The Appraisal Institute (AI), as a leader in the field of real property valuation and an agent of change/improvement in the appraisal profession, is once again taking steps to set the highest standard of professional practice and ethics.
Recently, I saw a headline reporting a 136% rise in people seeking readings from online psychics, no doubt caused by the acute uncertainty that we all find ourselves in over the past 12 months. Uncertainty leads to anxiety, and in times of anxiety
I’m often asked what does it mean to be a CRE? Followed up by what is a CRE and what are the goals of the organization? These are all good questions and they’re questions I’ve asked myself
Over the last several years, since the 2008 Great Recession and earlier, I have written individual articles about interest rates, whether they would increase, whether it would affect real estate values, investment, and cap rates.
As we all pretty well know, industrial markets – by that, including warehousing, logistics, etc – have been the darling property sector during COVID-19. The Boston industrial market
Last month I wrote about how culture influences the creation and use of real estate. My main point was that current culture changes so quickly, leading to an uncertain future of building permanence. In this article, I am venturing a bit further, perhaps
There is a radical rapid change coming to appraisal methodology in the form of quantum computers, algorithms, and artificial intelligence. Appraisers need to get up to date with statistical modeling and away from cookie-cutter appraisals.
Grid-tied solar systems have been multiplying over the past decade in New Hampshire, and throughout all of New England, as solar technology and the financial feasibility of installing a system have both improved. A solar array can be either a rooftop system
I am writing to you this month to let you know that I am no longer the 2021 president of the MA-RI Chapter of the Appraisal Institute. Instead I am proud to declare that I am now the 2021 president of the newly merged
As a real estate appraiser who specializes in industrial properties, I frequently get questions from building owners, industrial tenants, brokers and other real estate professionals about the impact of COVID-19 on the industrial sector. Although
