Appraisal & Consulting

New features being added to the Appraisal Inst. web site

As we finally enter the spring season, I would like to update you on all the great features we are adding to the Appraisal Institutes Massac...

Schnell awarded the SRA designation

One of the greatest pleasures of being a chapter president of the Appraisal Institute is the announcement and awarding of a "designation" to...

Governor Patrick signs House Bill 277 into law with help from MBREA

According to MBREA, governor Deval Patrick signed House Bill 277 into law. Chapter 447 of the Acts of 2010 represents two years of diligent ...

Torto summerizes 2011 as better but sees less recovery

The New England/Upstate NY CRE Chapter held its first program with Ray Torto, CRE, global chief economist at CBRE, Boston in the global rese...

The conservation restriction: Benefits to spirit and wallet

One of the great things about owning real estate is your ability to enjoy and utilize the property over time, and potentially (at least hist...

Review of new evaluation guidelines & selecting AVM

The recently released report on Interagency Appraisal and Evaluation Guidelines (IAEG) including (OCC); (FRB); (FDIC) (OTS); and (NCUA) (col...

President's message: The last few years have been challenging

From a real estate appraiser's view, the last few years have been very challenging in relation to the local real estate markets. With all th...

Rhode Island chapter of Appraisal Institute offering overview April 18th-19th

The Rhode Island Chapter of the Appraisal Institute will be offering the two day Appraisal Curriculum Overview (15 Hours), on April 18th and...

Low ball, high ball appraisals: Are we better off? At what cost to the integrity of appraisers?

During the height of the market, no value could be too high; no sale price unjustified by market evidence, whatever and whatever it might be...

Capitalization rates to communicate risk and trends

Market makers use capitalization rates to communicate risk and related trends throughout commercial real estate markets. Like price earnings...