All Posts Tagged With: "massachusetts"

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What is a Cap Rate and Who Cares Anyway?

What a cap rate (capitalization rate) is and how to use it in one’s real estate investment career are two related items that I find a large number of independent multifamily investors struggle with for some reason. I’m going to answer both of these questions answering the last of the two first.
How to use [...]

23Mar2008 | Brecht Palombo | 2 comments | Continued
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REO and Nonaccrual Construction Loan Balances Skyrocket in Massachusetts

I just completed a study of thrift reports for the commercial lenders in Massachusetts. Bank owned property also known as REO or OREO and non-accrual balances are skyrocketing.
I began this exercise last year as we were “cranking up” the auction business in order to get a feel for what is happening in our [...]

29Feb2008 | Brecht Palombo | 0 comments | Continued
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What is the Real Future of the Real Estate Market?

Listen to the first few minutes of this interview with Howard Davidowitz (at least) “Retail Analyst & Chairman of Davidowitz & Associates on NPR. OK, I don’t want to be Debbie Downer but I consider it to be my responsibility as a real estate investment professional, to report on and disseminate all that I collect [...]

28Feb2008 | Brecht Palombo | 0 comments | Continued
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