Category: Appraisal & Consulting
Continuing to work tirelessly to bring its members info - by John Drew
November 12, 2021
The days may be growing short, but the Appraisal Institute’s MA-RI-ME Chapter team of valuation professionals and staff continue to work tirelessly to bring its members an unrivaled array of in-person and virtual classes, seminars, and networking opportunities.
Appraising golf courses - by John Nitz
November 12, 2021
In the movie Caddyshack, when Rodney Dangerfield considered buying Bushwood Country Club, he had one thought in mind . . . to build condominiums. Similar to appraising commercial properties, it is necessary to consider the motivations of buyers and sellers
Public Schools must deliver better value - by Valerie Pontiff
November 12, 2021
With declining enrollment and surging costs, our expensive public schools need to better deliver value to the region, and especially the students. Commercial property owners and their real estate tax paying tenants are lifting heavily. In Boston, real estate taxes comprise nearly 75%
Real estate supply chain: Issues update - by Daniel Calano
November 12, 2021
Last month I wrote about supply chain issues and impact on real estate. Th story deserves an update, since it looks like a long time before it gets resolved. In real estate development, everything is linked together. Raw materials, labor, manufacturing, transportation and storage.
2021 New England Appraisers Expo - by Steve Sousa
October 8, 2021
We were moving full steam ahead for a return to the Four Points Hotel for the 2021 New England Appraisers Expo when the surge in COVID’s delta variant threw us a curve-ball.
Aggregations, algorithms, AI and judgment - by David Kirk
October 8, 2021
Judgement continues to be the discerning characteristic in commercial property investment and development. And in the analysis supporting underwriting and appraising commercial property. Not necessarily in defiance of the ubiquitous data and traditional methodologies
The appraiser profession - by Bill Pastuszek
October 8, 2021
Valuation is a most interesting profession. Those who practice valuation find appraisal - the process consisting of “part art, part science” - a wonderful challenge in the study of human economic and social behavior.
The appraisal gap - by Albert Franke
October 8, 2021
The appraisal gap. We’ve been hearing a lot about this lately. What is it? The appraisal gap is the difference between a property’s appraised value and its contracted sale price. The term is commonly used when the appraised
Real estate supply chain: Panoply of related issues - by Daniel Calano
October 8, 2021
The phrase “supply chain” is not called “chain” for nothing. With regard to real estate development, everything is chained together. Raw materials, labor, energy, manufacturing, transportation and storage, even global politics are all linked.
An appraiser contemplates the life cycle of religious properties - by Arnold Grant
October 8, 2021
As faith communities design and build religious facilities, the planning horizon may be measured in terms of decades or centuries. Churches, mosques, synagogues, and temples may offer the promise of permanence.
Residential price surge slowing? - by Shaun Fitzgerald
October 8, 2021
Is the residential home price surge slowing? It looks like it. While an appraiser is not required to predict the future, none of us want to get caught overvaluing a property. So it might be wise to look at some of the indicators that precede price declines.
A round table discussion for the benefit of the appraisal profession - by Roger Durkin
October 8, 2021
The next Appraiser Expo should include a round table discussion with a group of multi-discipline appraisers, real property, machinery, personal property, assessment, business valuation especially in issues involving litigation, divorce, partner disputes, bankruptcy, IRS decedent estates, gift tax, non-cash charitable donation, environmental stigma, etc.
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