May 2013 Vol. 3, No. 5
The May 2013 issue of South Florida Cooperator newspaper focuses on Recreational Amenities & Community Programs.
In this issue, you can read about playground equipment pool maintenance, interior lighting and dealing with sensitive issues
Visit our archives to see other articles that were published in 2013.
News Briefs
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03.29.2013 Owners of Energy-Efficient Homes Less Likely To Default On Mortgages.
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03.29.2013 Florida Foreclosure Inventory Drops, But State Still Leads Nation In Defaulted Homes. Florida remains the foreclosure capital of the U.S., the Miami Herald
reported. 95,177 foreclosures were processed in the last year in the
state, according to numbers from CoreLogic.
[The Real Deal South Florida] - 03.28.2013 Florida Led the Nation in Foreclosures Completed in 2012. For the year ended in February, 95,177 foreclosures were completed in Florida more than in any other state, according to CoreLogic.[Miami Herald]
- 03.28.2013 Downtown Miami To Get New Loft-Style Condo. TNewgard Development Group is planning a 36-story, 352-unit condominium tower at 151 SE First Street, in Miami’s Central Business District, the Miami Herald reported.ower.[The Real Deal South Florida]
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03.26.2013 Nelson Wants Probe Into Florida's Foreclosure Aid Program.
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., is calling for an investigation into how Florida administers $1 billion in federal money meant for struggling homeowners.[Sun-Sentinel] -
03.20.2013 Broward Home Prices Rise 23 Percent in February.
Home prices and sales rose in February from a year ago as the hot streak for South Florida’s housing market continues.[Sun-Sentinel]
Featured Articles
The Play's the Thing
Back in the day when most of us were little kids, playgrounds largely consisted of swing-sets, teeter-totters, some monkey bars, and maybe a metal slide or two, along with the requisite basketball hoops and tetherball set-up. Read More
Let's Be Perfectly Clear
The state of Florida has long been considered a vacation and retirement destination for the rest of the United States and the entire globe. With more than 8,000 miles of shoreline and 1,300 miles of beaches, Florida’s natural water vistas are rivaled only by an abundance of swimming pools. Carvin Digiovanni, the senior director of standard and technical services for the Association of Pool & Spa Professionals (APSP) based in Alexandria, Virginia noted a total of 1,080,955 iin-ground pools in Florida, according to 2011 statistics. Those figures have likely increased over the last year; add in 617,917 hot tubs or spas and you have a very impressive amount of recreational water requiring maintenance and monitoring. Read More
All is Illuminated
Call it the Ikea-fication of America. It seems that more and more people are getting interested in design, especially when it comes to their own home. In decades past, household furniture and decorations didn't vary a whole lot. Growing up in the twentieth century, odds are your friends' homes probably had a pretty similar couch and coffee table as your own. Thanks to new technology and an explosion of interest in retro styles, that has changed. Read More
That's Criminal!
Serving on a condo board has its challenges—mostly of a relatively mundane, everyday sort, like how to pay for new carpet in the clubhouse, or what kind of flowers to put in the new beds out front. Occasionally however, a much more sensitive issue comes along, involving potentially volatile legal or security situations, like residents with restraining orders or serious criminal histories. How such issues are handled is of crucial importance, and can impact not just a community's administration, but its morale, cohesion, and ultimate value. Read More
