Appraisal & Consulting

Recovery trends prevail: Most indications are positive for 2010

Recovery trends prevail. November jobless rate fell to 10%, from 10.2% in October, as employers cut the smallest number of jobs since the re...

Mass. Board of R.E. Appraisers looks ahead to 2010

A wave of change swept through the appraisal profession in 2009 including the implementation of the HVCC resulting in the wide spread use of...

Shades of competency in the appraisal field

Appraiser competency has been in the news recently. Sellers, buyers, and agents accuse appraisers of not having it. AMCs are taking fire for...

President's message: Its time to complete a designation

Back in January I started my term as president of the Massachusetts chapter of the Appraisal Institute. At the time, the future of the econo...

Past reflection and future anticipation

As 2009 comes to an end, the R.I. chapter of the Appraisal Institute is proud to say that we went a long way in meeting the needs of our mem...

CRE economic outlook from New Orleans national meeting

The Counselors of Real Estate held its national meetings at Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans from Oct. 11th-14th. Approximately 144 CREs atte...

Appraisal Expo 2009 message: Proceed with caution!

At the New England Appraiser's Expo co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Board of Real Estate Appraisers (MBREA) and the MA Chapter of the Appr...

The expanding universe of distressed assets: Commercial real estate

We have all been exposed to the "other shoe" theory with regards to commercial real estate. While the current climate suggests that the fore...

Appraisal Institute - Local and national update

Recent Events On October 26th, The Massachusetts Chapter ran three commercial appraisal seminars at the New England Appraisers Expo in Norwo...

Commercial real estate - The next potential crisis

For the uninitiated, CRE is an acronym for commercial real estate. Those of us who were awake and aware during the last major real estate de...