Appraisal & Consulting

Wealth gap impact on real estate: Large, and hard to fathom

It is not new news that the gap between the richest and poorest Americans widened in the years after the great recession, despite overall ec...

2014 New England Appraisers' Expo held October 6th

The 2014 New England Appraisers' Expo was held on October 6th at Sheraton Four Points Hotel. The morning's open session featured state regul...

Counselors of Real Estate's Fall Convention in Boston

Members of the New England Chapter of the Counselors of Real Estate (CRE) joined counterparts from around the globe at the 2014 Annual Fall ...

President's message: The holiday season is here

The holiday season, really? How can it be? Turning back the clocks and the associated getting out of work in the dark is my queue that winte...

Collateral underwriter: Fannie Mae's foray into the future

Fannie Mae is launching the latest in computer driven appraisal review with the advent of collateral underwriter (CU). This is a tool that w...

Vermont Appraisal Institute committed to being an education leader

In 2010, the Vermont Chapter of the Appraisal Institute's board of directors and chapter leadership acknowledged a market transformation was...

Data abounds: Economic growth and employment gains stabilize market

The recent release of economic data supports buoyancy that has been frequently missing during this recovery. Economic growth and employment ...

Appraisal recordkeeping, security and data storage: Surviving the paperless office

While drowning in information, digital and otherwise, I've been thinking about surviving in the paperless office of the future. Many of us, ...

Appraisers who understand what clients want now, rather than react, will thrive

I don't want to raise the alarm but dramatic changes are occurring (and will continue to occur) in appraising. I will focus first on the res...

Alternative investments and the rate pile

The pricing of commercial real estate investments is determined by the market alternatives. For institutions, alternative investments includ...