Appraisal & Consulting

Appraisal Expo 2009 message: Proceed with caution!

At the New England Appraiser's Expo co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Board of Real Estate Appraisers (MBREA) and the MA Chapter of the Appr...

The expanding universe of distressed assets: Commercial real estate

We have all been exposed to the "other shoe" theory with regards to commercial real estate. While the current climate suggests that the fore...

Appraisal Institute - Local and national update

Recent Events On October 26th, The Massachusetts Chapter ran three commercial appraisal seminars at the New England Appraisers Expo in Norwo...

Commercial real estate - The next potential crisis

For the uninitiated, CRE is an acronym for commercial real estate. Those of us who were awake and aware during the last major real estate de...

Rodgers of RER at New Orleans CRE Convention

The Counselors of Real Estate held its national meetings at Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans from October 11th-14th. On Monday, Oct. 11th, Ch...

Residential R.E.: A different kind under foreclosure

Normally, I don't get emotional about real estate. After all, it's really just a box full of stuff. Warehouses and buildings hold stuff that...

The Home Valuation Code of Conduct progress report

The Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) became effective May 1st and profoundly affected the ordering and conduct of residential appraisal...

The Greater Boston Housing Report Card for 2009

The Greater Boston Housing Report Card for 2009, released in October, reported that on one measure housing affordability in Greater Boston h...

The second shoe to drop: A boot or a slipper?

It's yet another anniversary that has come upon us very quickly. This month is about one year since our financial system really blew apart, ...

HVCC: What have we learned after four months?

Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) stories are in the news everywhere you look these days. As the arm of the Code reaches out it seems to...