Appraisal & Consulting

Foreign investors and "secondary" markets

One of the more interesting factors influencing the current state of the real estate capital market is the increased presence of foreign inv...

Developers bulk sale vs. slugging it out

Over the last few weeks, I have been working on a consulting assignment for a large residential development community. Like many, the projec...

The parabolic curve of peaks and troughs: Where are we?

It seems that a while ago all real estate literature was pointing to a complete Boston Metropolitan area multifamily recovery from 2009 lows...

Geographical info. systems tools give life to real estate

We all know that "a picture is worth a thousand words." The same is true of GIS mapping results. So what is it? To paraphrase an Appraisal I...

Regulatory changes & impact to commercial property

The New England Chapter of the Counselors of Real Estate met March 25 for its second chapter luncheon of the year. The program, New Changes ...

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...