Spotlights

Vermont commercial real estate market continues to show strength at mid-year

The commercial real estate market in Vermont is showing continued strength as we move through the middle of the year in 2014. The one except...

Real estate owners and developers must keep informed about tax and accounting changes

The year is halfway through and it's time to take a look forward at some of the most important tax and accounting changes as we approach 201...

Bridging a 20-year gap

— The Appraisal Institute's new appraisal review designationThe Great Depression of the 1930s brought chaotic conditions to the valu...

Where did the first half of 2014 go? Business has been good and projects are moving along

We are now into July and you may have vacation on your mind more that business. We are past the long cold winter and now complaining about e...

(Mostly) quiet on the legislative front: Real estate laws and regulations are constantly evolving

Unlike in prior years, the New Hampshire Legislature concluded its 2014 session with very few measures of significance to real estate owners...

Why use a commercial mortgage broker? To help maximize your loan dollars

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

Interview with Franklin Simon of The Simon Cos.: From hearing a life journey to learning a life lesson

Recently Eric Wilson of the New England Real Estate Journal sat down and interviewed Franklin Simon at The Simon Companies' offices in Brain...

KeyPoint Partners named property manager for 137,838 s/f Durgin Sq., Portsmouth, NH: also awarded contracts for walnut hill plaza, woonsocket and Summit Sq., warwick

KeyPoint Partners, LLC has been awarded the property management contract for Durgin Sq., according to managing partner Robert Lemons. Divid...

First Realty Management's investment in training and education adds immeasurable value for clients

All property management firms are not created equal. That's why choosing a managing agent based exclusively on the lowest fee is rarely the ...

Retailers are buying or building centers for their use and generating additional streams of income

So much has been said about our recovering economy...it has recovered...it's been a tepid recovery...the recovery is not a recovery, it's ju...