Division Notifications

Homeowner associations can be a great mechanism for reducing individual owner responsibilities, elevating neighborhood appearances, improving amenities and increasing property values. They can also foreclose on your home - under the right circumstances.

Denver - The Division of Real Estate (Division) continues to receive calls regarding what appears to be timeshare scams targeting Colorado consumers, real estate brokers, and out-of-state consumers. In the current version of the scam, timeshare owners are cold-called, mailed or emailed solicitations from an unlicensed business entity purporting to be a full service property management company, real estate brokerage or title and escrow company that lists and sells timeshares.  

Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) provided new guidelines to help explain certain obligations of housing providers under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) with respect to animals that individuals with disabilities may request as reasonable accommodations. While this issue has caused much confusion for landlords and property managers, these guidelines will assist in creating a set of best practices for complying with the FHA when making these assessments and to avoid violations.

In this second installment of a four-part advisory series, licensees will learn how to be compliant with the “Scope of Work Rule.”