Spotlights

By Fred Richard and Rocco Quaresima - Analysis of tenant credit quality is critical in valuing income producing property

With the recent downgrade of the U.S. credit rating by Standard & Poor's from AAA to AA+, it reminds us of the importance to make certain a ...

By Sidney Spiegel - Question: Why use a commercial mortgage broker? Answer: To help maximize your loan dollars

With the range of lending sources available today to the real estate developer and owner, the question is always asked, why use the services...

By Bill Low - Friendly business environment and flexible zoning will help western Mass. start to rebound in 2012

I started this article thinking I'd just leave a blank page. "Intentionally omitted," I laughed, "that sums up the western Massachusetts ind...

By Paul McInnis - Auctions have been proven to be an established method to generate sales in up & down economies

It seems to be the increasingly trending word in the commercial real estate industry: auction. Over the past four years, buyers and sellers,...

By David Doyle and Todd Goldberg - Lessons learned in the commercial real estate brokerage agreement world*

Two people sign a brokerage agreement. The broker agrees to use best efforts to procure tenants. The owner agrees to pay a brokerage commiss...

By David O'Sullivan - Architects need to be a resource for clients on trends, new products, and methods

What is next? The news has been good in Boston if your work involves rental communities. Everyday there is news of another new community, a ...

By Webster Collins - Analyzing the 2011 third quarter office and industrial market bounce

Market bounces are truly rare. They occurred once in the 1980s, once in the late 1990s, and now Q3 2011. Market bounces start at very low po...

By Donald Greenhalgh - Economic and tax uncertainty is paralyzing the commercial real estate market

The word "may" best defines the current commercial real estate market. As in, the U.S. Congress may close tax loopholes. It may increase inc...

The Rhode Island Chapter of the Appraisal Institute

The Rhode Island Chapter of the Appraisal Institute announces with regret the passing of one of our members, Jacalyn Haggarty McDermott. Jac...

State of the appraisal industry - A real nail biter!

Over the last several years as the economy has gyrated wildly, so has the appraisal industry. Looking back, 2007 was a great year. Appraisal...