Co-op / Condo News: Taxes, Price-Floor Prisoners, Lobby Renovation, More
... more on tax-fairness legislation introduced in Albany; whether no-smoking buildings affects apartment prices; a lobby renovation done right; and The Sheffield pools its resources. And for co-op and condo boards, an expert answer on who's responsible with bathtubs leak.
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...
- "Price Floors Leave Many New Yorkers Stuck in Apartments" by Tripp Whetsell (New York Daily News)
- "Lawmakers Hail 'Important Co-op Legislation'," on recently introduced tax-assessment fairness bill (The Queens Gazette; scroll down to item in multi-item column)
- "To Buy or Not To Buy In a Smoking-Prohibited Building" by Lambeth Hochwald (BusinessInsider.com)
- "Ask an Expert: How (not) to get suckered buying that new condo" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Time for a Swim at Sheffield, at Long Last" by Josh Barbanel (The Wall Street Journal) See also Habitat article "Saving The Sheffield: How Sponsor & Residents Rescued a Condo"
- "Washington Heights Tenants Band Together to Buy Building" and convert it to co-op, by Joseph Tepper (New York Daily News)
- "New Kensington [Co-op] Lobby Made by a Local" by Lauren Evans (WindsorTerracePatch.com)
- "Queens Car Salesman Bargains for $6M Laureate [Condo] Apartment" by Matt Chaban (The New York Observer)
- "Stay Away From Bad Luck Musto," on the misfortune of the one-bedroom co-op market, by Michael Musto (Village Voice)
- On the other hand: "Woo-hoo! High-End Co-op Sales Healthy in 2011" by Amanda Fung (Crain's New York Business)
- And finally, "Homeowners Who Bought in 2007 Should Be Celebrating, Not Crying Over Spilled Milk" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
- "Leaky Bathtubs: Who Pays?" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)
WebCitation archives:
Price Floors • Lawmakers • Smoking • Expert • Sheffield • Washington Heights • Kensington • Laureate • Musto • High-End • Homeowners • Leaky Bathtubs