urbnlivn, a seattle condo blog

Trace Lofts is looking at a rental cap and we’re curious to know what other condo buildings are capped at. If you know please leave a comment (yes we could spend hours holed up in the library looking through the public condo docs but that seems like a lot of work.)
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I recently received an email from a reader whose condo is facing a major re-model and wondering if there are other buildings that have gone through something similar:

I am working on a cost benefit analysis that will (hopefully) illustrate the feasibility of the project. In doing so, I am trying to identify condominium projects […]

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This weekend the Seattle Times reports that New state law requires condo associations to report money set aside for long-term maintenance:

Calling it the “biggest thing to happen since the Condominium Act of 1990 was passed,” longtime condo attorney Kris Sundberg says the new provisions will address “the dirty little secret of the condo world: Most […]

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Yahoo Finance has as a rather alarmist article on 10 Things a Homeowners Association Won’t Tell You (via Galen). They are:

“We Can’t Wait to Get Our Hands on Your Money — Or Even Your Home.”
“We’re More Secretive Than the CIA.”
“When in Doubt, We Sue.”
“You Won’t Be Able to Sell When You Want.”
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The Redfin Seattle Sweet Dig’s blog has a post about The Scoop on Homeowner’s Dues.
The other thing I’m starting to do is collect the amount of HOA’s per square feet new developments are charging. If you know of any for the condos on our list let me know and I’ll add them to the detail’s […]

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JD asked me today ‘do you know of any ways to assess the health of a condo home owner’s association?’ and I thought I’d throw this question out to the readers since you probably have much better suggestions than I do (actually I don’t have any.)
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