The Massachusetts Chapter of the Appraisal Institute and the Massachusetts Board of Real Estate Appraisers presents the 2012 New England App...
Last month I wrote about the risks of leveraged equity real estate in light of eventual interest rate increases and the need for alternative...
It seems counter-intuitive in real estate to wish for higher interest rates. But, when it comes to artificially low rates, do we want to ris...
The past four years or so have not been banner years for fee appraisers. Starting in January 2008, education requirements to become general...
Up here in Northern New England the leaves are turning. The "leaf-peepers" are back, en masse, after a 2011 foliage season lost to the damag...
Greetings from Connecticut and The Connecticut Chapter of the Appraisal Institute. Increasingly the news is better for our state, as activit...
You are sitting in a trench watching the front for danger when behind you are snipers in the form of a lender, borrower or regulator who is ...
The great Billie Holiday once sang "All of me, why not take all of me"? Many appraisers might share those same feelings though not about a t...
The real estate appraisal profession has seen significant changes over the years in practices, standards, and qualifications. On December 9,...
The term due diligence is a defined real estate term. In one sentence it is "making a reasonable effort to provide accurate, complete inform...
