Transparency of HOA fees assoicated with transfer of real property

* With no support from stakeholders including the MLS/Matrix rules and regulations committe, CAR legislative committee, my state Senate and House representatives or local boards, it took 2 years via the Contracts committee to get Section 7. of the Contract to Buy and Sell Real Estate to include the requirement that Sellers provide HOA/CIC documents and ALL fees to Buyers by the Assocation Documents Deadllines.

* As a licensed Realtor and homeowner, for years, I have been troubled by the lack of transparency and cooperation in even obtaining tje excessive and random fees charged by Assocations or their managdment.

* I tracked and can make available a spreadsheet of over 100 transactions involving CIC communities and found the AVERAGE fee total from HOA property sales was over $1,100. My most recent transaction had over $1300 in fees, including a $450 charge for a status letter from a SECONDARY HOA, and $250 for the primary HOA.

*I urge the consideration of legislation regulating the fees that assocaitons can charge as CCIOA is vague and allows CIC's to arbitrarily determine what they can charge, by when and who can obtain them, AND that these fees should be made easily and publicly available for review by homeowners and prospective Buyers BEFORE they decide to make an offer on a property in an HOA community.

* I've heard there is such a thing as a website that could provide those fees publicly.