Appraisal & Consulting

Recourse: Risk and rates in the real estate market

We have all read enough about the credit crisis to understand its ramifications in financial and real estate markets. We also know it is a l...

Real estate as an effective hedge against inflation

Real estate has traditionally been an effective hedge against inflation. Because of its limited liquidity, real estate has historically bee...

The Mass. chapter of the Appraisal Institute held its Summer Social - June 12th

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The untimely demise of the residential appraiser

As events are unfolding in the real estate appraisal profession, we may be witnessing the untimely demise of the residential real estate app...

There is a silver lining: Preparing for improvement

With the housing market experiencing a slow down many appraisers are finding themselves with more time on our hands. Time that can be spent ...

A tale of two markets: Commercial and residential

Over the past 12-18 months my work has been split between analyzing the residential development market, and completing appraisals of investm...

N.E. Economic Partnership forecast for 2008-2012

On May 29th N.E. Economic Partnership (NEEP) released its spring forecast which was qualified by the recent reforecast just released by Mood...

Economic prospective for '08 at CRE national convention

At the Spring CRE Convention in Chicago on April 13-15, Richard Conklin of Pro Logis and Dan Reynolds of LaSalle Investment Management gave ...

Real estate amenity: Good for developments or not?

In down markets, we are all aware of the problems that troubled real estate can cause for its neighbors. For example, a few condo unit owne...

Understanding unique R.E. from an appraiser's viewpoint

Unique is defined with words like remarkable, being the only one of its kind, and distinctively characteristic. Combining this word with rea...