Spotlights

Vincent Nolan - New Milford emerges as a major contributor to the regional recovery from the recession

The town of New Milford is emerging from the recent recession as a major contributor to the recognition of Western Conn. as the growth regio...

Judy Audette - Core concepts of teamwork, diversity and dedication is key to past and continued success

Here we are well into the summer of 2011 and the construction outlook here at J.K. Scanlan (JKS) remains positive. We are all very cognoscen...

Charles Reilly - Activity is strong, inventory of existing property is declining: July 2011 feels a lot better than July 2010

The "new normal" seems to be a popular phrase these days as the commercial real estate market adjusts after hitting the bottom of this long ...

Denis Hanks - Plymouth Regional Economic Development Foundation is the South Shore's "one stop shop"

Destination, Plymouth In the ever changing world of economic development and small business assistance in today's economy one thing remains ...

Spencer Macalaster - Insurance marketplace in 2011 - Mid-year report indicators are pointing to a firming market?

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

John Torvi - A list of all the do's and don'ts of short sales for real estate agents

When an agent evaluates whether to list a property that is under water, the agent must recognize that the seller may be looking to the agent...

Rich Cawley - The problem in today's market is the gap between what a buyer will pay and what a seller will accept

There is a pent-up demand by buyers seeking to purchase multi family properties in the Greater Boston area. Limited inventory and all-time l...

Kevin Fletcher - Tenant activity picking-up, retail market strong: The second half of 2011 shows great promise

FINALLY, some activity! The phone is ringing. I'm not going to write anything about the difficulties of the past few years but will only wri...

Web Collins - The two sides of the time bar in commercial real estate: How long will it take to get back to where we were?

Nowhere in dictionaries of real estate terms is "time" properly defined. The time component in real estate is an increasingly more and more ...

Amato Bocchino - Condominiums and common area construction defects - There may be less time to act than you think

Construction defects in the common areas of a condominium building can result in cracks, leaks, flooding and so on. The condominium associat...