Op/Ed

Dunwoody Lemonade Days celebrates 25 years of revitalization (GA)

Lemonade Days has been a Dunwoody tradition since 1999. The first event was held as a fundraiser for a campaign…

3 weeks ago

Urgent fix needed for South Florida condo owners as climate threatens structures

Florida condominium owners are getting buffeted from every direction, and it’s starting to hurt. Flooding, hurricanes, soaring insurance premiums, and…

3 weeks ago

Climate change is threatening South Florida condo owners. The state should help them.

Florida condominium owners are getting buffeted from every direction and it’s starting to hurt. Flooding, hurricanes, soaring insurance premiums, and…

1 month ago

‘It’s paradise lost’: Florida’s condo market is floundering

Shipman, like many Floridians, watched helplessly as the average cost of homeowners insurance across the state ballooned by about 40%…

1 month ago

Fraud charges at Kendall condo association illustrate need for effective safeguards (FL)

Alleged thefts at community associations during the last couple of years in Miami-Dade, Southwest Florida and other parts of the…

2 months ago

The Unchecked Power of North Carolina HOA’s

For most of Chuck Williams’ 30 years in Wilmington, he lived in communities governed by homeowners associations. He, like most…

2 months ago

Editorial | Rio del Mar walkway battle: ‘To the barricades’ (CA)

The Great Rio del Mar Walkway Standoff has made national news.  The battle pits 27 property owners against the power…

2 months ago

The delicate balance of HOA assessments

Hello, dear readers, and welcome to the Real Estate Whisperer, where I tackle the ins and outs of 92101 living…

2 months ago

Editorial: SC is getting more HOA complaints than ever; it should act on them

Most anyone driving past the small garden planted in the front yard of Craig and Jamie Bussard’s James Island house…

2 months ago

Florida’s unscrupulous HOAs contribute to our high cost of housing (Op/Ed)

A year ago, the headline above a Miami Herald editorial posed a provocative question – “Is America’s worst homeowners’ association…

2 months ago