The Appraisal Institute's Candidate for Designation program was launched on January 1st and it is off to a great start. The Appraisal Instit...
The parade of regulations focused on appraisals continues to stream by. They are coming from both state and federal agencies and affect appr...
The Massachusetts and Rhode Island Chapter of the Appraisal Institute has announced its courses, seminars, and events schedule for 2013. As ...
I recently wrote about the semantic and valuation challenges of easements, where an ownership interest in real estate is encumbered with a r...
Mayor Menino recently proposed legislation that would require commercial building owners to report annual energy and water use to the city, ...
With the housing market clearly up, both in the pace and price of sales, there isn't much new news on the subject. But there are a few intri...
Appraisers slogged through the long and messy housing collapse: we were told what to do after being told we didn't do it right before, durin...
In my last article for NEREJ, the topic was about how future changes in health care would impact real estate. It also got me thinking about ...
2013 already has been a busy year for MBREA. We recently completed the relocation of our administrative offices to 50 Federal St. on the 5th...
USPAP is a statutory requirement for licensed/certified real estate appraisers. Violation of a statute can be relevant and admissible eviden...
