Housing Market Blues
October 20, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster If you're like me and monitor the sale of homes in your neighborhood or surrounding area, you may be noticing that some homes have been for sale for quite some time. I've noticed many homes sitting. And sitting. And sitting. In fact in [...]
HOA Day Registration is Closing
October 19, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster We've been planning for this event all year and it's hard to believe it's now less than two weeks away. HOA Day 2025 is set to be a great event, with more than 360 HOA Leaders registered so far to attend. This is [...]
HOA in NC Wins Lawsuit Over Trail Access
October 17, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster It turned out to be a Trail of Trouble for a North Carolina HOA that was recently pitted against a homeowner who literally started destroying the entrance to a walking trail on the HOA's property. The dispute started some years ago when the [...]
HOALN to Appear on Panels
October 16, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster Lynn Boergerhoff and I have been asked to appear on separate panels at the 13th Annual Minnesota Condo and HOA Summit on November 19 in Golden Valley, an educational event that applies toward continuing education credits for realtors. We are both looking forward [...]
Foreclosures Rise Across Country
October 14, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster Sad news that foreclosures are well above norms when compared year over year, with the state of Florida occupying five of the top ten markets hardest hit. From Realtor.com: There were a total of 101,513 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings during the third [...]
When a Library Causes Controversy
October 13, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster We've seen in this blog some examples of late in which HOA residents take it upon themselves to "do the right thing," but tend to operate in the polar opposite direction of what their own HOA governing documents list as allowable. Like the [...]
