condo
Americannoun
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condos
plural
noun
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Origin of condo
An Americanism first recorded in 1970–75; by shortening; cf. -o
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In 2025, about 85% of condo listings included mention of HOA fees, while 33% of single-family homes did.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
They had been living in nearby Danvers in a two-bedroom condo unit they’d bought in 2020 and wanted extra space for their toddler and their dog.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
A large share of condo homeowners associations are underfunding their reserves, potentially leaving them vulnerable to expensive surprise repairs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Many condo associations likely fall short of this requirement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
She walked up to the driver’s-side door on the way to her condo.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
“Yes, I am old and I am 80, and I do own condos and other businesses,” he noted.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Bill has been involved in multiple business ventures; he reluctantly told me that these include at least one other Trump store, in Gatlinburg—another former Cupid’s Outlet—as well as condos in Florida.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
He compared it to Wall Street’s genius creation, all those years ago, of those mortgage-backed securities that allowed them to leverage endless empty condos in the Las Vegas desert.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
At the same time, Fannie Mae is loosening some insurance requirements for condos that lenders had said were too burdensome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Had this amount been available to me in monthly installments in Minneapolis, I could have moved into one of those “executive” condos with sauna, health club, and pool.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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