Spotlights

Pending sales skyrocket, but trouble with comparisons

Real estate moves in mysterious ways, and in recent months a slight mystery has begun to emerge: All this summer, the Massachusetts market w...

Cyber and data protection - real problems for real estate professionals

Hardly a week goes by without some report of a major hacking incident or security threat to some large corporation or government entity. We ...

Insights from third annual "Hot Topics" luncheon

The New England Chapter of the Counselors of Real Estate recently held its third annual "Hot Topics" luncheon. The gathering provided an opp...

Suburbanization: Deja vu, all over again?

Being a baby boomer, I have been fascinated with the demographic impact of this large group. But, as we boomers become old news, Millennials...

It's all about the market: There are many sub-markets within a market

For housing, 2014 has been a year of lowered expectations. After a gangbuster 2013, expectations haven't quite lived up to the hype. With lo...

Duffy Properties re-signs LaVallee's Bakery to 10-year 16,500 s/f lease at Waverly Oaks Office Park

Duffy Properties re-signed a 10 year, 16,500 s/f lease with LaVallee's Bakery Distributors at their current 117 Beaver St. location. Since M...

Union Studio and NOW Communities Neighborhood win second national top honor for Concord Riverwalk

In response to trends exhibited by the 2014 Builder's Choice award recipients, Builder Magazine observed "Community is crucial, sustainabili...

When committing yourself to sustainability, start with a phone call to an architect

There has been much discussion about "green" and "sustainable" architecture - so much, in fact, that I fear acres of forest have been lost t...

Get out of the way... Trucks are coming. Where is everyone going on Routes 128 and 495?

Have you noticed all the cranes in the sky...not the beautiful, long-necked birds, the steel monoliths that block out the sun. Those buildin...

Massachusetts' new retainage law: Good neighbor or neighborhood bully?

Whenever a new family moved into our neighborhood when I was a kid, we pondered whether they had a son and, if so, would he get along with a...