Northern New England

NHCIBOR is in full swing for September

August was a quiet month for our Realtor Board, as many of our members spend time with family and friends at one of the many lakes or beache...

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...

Lang McLaughry Commercial leases 1,000 s/f to Smart Mobility

According to Bruce Waters, CCIM, senior broker for Lang McLaughry Commercial, Smart Mobility, Inc. has leased 1,000 s/f at the Billings Comm...

Why use the services of a commercial mortgage broker? To get the best deal for the client

With the range of lending sources available today to the real estate developer and owner, the question is always asked, why use the services...

Strong finish to 2013 will lead to continued growth in the coming year

2013 has shown solid growth in several market sectors of the construction industry and we see this growth to continue, and possibly accelera...

Looking at the Affordable Care Act: Effective long-term planning is essential to employers

While most of the attention on the Obama administration's health care law has been on providing coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Am...

Summer was slow, but we are gearing up for fall with activity already picking up

From all accounts this summer was a little strange (not only the heat and rain). I thought it was just me, but after speaking with other ret...

Huge tax savings on capital gains by using Section 1031 Tax Deferred Exchange

The lazy, hazy days of summer may be in full swing but there's no "just hanging around" happening here in the §1031 exchange division. Th...

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 ...

The architectural outlook in real estate relies on understanding the market conditions

When looking at the architectural outlook in real estate, developers and architects need to look at the market conditions that prevail. Ever...