Appraisal & Consulting

MBREA holds its annual installation of officers on Jan. 14th at Montvale Plaza

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Home valuation code of conduct: How to stay informed on what is happening with the code

The code is directed at lenders, their employees and agents and applies only to loans that will be sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Howev...

Avoiding appraisal fraud: Appraising your client Part 2

Part one appeared in the February 13th edition of the NEREJ in the Appraisal and Consulting section. Every appraiser knows that information...

Market conditions: Be objective despite the doom and gloom

The effect of the economy on property value has been an intriguing component of every assignment these past few months. Each segment of the ...

Housing: Are there any signs of life out there?

With the stock market sinking to new lows, a new administration unable to rally the country, credit markets still iced up, banks and corpora...

Pent up demand will support growth in economic recovery

As the grass grows, so grows our resident labor force both in absolute numbers with new entrants and in age as cohorts advance. Jobs drive h...

The need for speed in relation to the appraisal industry

How sophisticated are the computer systems in this world? Just for fun, try some of these simple exercises. 1.) Type your name into Google ...

Tannenwald of Boston Federal Reserve speaks to CRE

Part 1 appeared in the February 13th edition of the New England Real Estate Journal in the Appraisal & Consulting section. Birth Rate New E...

How much longer can we hold on?

Almost no one has been spared the impacts of the current economic woes which are global in magnitude. Real estate vacancies are increasing, ...

David Cary 2009

Name: David Cary Title: President, Mass. Chapter of the Appraisal Institute Company: Integra Realty Resources Location: 30 Congress St., Bos...