Co-op / Condo News: Pigeon Coop, Mortgage Scams, Ricky Martin, More

Read all the latest co-op / condo news for buyers, sellers and board members in Habitat's weekly Monday News Roundup. Also included: Permanent archival links. If a link ever goes dead, you'll still be able to read the backup at WebCitation.org.

Co-op / Condo Buying, Selling, Living...

• "Owner of Tina Catherine Eyewear in Chelsea Suing over Pigeon-Loving [Co-op Owner]" by Barbara Ross, Tracy Connor & Christina Boyle (New York Daily News)

• "Only New York Condo Prices Did Not Weaken as the Third Quarter Ended" by Maureen Maitland (Standard & Poor's Housing Views blog)

• "Internet Mortgage Scams" by Judy Martel (Bankrate.com)

• "Dear Ms. Demeanor: Tipping the amenity staff at the holidays" by Jamie Lauren Sutton (BrickUnderground.com)

• "[Co-op Proprietary] Lease Expiration Raises a Question" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)

• "Some Sellers Shouldn't Reduce the Asking Price" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)

• "Charging Stations Await Cars" at Seward Park Co-op in Lower East Side, Visionaire condo in Battery Park City and elsewhere, by Alison Gregor (The New York Times)

• "Ricky Martin Finds Plush New York Condo [to Rent] During [His Run in Broadway's] 'Evita'" (Fox News Latino)

Co-op / Condo Board Issues...

• "NoHo Real-Estate Pioneer Leaves a Rent-Fight Legacy" involving retail-space rent paid to co-op, based on what the now-pricey area was like in battered 1978 New York, by Laura Kusisto (The Wall Street Journal)

WebCitation archives:

Pigeon • NY Condo Prices • Scams • Amenity Staff • Proprietary Lease • Asking Price • Charging Stations • Ricky Martin • NoHo