Appraisal & Consulting

Green is the theme for the 23rd N.E. Appraisers Expo

Green is the theme for the 23rd New England Appraisers Expo to take place on October 21st. Co-sponsored by the Mass. Chapter of the Appraisa...

Four boards that make up the Appraisal Foundation

OK - So my spring prediction of 91 wins for the Red Sox is looking reasonably good provided the pitching doesn't collapse completely. In any...

Appraisal Institute annual meeting - Awards and speakers

The 2013 Appraisal Institute Annual Meeting drew nearly 450 attendees to Indianapolis, July 23rd-25th. The event featured five informative g...

Top 10 Issues Affecting Real Estate in 2013

In July 2012, the Counselors of Real Estate initiated its first annual Top 10 Issues Affecting Real Estate report. The report provides thoug...

The housing boom is on - The risk is on too

If you're anything like me, you're a little confused over how good the housing market really is. On the one hand, we hear about low supply, ...

Uncertainty in interest rates will have big impact

Last week, I was watching the pundits debate why the stock market had crashed over several days. They all agreed that the problem was a litt...

Appraisers: Don't stop the party? Look carefully at what the market is telling you

Real estate markets rise, fall, sputter, rise again, only to fall again. Somebody said, "It's the Economy, right?" Not necessarily. While ec...

So far, there is no reason to hold your breath or fidget

Recent volatility in the stock and bond markets reminds all of us that gradual domestic recovery and the Fed commitment to a low interest ra...

MyMBREA is beneficial to the appraisal business

About 3 years ago we launched a new online community, MyMBREA. I continue to hear from MBREA members how beneficial this has become. We have...

Appraising using hindsight, during improving real estate market

A poignant and sometimes inherently contradictory method of appraising real estate requires the appraiser to take historic sales data and ap...