Knight-Ridder

Q-I have a condominium unit that is multileveled. On the lower level there are three metal doors that are rusting badly. I asked the association board to repair them, and...

Q-Our condominium is getting older, and the plumbing, especially the plastic ball cock valves in the toilet tanks, are beginning to malfunction beyond repair. There have been many sudden breaks...

Q--The man who lives below us smokes a smelly cigar when he sits out on his balcony. The smell rises up to our balcony, making it totally unusuable, because I...

Q-As you know, it is hard to get people to serve on a condo board of directors. A woman on our board is licensed as a decorator in the state...

Despite a leveling off of the value of housing in many areas of the nation, a majority of prospective home buyers continue to think a home is the best financial...

Q-I live in a co-op along with 21 other owners. In our proprietary lease (co-op documents), it states that we are to peacefully enjoy the property. Our problem is that...

Q-We have a new treasurer in our condo who has posted on the bulletin board the names of all units owners who are in arrears with their maintenance payments. What...

Only a few years ago, one of the best sales pitches for housing was that a home made a great financial investment when compared with such other investments as stocks,...

The dream of many prospective home buyers that interest rates for mortgages will return this year to the single-digit, less-than-10-percent levels of the last decade, isn`t likely to happen on...

QI am moving into a new condo this month. The developer had the building fumigated before all the people moved in, but I am concerned about the future. From now...