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According to a new study by Construction Coverage, a website that provides construction insurance guides, looking at the U.S. locations with the most millennial homebuyers, Millennials—generally regarded as individuals born between 1981…

A new report , Best Practices: Community Association Maintenance , is now available as a free download on the Foundation for Community Associations Research (FCAR) website. Authored by a consortium of legal, engineering, finance, and mana…

You’ve probably seen people of all descriptions playing pickleball - a super-adaptable hybrid that uses oversized ping-pong paddles to lob a hollow, perforated plastic ball back and forth over a tennis net. The game is accessible to players…

The quest to achieve a zero carbon footprint by 2050 - the holy grail set by New York City to battle global climate change - is far reaching.  So far reaching in fact, it involves nearly every component of building function and construction…

Every neighborhood - even every block, in some cities - has its own personality, its own charms…and its own issues, from lack of street parking to noisy construction sites to marauding feral cats. Whereas in decades past, neighbors might bu…

Among the many lingering effects of the pandemic in NYC is a surfeit of empty commercial spaces - many of them on the ground floors of co-op and condominium properties. Lack of street traffic, supply chain issues, and other obstacles proved…

While co-op boards have an enormous amount of influence over who is - and is not - allowed to purchase shares and call their building home, condo boards have far less power in that regard.  While co-op boards can (and usually do) reject bu…

The NYC Department of Finance Office of the NYC Comptroller recently released a report detailing options for the city to secure new sources of funding for services. Among these are two that seek to achieve more equitable taxation of real pr…

With limited space, neighbors on all sides, and no back (or front) yards, apartment living has always been about the amenities. The newest must-have? Quiet rooms.  A direct outgrowth of pandemic-related limitations and peoples’ desperate ne…

While occasional annoyances and interpersonal friction are simply part of the cost of communal living, some behaviors cross the line from minor nuisance into legitimate harassment. Knowing the difference is important—but it can be tricky to…