Spotlights

Managing your financial plan to avoid extreme market risk before and after retirement

The dilemma facing many individuals nearing or in retirement is that if they stay invested in the stock market, they risk losing money they ...

RI's mid-year update: Retail and suburban office grow, Prov. office stable, ind'l. lacking spec dev.

Since 2002, the Rhode Island commercial market has been characterized by stability, limited availability of product, very reasonable vacancy...

Absorption up slightly on Rte. 128/Mass Pike; sublease space continues to be stable

Net absorption was 31,228 s/f in the second quarter, slightly increasing the net occupancy decline through the first six months to 249,081 s...

Despite stories, the greater Burlington real estate market is displaying a lot of positive signs

Despite growing concerns of a recession we continue to see growth in Vermont. Locally, many new buildings are currently under construction,...

Advanced planning is necessary to achieve all the benefits a 1031 exchange makes available

Many real estate owners discover too late that they are unable to complete a valid 1031 exchange due to how they own the property they will ...

Mid-year 2008; an interim respite for Boston's commercial real estate road to recovery

If the market is looked at as a single point in time, we are in a world of difficult times. Financial collapse is all around us. The credi...

Information is all around: The issue is how to sort through everything to make the right decisions

Now that we have lived through the first half of the 2008, there continues to be lots of uncertainty in all markets. As the housing downturn...

For property owners who position themselves for future success, this is a time of opportunity

The slowing economy, financial market troubles and tightening lending standards are among factors currently affecting commercial real estate...

What's the difference between auctioneers and their ability to sell your product?

Is it how fast they talk? How smooth they sound? How many years in the business (not to be confused with experience) they have? How busy the...

Investors favor the Class B market in an uncertain time: Is it justified?

Summer has returned to Boston, but the frigid credit climate has yet to thaw. A limited number of downtown office building have traded in th...