Appraisal & Consulting

Multi-family markets in New England: Housing in motion

Multi-family housing in New England, in the Boston area, has always fascinated me. When I first came to Boston as a very young real estate a...

Austin and Boston: Economic and cultural similarities

Austin and Boston are comps. Economic and cultural similarities abound, and both have been heralded as urban environments of the future. Uni...

Master's class in appraising through an organization

Like professionals in many fields, appraisers who have been successfully practicing their craft for years believe they are among the best th...

Where we've been, where we are and where we're going

What do you think impacts value the most - supply vs. demand would be the obvious answer. But the availability of financing is the biggest f...

President's message: Spring has arrived!

Spring has arrived! Yes, I said it. No more false starts, no more snow storms and no more scraping windshields. The Red Sox are back, the Ma...

Are weathermen the new economists?

Baby, it's cold outside. There has been a lot of talk about the weather lately and its relationship to the economy and the health of real es...

What would happen if rates went down again? Another refinance bubble?

Housing is no longer a source of embarrassment. Housing market analysts no longer talk about recovery but worry about corrections; about too...

Sparking the market to support initial and ongoing efforts

Market analysis offers opportunities to stimulate professional and effective marketing programs for commercial real estate. The Boston metro...

MBREA - 80 years old and still going strong

We recently asked members to tell why they belong to the MBREA. Discounted education, legislative and regulatory work, networking and our me...

Legacy property ownership: Sometimes life ain't fair, kids

Any appraiser within the field knows that a case is always made more difficult when there are family interests involved. In addition to any ...