Co-op / Condo News: Brooklyn Sgraffito, Violations Online and Love-ing Nolita
...crazy co-op neighbors, real estate license violations are now available online and condos are cool in Queens. And for co-op boards and condo associations, we've news of new tax-reform bills in Albany and 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...
- "Admitted Real Estate License Violations Now Published Online for First Time" by Adam Pincus (TheRealDeal.com)
- "6 Rules For Dealing with Unstable Co-op Owners" by Dean M. Roberts (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Co-op Board and Romanian Art Experts Team Up To Save Rare Facade" by Phoebe Neidl (Brooklyn Daily Eagle) and "Historic Facade Restoration Completed At 177-179 Columbia Heights" by Chuck Taylor (Brooklyn Heights Blog)
- "Ex-NY Hedge Fund Head Admits Swindling Clients, Condo Board, Plus Fleeing US as Charges Loomed" (Associated Press) and "Fugitive Hedge Fund Manager Pleads Guilty" by Karen Freifeld (Reuters)
- "Shareholder List Withheld by Agent" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)
- "[Condo and Rental] Apartment Complexes Blossom in Astoria" by Laura Kusisto (The Wall Street Journal)
- "A Luxury Condo Building [in Chelsea] with Views of the Skyline, and the Prison Next Door" by Elizabeth A. Harris (The New York Times)
- "The High Road: No Way Around Silent Brokers" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
- "Estranged Wife of Russian Billionaire Tries To Halt Sale of $88 Million Central Park [Co-op] Penthouse" by Barbara Ross (New York Daily News)
- "Courtney Love Adores Her New Condo in Nolita" by Frank DiGiacomo (New York Daily News)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
- "Bills Offer New Hope for Co-op Owners: Stavisky and Braunstein Want Added Protections" (Queens Chronicle) and "Relief Proposed for Co-op Owners" by Melissa Chan (The Queens Courier)
- "A Regulated Tenant in a Co-op Building / A Co-op President Who Brokers Deals" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)
WebCitation archives:
Violations • 6 Rules • Rare Facade • Historic • Hedge Fund Head • Hedge Fund Manager • Shareholder List • Astoria • Prison • Silent Brokers • Estranged • Courtney Love • New Hope • Relief • Regulated / President