In a few short months, the new version of USPAP will be upon us. The following covers some of the issues that appraisers and appraisal users...
Norman Leventhal died recently at the age of 97. In his life's work at the Beacon Companies, he pioneered remarkable buildings and urban env...
Commercial real estate continues to benefit from moderate economic growth. The FED, characterized as muddling through its April FOMC meeting...
One of the primary functions of the Massachusetts Board of Real Estate Appraisers (MBREA) is the perpetuation of the profession and protecti...
Last year, I finally made the transition from a trainee to a certified residential appraiser. It was a long and somewhat arduous road to get...
For this month's installment I look to highly quoted people in history.
"Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environme...
In a previous issue, I had written an article about a positive change in Fannie Mae's appraisal policy. They eliminated the previous adjustm...
The 2015 mid-year meetings of the Counselors of Real Estate took place in Denver, Colorado from April 19-23. As is typical, the programs wer...
Janet Yellen and members of the Federal Reserve have done it again. Just when they have almost committed to raise short term interest rates ...
I recently taught a seminar, Understanding and Using Comparable Transactions. Developed by the Alliance for Valuation Education (Alliance), ...
