Northern New England

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...

Supreme Court extends constitutional protections for development

In Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District, decided in June, the U.S. Supreme Court gave another victory to landowners and devel...

Commercial real estate in southern Maine continues to thrive

There is a palpable increase in enthusiasm across the board in Southern Maine's commercial real estate markets. Continued low interest rates...

From the eyes of a real estate industry expert witness

As I've often been asked to give an expert opinion on real estate litigation, judging one's peers might be the toughest part of my professio...

Chittenden County's commercial market is flourishing, particularly greater Burlington

Slow, steady growth has characterized the commercial real estate market in Chittenden County and particularly the greater Burlington area, t...

Building green - The quiet revolution that is hardly over

You may not have noticed, but in many ways, the "building green" movement has undergone a quiet metamorphosis. Not so long ago, the subject ...