Spotlights

Mid-year report and trends: New Hampshire’s commercial office and industrial market - by Bob Rohrer

A look at vacancy rates and lease rates across the state point to several interesting trends – and the general conclusion that the New Hampshire commercial real estate market has tightened up and slightly heated up. Colliers International | New Hampshire internally tracks 61.6± million  s/f of industrial space and 17.3± million s/f of office space in buildings larger than 10,000 s/f across six New Hampshire submarkets.

Real estate management market is strong both on multifamily and office/retail side - by Christopher Mellen

As of mid-year 2017, our recovery from the Great Recession will be eight years old. Although, to many across the various industries, it doesn’t feel as strong of a recovery as it has been. To us, though, in the commercial real estate business it is hard to relate to a recent year end article in Fortune magazine that stated “If the economy is continuing to recover, most Americans have missed the memo.”

It is important for the appraiser to have some basic knowledge of maintenance equipment - by Jeffrey Dugas

In order to run a golf course, the operator must utilize personal property in conjunction with the real estate. Personal property would include clubhouse furnishings, like tables, chairs, flatware, computers, kitchen equipment, along with golf carts and grounds maintenance equipment. When valuing a going concern the manner in which an appraiser handles personal property is critical to the analysis and conclusions being reported; this is especially true with golf courses. Under federal banking regulations, it is incumbent on the appraiser to allocate the value between the going concern, it’s real estate and nonrealty (both tangible and intangible) therefore a thorough understand of this topic is paramount. 

KeyMe plans significant national expansion with key copying kiosks in 2,000 locations by end of 2017

Boston, MA KeyMe, the company that is revolutionizing the locksmith industry, plans a new, aggressive round of national expansion that ...

IREM Networking event at Rising Tide

PORTLAND, ME IREM sponsored an Brewery Tour & Networking Event on May 23 at Rising Tide Brewery. The event was coordinated by IREM Bosto...

Marijuana - Growing pains in Massachusetts! A legal update for property owners and managers - by Frank Flynn

Last September, a Springfield, Mass. man was arrested in a big drug bust -- police reportedly seized 117 pounds of marijuana from his home-grow apartment operation. Two months later, in November 2016

Insurance provides money to keep your company up and running after unanticipated events - by Spencer Macalaster

“Your building is on fire!” Terrible words to hear late at night – or anytime, for that matter. Without warning, a portion of your invested capital can disappear in a matter of minutes.

IREM Boston Chapter members on the town

Boston, MA Shown are IREM members at the Tour de Cure event, Red Sox outing and the NEBFM Tradeshow.   ...

Real estate management market is strong both on multifamily and office/retail side - by Chris Mellen

As of mid-year 2017, our recovery from the Great Recession will be eight years old. Although, to many across the various industries, it doesn’t feel as strong of a recovery as it has been.

Understanding Violence Against Women's Act: The final rules - by Jeffrey Turk and Therese Quijano

On November 16, 2016, HUD published the long-awaited “Final Rules” concerning the implementation of the Violence Against Women’s Act (VAWA).  While VAWA was originally enacted by Congress in 1994