The Maryland General Assembly passed House Bill 620, which, if signed into law by the Governor, will take effect on October 1, 2010. The newly enacted law will expand common element and common area warranty protections in condominiums and homeowners associations beyond the period of a developer’s control. It extends the implied condominium common [...]
The current session of the Maryland General Assembly is considering new legislation that would expand common element and common area warranty protections in future condominiums and homeowners associations. House Bill 620 proposes to expand the application of both the three-year condominium common element warranty, and the one-year homeowners association common area warranty, for projects created [...]
Legislation has been proposed in the current session of the Maryland General Assembly that would provide some relief to condominiums and homeowners associations in the event of a foreclosure. House Bill 842, known as the Residential Association Sustainability Act of 2010, provides that a specified portion of a lien on a condominium unit or lot [...]
It has been nearly 30 years since I first became involved in the representation of a condominium association that was confronted with construction defect issues. That case was litigated for several years, and eventually grew to engulfing a multitude of parties, including developer entities, the general contractor, design professionals, engineers, numerous subcontractors and suppliers, [...]
Marylandcondolaw.com is written by Raymond D. Burke, a principal in Ober|Kaler’s Construction Group. One of the region's top construction and real estate development lawyers, Ray has more than 25 years of experience in matters relating to condominium and other multi-use development matters.
Ober|Kaler’s Construction Group offers comprehensive legal services to condominium, homeowner and community associations throughout the mid-Atlantic. We provide legal advice and dispute resolution services to boards of directors of condominium and community associations regarding the management of their communities. We also help resolve disputes arising from defective construction of condominiums and other multi-family residential communities.