Appraisal & Consulting

Real estate professionals are finding it difficult to carry out professional responsibilities - by Bill Pastuszek

Bill Pastuszek, Shepherd Associates I recently was part of a panel at a mortgage lenders conference. My fellow panelists were a conveyancin...

Changing residential trends for millennials and baby boomers - by Jenny Flanagan

Jenny Flanagan, Keystone Consulting Group, Inc. Increasingly, two of the largest demographics–millennials and baby boomers–are changing...

Golf and real estate investment: Comments on risk and reward - by Daniel Calano

Daniel Calano, Prospectus, LLC Many of us real estate professionals have undoubtedly been playing work related golf tournaments this spring...

Global communities in an era of change - by David Krik

David Kirk, Kirk & Co. The Counselors of Real Estate and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors joined with Stanford University to ...

Appraisers, are you staying ahead of the pack? - by Randolph Glennon

Randolph Glennon, Eastern Appraisal & Consulting The pressure is on for appraisers to hustle and do even more in an effort to “keep a...

State of Maine’s economy overview: May 2016 - by Mark Plourde

Mark Plourde, Maine Valuation Company As we collectively gaze into our crystal ball to forecast future trends, the following information wa...

High volume of loans worsens appraiser shortage - by Maria Hopkins

Maria Hopkins, Maria Hopkins Associates We are in the middle of a very busy summer market at the same time refinances are booming due to co...

MA/RI chapter of Appraisal Institute presidents message - by John Mello

John Mello, Appraisal Institute On May 20, the Appraisal Institute issued the organization’s national strategic plan for 2016-19. It is a...

Crowdfunding: miniaturization of real estate investing - by Daniel Calano

Daniel Calano, Prospectus, LLC It seems that in real estate investing, as in many other parts of life, smaller is getting better. If not be...

Global cities and communities in an era of change - by David Kirk

David Kirk, Kirk & Co. The treasure chest of core commercial real estate assets, the American city, is undergoing transformation of sor...