Explore the declining Florida condo market: soaring costs, insurance rates, and the challenges facing owners in a shifting real estate landscape.

HOA Consumer Education for Homeowners,buyers,Housing Consumers,Condo & Homeowner Association Risks,Abuse,Constitutional,property rights,Common Interest Communities ...

By Deborah Goonan, Independent American Communities Home buyers may be drawn to HOA-governed housing because of all the so-called “advantages” promised by home builders and sales agents. But how ma… ...

By Deborah Goonan, Independent American Communities An update to the 2016 article Homeowners’ Association residents’ interests often clash with trade group CAI. A reminder that the trade group does ...

In a recent study produced for the Urban Land Institute, these are the newest buzz words in real estate development circles — “attainable housing.” The Attainable Housing study summarizes result of an ...

And this report by Lauren Ritchie of the Orlando Sentinel proves that it is possible for a homeowner with very minimal litigation experience to prevail with perseverance and a solid legal argument.

Deferred maintenance is no longer limited to low-income housing communities In the past, IAC has posted about dangerous and uninhabitable housing that had to be condemned. Thankfully, local ...

Because many legislative reform solutions have been attempted. But, have you noticed that not one of them has eliminated or reduced HOA problems? In fact, legislation often creates new HOA problems.

Once in a while, I read an Editorial about association-governed communities (homeowner associations or HOAs) that just begs for a response. From Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Kristen DeBoy Caminiti, ...

March 16, 2017 deborahgoonan 3 Comments on Research proves HOA, Condo fees have outpaced rise in home prices. Why?

This is a story you must pass onto your family and friends who do not live in an HOA – and don’t plan to – and who believe they are immune to abuse and legal action by an overzealous homeowner’s ...