AFP Survey: Search For Liquidity Shows Optimism
A Watershed Moment For Flood Insurance
While this coming Oct. 1 is high in media consciousness as the date of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, it’s also a milestone date for significant changes in federal flood insurance rules, as a result of the appropriately eponymous Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012. The Biggert-Waters law extends the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to 2017 but at the cost of significant program reform, much of it to ensure that flood insurance premiums more accurately reflect real flooding risk.
Mass. Housing Recovery: Not All Boats Sink Or Rise With Tide
Massachusetts housing prices may be roaring back in some markets, but that picture doesn’t necessarily apply to places that are in less demand, and which need strong price appreciation the most, in order for their populations to move on and move up over the long term.
Competition Is Back In The Mortgage Insurance Market
HUD increased mortgage insurance premiums (MIP) and certain term limits for holding mortgage insurance as of June 3 of this year, in order to ensure the long-term solvency of its mortgage insurance fund.
Marci Alvarado
Marci Alvarado has earned a reputation as a problem-solver and a team player. She has been a broker in commercial real estate for almost 17 years, overcoming many obstacles in this male-dominated field. At her first job with Spaulding & Slye as a research associate, she worked directly with brokers, and quickly realized that commercial real estate was her passion. But it would be five years from the time she decided to become a broker until she was given the opportunity to become one.
Patricia Holland
Patricia Holland discovered her affinity for commercial leasing in the 1980s while working as controller for a developer who constructed commercial office buildings. She assisted with lease negotiations, as well as tenant design and build-out of office space.
BofA Survey Finds Small Business Cautiously Optimistic
A semiannual survey by Bank of America reports that small business owners feel their personal health has improved as a result of running their own small businesses, and that their employees’ well-being is also a priority. But the report, which polled 1,000 small...Raising The Bar
The mark of a seasoned expert is the ability to summarize a complex matter in a way that even a layperson can understand. Philip Lapatin does that and more – he makes it interesting.
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DeLeo Updates Real Estate Lawyers On Economy
Massachusetts House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo, a practicing attorney and member of The Real Estate Bar Association, commended real estate attorneys on their important role of creating jobs and thereby improving the economy, a role he said was shared by the state Legislature. DeLeo was the luncheon keynote speaker at the 2013 Spring Conference, held May 6 in Norwood.
Make Way For The Next In-Migration
A commercial market renaissance in Boston proper, which is luring startups from nearby Kendall Square in Cambridge, is only part of the changing landscape of Massachusetts’ living and working scenario.
Legalized Pot Poses Property-Management Dilemma
Unintended consequences are always the bugbear of new rules. So is the case with the commonwealth’s Medical Marijuana Law, officially titled Mass. Statute, Chapter 469 of the Acts of 2012.
Taking On Water
Wastewater and water quality on Cape Cod is becoming a front and center economic development issue after decades of delay, as the science for measuring water quality has improved – and as the matter has gone to court.
Water, Water Everywhere
The battle for water quality on Cape Cod seems to finally be reaching its inflection point.
Reducing The Paper Jam
The Electronic Records and Signatures in Commerce Act took effect 13 years ago, giving electronic signatures the same legal authority as ink on paper. But it’s only been within the last five years – coinciding with the mortgage crisis, in which missing...Banks, SBA Help Vets Open Franchises
Greatest Generation’s Legacy Of Teamwork, Prudence Should Be Heeded
We were going to write a boilerplate commentary on resolutions for the New Year, but decided against it due to events both far and near to us. This year can’t just be left at “Let’s just do it better next year.†We have way, way too much to make up.
