boston area has long been a difficult place to buy a home. Prices are high compared with most of the country, and the competition for condos and houses is fierce. Bidding wars and purchase prices well over asking have been features of the market for years. All-cash offers in the high six figures and beyond are not uncommon.
Read full story

4/8/2020 Pending Massachusetts condo sales down sharply in March amid coronavirus—Curbed Boston

The number of pending condo sales in Massachusetts was down sharply in March compared with the same month in 2019, in what might be the first sign of the effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic on the state’s housing market.
Read full story

Show more news

Recent Articles

Multifamily Developers Experiencing Pandemic-Related Delays

Important COVID-19 Reporting Updates from OSHA

The Cooperator Events Presents: Virtual Voting, Meeting Remotely & Bridging the Tech Divide in Co-ops, Condos & HOAs

Massachusetts Debt Collection Ban Reversed

Q&A: Show Us the Money