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Co-conspirator in Plymouth Hill condo scam pleads guilty - Colonial News - Montgomery News Keith Brandolph, a salesperson with Siemens Fire...

Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem. - The Washington Post This is from two prominent political scientists. They have a book...

Lawsuit: HOA Guards Threatened Tenants With Tasers, Stole Naked Pictures Over Foreclosure Miscommunication - The Consumerist Renters of ...

14 more criminal cases unsealed in Las Vegas HOA probe - Tuesday, May 1, 2012 | 8:17 p.m. - VEGAS INC That makes a total of 25 criminal cas...

Maybe no housing rebound for a generation: Shiller - Chicago Tribune "I worry that we might not see a really major turnaround in our ...

Non-Disparagement - Contract Standards Here is an explanation of non-disparagement clauses like the one referred to in the article cited b...

U.S. Homeownership Hits Decade Low From a high of 73% in 2006-2007, the homeownership rate has dropped to 62% and falling.  And back in 200...

Progressive: Small but growing group of vacation rental owners with non-disparagement clauses - chicagotribune.com "It has come to our...

Canceled foreclosure sales saddle neighbors, HOAs with expenses - Tampa Bay Times Two doors away, the back yard of an abandoned home overf...

Homeowners’ head slain, wife critical | Tempo - News in a Flash CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – A president of a homeowners’ association was shot ...

Financial controls in Dixon were the perfect storm of embezzlement, an expert says - chicagotribune.com Numerous financial safeguards brok...

Downtown residential high-rises prepare for NATO summit - chicagotribune.com In just a few weeks, the  North Atlantic Treaty Organization ...

Scott urged to veto bill requiring homeowners to make neighborhood repairs | StAugustine.com In recent days, Gov. Rick Scott has received a...

In the Public Interest | A Comprehensive Resource Center on Privatization and Responsible Contracting This is a great website that I got in...

Autumn Chase Homeowners Association calms, feels aftereffects - View - ReviewJournal.com You can see Rodney Gray's comments on this ...

67-year-old Kingwood Woman Loses Home For Not Paying HOA Dues HOUSTON - This four-bedroom, two bathroom house has been Ann Izzat's hom...

Neighbour from hell ordered hundreds of taxis, takeaways and coal to victim's house | Mail Online A neighbour from hell has been jaile...

Stop-gap home? Polish flat built in an alleyway is just 5ft wide - and won't even have room for stairs when it opens in June | Mail Onli...

Armored catfish chews up South Florida lakes - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com A pesky burrowing fish that has no natural predator is wre...

Flawed analysis props up BC public private partnerships | Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives "Traditionally, governments borrow ...