Maria Hopkins, SRA, RA, is president of Maria Hopkins Associates, Spencer, Mass.
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This year continues to be strong for housing and CRE markets. Buyers are still willing to pay going rates for real estate of all kinds. The seller’s market continues.
Boston, MA Marilyn Hett, CRE, manager, Hillsborough County Economic Development Department. Tampa, FL, is the 2017 recipient of the James Fe...
As an avid Game of Thrones fan, having read all five volumes and watched the HBO series, I think this last season was epic. But, of all that occurred, in my opinion, there was nothing more chilling than the first flake of snow that fell on Jamie Lannister’s gauntlet.
It is important for appraisers to understand the difference between cold storage and food processing facilities properly identifying their physical characteristics and market appeal.
Increasingly the idea of technology replacing the appraiser has become a source of speculation. A recent article by Joe Light on Bloomberg.com addressed the question.
Karen Friel, MAI, MRA, is the 2017 president of the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Chapter of the Appraisal Institute and principal at Friel...
The Hartford Central Business District (CBD) apartment market is booming with 795% expansion since 2002 (177 units to 1,585 units). With another 565 units in the planning/construction stages, the market could increase by another third in the next 24+/- months.
Infrastructure and readiness are on the minds of everyone lately, especially in the wake of recent disasters and crises around the country and around the globe. Mobility, nimbleness, and the ability to pivot are universal themes and relate to commercial real estate as we think harder about discrete implications.
Daniel Calano, CRE, is the managing partner and principal of Prospectus, LLC, Cambridge, Mass.
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