{"id":10,"date":"2026-09-10T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/margodesantis-com\/2026\/09\/10\/ways-to-spot-hoa-risks-before-you-buy-a-home\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T10:00:00","slug":"ways-to-spot-hoa-risks-before-you-buy-a-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.margodesantis.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/10\/ways-to-spot-hoa-risks-before-you-buy-a-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways to Spot HOA Risks Before You Buy a Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>After more than 25 years living and working in Westchester County, I&#039;ve seen just how important it is to look closely at homeowners\u2019 associations (HOAs) before buying a home. I always encourage buyers to dig into the details: check on upcoming projects, see that reserve funding is strong (over 70% is ideal), review recent insurance claims, and get a feel for the community itself. Aging buildings and rising HOA dues can create real financial headaches if you\u2019re not prepared. A little extra homework up front helps ensure your investment truly feels like home.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realtor.com\/news\/trends\/four-ways-to-spot-hoa-risks-before-you-buy-a-home\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After more than 25 years living and working in Westchester County, I&#039;ve seen just how important it is to look closely at homeowners\u2019 associations (HOAs) before buying a home. I always encourage buyers to dig into the details: check on upcoming projects, see that reserve funding is strong (over 70% is ideal), review recent insurance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":246,"featured_media":36,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.margodesantis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.margodesantis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.margodesantis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.margodesantis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/246"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.margodesantis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.margodesantis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.margodesantis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.margodesantis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.margodesantis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.margodesantis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}