Spotlights

Debt ceiling impacts: A concern, but worry more about underlying issues

Okay, you're worried but tired of this whole discussion on the debt ceiling. Hopefully, by the time you read this, this crisis will have pas...

Remembering the basics can be important in economic development

You know the book "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten?" As the president of a local development corporation in the greater...

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...

More of the same for most markets as supply and demand goes unchanged for the foreseable future

What can we expect for years to come; much of the same with modest improvement. The industry got a shot in the arm in 2012, as rounds rose b...

Now is a good time to review your insurance coverage in the context of a catastrophic event

A tide of flood insurance rate increases is rolling in, despite the efforts of state and federal legislators to stem it in waterlogged areas...

Top trends in the Mass. commercial RE market: rents rising, vacancy lowering and spec building

Although the real estate recovery is slow, the commercial real estate market is showing definite signs of improvement. As a mid rear review,...

Greater Boston area multi-family properties continue to be hot commodity, even with rate increase

Multi-family properties in the Greater Boston area continue to be a hot commodity even with the recent increases in interest rates. Since Ma...

Emerging trend includes functional and economic obsolescence of properties that have been vacant

What a fantastic 3 to 4 weeks of late summer and early fall. I wish I was retired so I could putter in the garden and play golf! Alas, I sti...

Bank's should beware of local laws and ordinances when foreclosing mortgages

Over the past several years lenders have been inundated by laws affecting foreclosures as federal and state governments have tried to grappl...

What a great time to buy a restaurant in the greater Boston market!

The number of restaurant transactions is up by more than 50% going into the fourth quarter of 2013 over the same comparable time in 2012.The...