Condominium Homeowner Association News
January 2010 - Imagineers Picks:
Hard Times for Homeowner Groups -
The Washington Post 1/21/09 :(click here)
Increase in duties, downturn leave some struggling financially.
Mortgages: Reaching Out to Condo Buyers
The New York Times 11/22/09 :(click here)
Last year the federal government raised the maximum F.H.A. loan amount and relaxed rules that had limited the number of condominiums that would qualify for F.H.A. loans.
CT Court Opinion on Willful Failure to Comply With CIOA Connecticut Law Tribune 10/31/09 :(click here)
First Impression on Willful Failure to Comply With Condominium Interest Ownership Act.
Connecticut Judicial Branch - Law Libraries OLR Research Reports from 2009
Compensating Condominium Owners for Municipal Services -2/27 - 2009-R-0138 (click here)
Research question on whether other states' laws allow municipalities to compensate condominium owners for trash pick up, snow plowing, or other municipal services they pay for through property taxes but do not receive.
Condominium Act-Rights of Unit Owners - 2/20/09-2009-R-0123 (click here)
Research question on whether unit owners can take the Condominium Act to contest decisions and actions taken by association of unit owners' board of directors. Also research question on whether the act authorizes a unit owner to repair significant damage to his/her unit (but not in the common elements) without board approval.
Connecticut Home Sales News:
CT Home Sales - Hartford Business.com 12/4/09 :(click here)
Housing Market Shows Slight Improvements - Hartfford Courant 12/4/09 (click here)
Region's Housing Market Gets Lift - The Day 1/1/10 (click here)
November Home Sales Rise from '08- New Haven Register 1/1/10 :(click here)
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