Pamela Dittmer Mckuen

Most community associations by now have gotten the message they need a reserve study. What they aren't so sure of is what to do after they get it. So they...

The presidential election is just weeks away, and campaign signs are proliferating like spring flowers. In neighborhoods that are governed by associations, the signs often are more divisive than the...

The presidential election is just weeks away, and campaign signs are proliferating like spring flowers. In neighborhoods that are governed by associations, the signs often are more divisive than the...

Greater numbers of condominiums now qualify for mortgage financing insured by the Federal Housing Administration. That's because this month the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which oversees the...

Greater numbers of condominiums now qualify for mortgage financing insured by the Federal Housing Administration. That's because this month the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which oversees the...

It takes more than a neat, attractive condominium or town house to make a sale at a fair price. Buyers have heard the horror stories of steep special assessments and...

It takes more than a neat, attractive condominium or town house to make a sale at a fair price. Buyers have heard the horror stories of steep special assessments and...

Community association boards and finance committees will soon be building budgets for 2013. It won't be a simple task. Many associations have been hit hard with high delinquency rates, mortgage...

Community association boards and finance committees will soon be building budgets for 2013. It won't be a simple task. Many associations have been hit hard with high delinquency rates, mortgage...

Delinquent condominium owners historically have been told to pay up, no matter how well the board took care of the property. But an Illinois appellate court this summer said just...