Appraisal & Consulting

Hope for 2011 appears reasonably well justified

The clarity of the complexity of the commercial real estate market improves with each sluggish tick of time and transaction closing. Locally...

Thank you to the members of MBREA

How quickly a year passes. Was it almost year ago that I sat down to write my first article for this publication? In that article, I talked ...

MBREA has an excellent Open Forum for Appraisers

The Massachusetts Board of Real Estate Appraisers has an excellent Open Forum for Appraisers in the member section of their web site. Member...

President's message: Looking backward and forward

My tenure as president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Appraisal Institute is coming to an end. I will soon be replaced by the able J. M...

Location, location…How real estate varies in different areas

My location as I write this article is Breckenridge, Colorado, that well known ski resort town that is definitely becoming a four seasons' h...

Now is the best time to become a member of MBREA

I heard a radio ad offering 3.99% financing with no points or closing costs and wondered if people who just refinanced with do so again. We ...

Half empty is half full when is comes to Boston's market

In Boston, where a reported billion dollar transaction for the Hancock Building is pending, underwriting vacancy in commercial real estate h...

The places you will go when you join the Appraisal Institute

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...

What are appraisers to do? Catch up on education!

During the days of the last real estate debacle, appraisers were busier than one armed paper hangers. Lending institutions established appra...

"How does a counselor learn to be a counselor?" Part 1

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...