Spotlights

By Spencer Macalaster - Insurance marketplace in 2011: Did mid-year indicators point to a firming insurance market?

The insurance marketplace through the first half of 2011 remained relatively competitive. Buyers with positive loss histories experienced fl...

By Kevin Fletcher - Tenants are taking advantage of the opportunities this flat market offers them

I am pleased to announce that on September 27th our agency Coldwell Banker Millett Realty merged with The Masiello Group of Keene, N.H. Led ...

By Chris Mellen - National Assn. of Realtors says: Greater Boston commercial real estate markets are doing better than national markets

Third quarter vacancy numbers have been posted and despite an economy that is still struggling, the Greater Boston commercial real estate ma...

By Rich Cawley - The problem in today's multi-housing market is a limited inventory of quality buildings for sale

Multi-family properties in the eastern Mass. market have been the hottest commodity in the real estate market the last couple years. Due to ...

By Jeff Dugas -Know your market and hire a professional when valuing a unique property like golf

I recently spoke at the New England Expo on the golf industry, a property type I've studied for the past 20 years. In my preparation for tha...

By David Roedel - According to PFK Hospitality Research report "hotel fundamentals are strong and will improve"

While working my leaf blower for over four hours on Saturday I was reminded of a saying we used when I worked for Susse Chalet hotels in the...

By Doug Macmillan - Greater Springfield's industrial marketplace continues to offer competitively priced quality offerings

With the start of the fourth and final quarter of 2011, Greater Springfield's industrial market place remains challenged by the poor economi...

By Judith Audette - Why would anyone oppose a renewable method of producing electric power?

After much personal reflection with regard to this Fall Preview, I decided to memorialize my thoughts about wind energy, renewable energy an...

By Daniel Calano - The accident theory, and avoiding the alignment of bad things and occurences

There is one commonly accepted theory of how accidents happen. Most evidence points to the fact that accidents are a culmination of smaller ...

By Dan Rizzo - The city of Quincy is positioning itself as a location for biotech and life sciences industry

As the city prepares to add over one million s/f of new, green corporate office space within the new Quincy Center, community leaders are pa...