Spotlights

With low interest rates, and stabilized building values demand to purchase industrial space is strong

The perception of the Rhode Island industrial real estate market is that there is an unlimited supply of buildings available and therefore i...

Best of class properties are in high demand but the property next door is being passed over

Real estate has always been about location, location, location. As the economy slowly recovers nationally and regionally and Rhode Island la...

A good commercial real estate broker, like a CCIM, can be a key attribute to an investors toolbox

The industrial sector in Southeastern Massachusetts is showing signs of strength, as there have been more spaces leased up and absorbed duri...

2012 commercial real estate market: The economic calm after the storm

There has definitely been a measured recovery in all property types in the Boston market and improvement throughout New England. Vacancy has...

Expiration of current capital gains tax rate would impact property owners' taxes in 2012

With the possible expiration of the current capital gains tax rate and the additional tax included in the health care reform legislation own...

Entrepreneurs age 50+ trend is good news for Northern New England job market/economy

Fall is definitely here. I re-seeded a large portion of our lawn on September 17 (kind of late) but the daily rain, moderately warm days and...

Current and future issues affecting liquidity in the commercial real estate capital markets

It is clear that the New England real estate market, long stagnant, is not improving much in the short term. How about the long term view? A...

The sky is falling, the sky is falling: Don't believe everything you read in cyberspace

Once again cyberspace and email accounts are abuzz with claims regarding a "3.8% transfer tax on the sale of real estate as part of the Heal...

Trends in senior housing/healthcare market as owners and operators adapt to changing landscape

The United States is in the early stages of a major demographic shift as the generation of baby-boomers enters retirement. The following dis...

Positive trends continued through September and the future appears bright for the hotel industry

It's mid-October and fall is definitely here. Turning leaves bring out "leaf peepers" while leisure and business travel is hitting its peak....