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Home Owner's Association Dues
Home Owners' Association
A Home Owners' Association is a group of people who live in a common or
given area. Most Condominium complexes and Planned Urban Developments will have
associations which are formed to help maintain and improve the quality of the
common area.
Usually, these Home Owner Associations (HOA) require you to make a monthly
payment. These fees can be included into your loan payment per month and taken
care of by your lender. This works the same way as your property taxes.
Make sure that you get to read the HOA's rules and regulations before you buy
the house. Many HOA's have strict rules on what can be done and what can not be
done to the house.
Some HOA are so strict that they have someone driving around to ensure that
everything in the community is in compliance. Some communities have members of
the association (people who live there) actually report people also. After all,
this is for the benefit of the community you buy into. Definitely understand the
HOA policies before purchasing a home that has HOA. If you don't agree with it
and don't want to comply with it they may want to look into other communities
without HOA.
An HOA is a useful tool to preserve the property values of a neighborhood. Their
tight covenants and restrictions prevent junk cars and unkempt lawns from
ruining the appreciation rates of the neighbors. Be sure to carefully read the
Homeowners Association agreement prior to committing your self to a property or
signing a contract.
Part of you association fees will go toward providing hazard insurance on all of
the homes in the community. This insurance will typically only cover the
structure itself, and not your personal property. For this reason you should
look into taking out renters insurance to replace your belongings in the event
of a fire, theft, etc.
You can expect a steady rise in the cost of your HOA dues every year.
Many people in retirement prefer to live in developments with a Home Owner
Association such as condominiums because condos provide the convenience of
property management. Residents in these condo developments never have to remove
snow in the winters and mow the lawns in the summers.
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