The Privatopia Papers

A commission on common interest communities had set caps on those fees, but Copening said Governor Brian Sandoval lifted those caps when h...

Nevadans Share Horror Stories of HOAs When HOAs are created to satiate government bureaucrats, rather than homeowners, it shouldn't b...

BBC News - South Africa: Toxic water 'threatens Johannesburg' : "Rapidly rising acidic water in the abandoned gold mines under ...

FT.com / FT Magazine - Aerotropolis : "“[The Koreans] tracked us down, wanted us to build a city in the ocean, and no one else was int...

Investors snap up cheap homes, new buyers miss out - Yahoo! News : "WASHINGTON – Home sales are starting to tick up after the worst yea...

This is an interesting web site that offers a pointed opinion on the causes of the current "affordable mortgage depression," as th...

It's not just the borrower who has to be up to snuff, it's the building, too, and in the Chicago area there are plenty of buildings ...

This just in from Marjorie Murray: SB561/Corbett Targets Illegal Debt Collector Contracts California Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbe...

It's called the Getty House, and apparently, its stumpy rectangular bushes -- all manicured and Tudor-styled -- are not sufficient prote...

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Heather Spaniol said she loved living in a neighborhood with a homeowner's association. But she described the pas...

Homeowners who suffer from brown lawns are being told to dye their lawn green. If they don't, they are in violation of the homeowners...

This just came in from Marjorie Murray at the California Center for Homeowner Association Law: Hi, Evan: Please post CCHAL’s NewsBrief on...

Annandale civic association elects dog as president : Dogs have many good qualities. Most of them are loyal, like people, and are housebroke...

The economic downturn and stricter mortgage standards are driving much of that decline, but economists say there's also a growing belie...

A Nevada organization called CHAMP (Concerned Homeowners Association Members PAC) describes itself as "a broad-based group of concern...

Used to be some odd symbol of “belonging”—or for some, status—to be a part of an HOA (no trailer trash here!) neighborhood. What with all t...

Activists seeking to retool the way homeowner associations operate in the state headed to Austin today to do their thing like so many oth...

Modesto Neighborhood May Hire Armed Guards To Cut Down On Crime « CBS Sacramento : MODESTO (CBS13) – Residents in a Modesto neighborhood are...

Philly Homeowner Declares He's 'Foreclosed' on Wells Fargo - The Consumerist : Thanks to Mystery Reader for this "man bites...

Facing Foreclosure Without Missing A Payment: One Couple's Housing Nightmare : "No one, the Parkers say, told them their loan had b...