New Hampshire CIBOR president’s message April 2026 - by Brian Dano

NECPE: In March, the committee met with vendors and started evaluating contracts, on various systems. We have narrowed the future platform to a couple of vendors. One is tried-and-true software that other Realtor associations that have left Moodys use and saw improvements in both traffic and member satisfaction.

The other is a purpose-built tool that will be custom designed for our association, which has impressed the board and checks all our boxes in our RFP. However, the board and I fear a misstep in vendor selection, leading to another false start in the past couple of years may be catastrophic to our membership. I do worry that this decision will make or break NECPE moving forward and as such, we are carefully evaluating and negotiating with both vendors to ensure we provide the maximum value for our membership. We anticipate having an update for our membership by the end of April and will be offering first looks at the new platform by mid-May.

New Hampshire CIBOR Upcoming Events
May 1^st - Social Media Class at TFMoran
May 14^th - Deal & Drinks at Finnigan Fence
June 5^th - Ethics Class w/ CE Credit at KW Portsmouth
June 15^th - Golf Tournament at Breakfast Hill Golf Course
June 25^th - NHCIBOR BBQ at TFMoran
August 6^th -  Fall Mixer at Birchwood Vineyards
December 10^th - Holiday Party at Manchester Country Club

My Predictions
I would like to start by saying these are written a month in advance. As of end of March, the USA is in a “military conflict” with Iran. I hope, but am not holding my breath, that this conflict will be over by the time this is published. Consumers are starting to see higher energy costs, planning for slower growth, more inflation and potentially tighter capital availability.

All brokers, lenders, and civil engineers/general contractors I have talked to as of end of March, have stated that they are extremely busy. This juxtaposition of general negative sentiment to what we are seeing happen deal/ hard data wise is fascinating. My two cents are it might be as simple as war being inflationary, and real estate being a great hedge against inflation, thus spurring investments or it could be some combination of ignoring the news and pressing on.

Brian Dano is the 2026 president of the N.H. Commercial Investment Board of Realtors, Bedford and is a managing director of SVN/The Masiello Group, Bedford, N.H.