I was intending to talk to you about the appraisal of esoteric complex properties like Whitey Bulger’s liquor store, value of the only known tea box from the Boston Tea Party, the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant nuclear waste issue, the Quincy Shipyard $100 million bankruptcy
Russell Barrows, SRA, is 2018 president of ME Chapter of Appraisal Institute and president of Dirigo Valuation, Inc., Portland, ME.
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Bud Clarke, MAI, is the 2018 president of the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Chapter of the Appraisal Institute and senior vice president at...
Rocco Quaresima is the 2018 president of the Connecticut Chapter of Appraisal Institute and president of Elm Realty Advisors, LLC, Hartford,...
David Kirk, CRE, MAI, FRICS, is principal and founder of Kirk & Company, Real Estate Counselors, Boston.
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Considering what real estate topic to write about this time, I was between “What people want in housing” versus “Flattening of the yield curve.” The yield curve is interesting to certain personalities, and definitely has impact on real estate, but I thought I’d spare you that quantitative analysis. Maybe next time.
Strengths: Depending on one’s location, area(s) of practice and expertise, there has been, and continues to be generally strong demand...
Bud Clarke, MAI, is the 2018 president of the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Chapter of the Appraisal Institute and senior vice president at...
Cycling up after such an extended expansion is unprecedented. Like all cyclical patterns, this one will be a puzzler while unfolding. Tax reform has been boasted as a big booster, boosting GDP from 2-3% to 4.5 and 6%.
Things change in residential real estate. For the longest time, it was location, location, location. Then it morphed into a few variants, with a strong nod towards more modern design, more “green” houses, more family oriented open space