Appraisal & Consulting

A good start going forward in 2014

Hopefulness has moved toward optimistic confidence of a moderate ramping of upward trending macroeconomic expansion. Mark Zandi of Moody Ana...

The Computer takes over in the appraisers profession

Residential appraisers are moving into 2014 with a new Sword of Damocles looming overhead. It's not enough that each appraisal is scrutiniz...

Financial advisor says go! Changes in housing market

Financial adviser, Deborah Borchardt, advised viewers January 2nd on the Today Show that the first six months of 2014 would be a better time...

MA & RI chapter of Appraisal Institute president's message: Chapter plans for 2014

I didn't envision I would ever be writing a president's message but here I am, newly installed and ready to go. I'm sure the year will pass ...

The very real shortage of qualified R.E. appraisers

My husband and I greeted the new year with the annual open house at some close friends of ours. Ever the extravert, my husband started a con...

Counselors of Real Estate looking forward to 2014

The New England Chapter of the Counselors of Real Estate recently wrapped up a dynamic year of programming and is looking ahead to another y...

The taper caper - Now we'll know the impact

People have been predicting for a long time, and many real estate professionals have worried, that lending rates would be on the increase. I...

After all that, are we better off? The nature of real estate and real estate appraising

Feast or Famine, it's the nature of real estate and real estate appraising. After years of a brutal housing market with low sales and refina...

Turning the page: A stable to moderate gain in 2014

Economic indicators for November are moderately upbeat, and anecdotal responses in the Beige Book for November from the Federal Reserve supp...

The appraisal profession as a whole as 2013 rolls into 2014

As the year draws to a close on my tenure as president of the MBREA, I would like to reflect on the past issues we have discussed and the st...