In Boston, where a reported billion dollar transaction for the Hancock Building is pending, underwriting vacancy in commercial real estate h...
A popular book by Dr. Seuss is titled Oh. The Places You'll Go. It got me to thinking about the places I have been and properties I have app...
During the days of the last real estate debacle, appraisers were busier than one armed paper hangers. Lending institutions established appra...
The New England/Upstate NY CRE Chapter held its first fall event on Sept. 21st at The Algonquin Club in Boston. This luncheon event was enti...
Part I: There is a growing school of thought that bubbles - real estate, stock or otherwise - are inevitable; i.e. that they are now part of...
Many residential appraisers are in full crying mode about nearly everything. No reason to be overly sympathetic. While the current crisis ha...
On Tuesday, September 21st, the Massachusetts Chapter of the Appraisal Institute and the Massachusetts Association of Assessing Officers hel...
A "dead cat" bounce is a Wall St. term that refers to a brief, usually unfounded, recovery in the stock market. The term derived from the id...
Appraisals are at the core of most financing related transactions. Much is said about the accuracy of appraisals, the pressure brought to b...
A consistent issue is the use of private verses MLS sales. There are those that advocate only using MLS sales and others who feel that some ...
