Appraisal & Consulting

Cyclical economic activity is easily described afterwards

Cyclical economic activity is most easily described afterwards. The predictability of cyclical behavior continues to be high. However, timin...

Recap of the New England Appraisers Expo held October 21st

The New England Appraisers Expo took place October 21st at the Four Points Hotel in Norwood. This was sponsored by the MBREA and the MA/RI C...

Message from the Expo: Get knowledgeable & competent

Well as I sit in our son's den in Santa Monica, temperature a lovely 72, I have a number of snippets to run by all of you. As I am writing, ...

Major strategic initiatives for valuation profession

The Appraisal Institute, the nation's largest professional association of real estate appraisers, has announced three major strategic initia...

Dealing with challenging properties for appraisal

Every appraiser during the course of their career encounters those unique subject properties that challenge his or her professional skills. ...

Counselors of Real Estate Convention in San Francisco

Members of the New England Chapter of the Counselors of Real Estate recently attended the Fall National Convention in San Francisco. The the...

Debt ceiling: A concern but worry about underlying issues

Okay, you're worried but tired of this whole discussion on the debt ceiling. Hopefully, by the time you read this, this crisis will have pas...

"Keep it simple." - A valuable business lesson

"Keep it simple." For many people this is a favorite phrase but it is often a valuable business lesson. In many cases, the most effective so...

Residential still buoyant despite many unknowns

Recently, I've had the rather unpleasant experience of applying for a residential mortgage. Having read a fair amount about the difficulty i...

Interest rates, bubbles, spikes...end of summer? Healthy signs of a market recovering nicely

Interest rates surely affect a lot of economic actions, don't they? Rates drive real estate in very fundamental ways, we have learned. They ...