I will not consider buying a condo ever again.  The value my condo is not going up like single family houses.  In fact, I would get less now than before the housing market implosion and we are still paying money every year to make changes -- change all the pipes, new tennis courts, concrete work, new sidewalks, new tennis courts and other major improvements. Still the market value is not going up, only the City's assessments.  I don't know where the City gets the nerve to do this when they know our values aren't going up as shown by recent sales.  In fact, they are going down, but the City wants more money to waste.