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The Market and the market: bridging the gap - Part 1

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The following observations focus on residential (1-4 units) markets since that is where the greatest pain is being felt and these markets are deeply immersed in a long downturn. I am constantly amused by the gap between perception and reality. See below.
The market and the markets. While it is useful to try to understand what the media thinks people should be thinking about real estate (perception), there is no the market. There are only markets (reality). Keep this in mind

The Market ...

N.E. chapter of CRE and CoreNet hold May 29th event

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The New England/NY chapter of CRE and the New England chapter of CoreNet held its first joint event that took place as an evening program on May 29th at the Cummings Trade Center 128 in Woburn, Mass.
The Trade Center is a new LEED certified office building. The event was held from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. with approximately 64 CRE and CoreNet members and guests attending this event. The program included a networking event and an educational session about the Trade Center project. The program was ...

Recourse: Risk and rates in the real estate market

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We have all read enough about the credit crisis to understand its ramifications in financial and real estate markets. We also know it is a lot harder to get commercial loans because of it. Most recently, however, I have been seeing articles pop up on new obstacles: that is, personal recourse for these loans. As credit tightens, and more equity is required, it stands to reason that eventually lending would return to personal recourse liability.

Those of us who were around in, and survived, ...

Real estate as an effective hedge against inflation

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Real estate has traditionally been an effective hedge against inflation. Because of its limited liquidity, real estate has historically been held for long term investment. The impact of the economic or business cycle on real estate has varied somewhat historically; however, the job dependency of demand for real estate does bind them. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met on June 24th-25th and voted to maintain target for the federal funds rate at 2%, the pause as expected, because of: ...

The Mass. chapter of the Appraisal Institute held its Summer Social - June 12th

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