Costly Mistakes That Will Kill Your Multifamily Deal
Key Takeaways: Selling a multifamily property is a high-stakes financial maneuver where preparation dictates profitability, yet many owners inadvertently sabotage their own deals from day one. Instead of treating the sale with the strategic precision it requires, sellers often stumble through the process, skipping crucial pre-listing inspections, failing to organize historical financial data, or letting…
Thriving in Uncertain Times: How Data-Driven Strategies Overcome Economic Volatility
Economic volatility—the unpredictable swings in prices, markets, and economic conditions—has many causes: inflation, interest rate changes, supply chain issues, and market instability. In times like these, many business owners and real estate investors take a wait-and-see approach to avoid risky capital outlays or heavy debt. The problem? When the dust settles, most of us (myself…
NH CIBOR president’s message: Public Policy Committee of NHAR – by Ethan Ash
This article was originally published on nerej.com on February 2, 2024. As we move beyond the primary season, the focus on politics may wane for some, but in New Hampshire, the 2024 Legislature in Concord faces a considerable workload with over 1,300 bills awaiting consideration. The Public Policy Committee of the N.H. Association of Realtors…
Today’s Deal Landscape and Next Year’s Market
As we close in on the end of 2023, we are thinking about 2024 and what it will hold for the real estate industry. There appears to be a wide variety of views and a lot of interesting issues that will only become more evident as the year progresses. Construction In construction, specific kinds of…
Placer.ai Office Index: May 2023 Recap and Our Thoughts
The Placer.ai Nationwide Office Building Index: The office building index analyzes foot traffic data from 800 office buildings across the country. It only includes commercial office buildings and commercial office buildings on the first floor (like an office building that might include a national coffee chain on the ground floor). It does NOT include mixed-use…
Leasing Retail Space
Case Study of 1 N Main St, Rochester, NH When it comes to leasing retail space, understanding the demographics of an area is essential. Demographic factors, such as population size, income, age, and education level can all play a significant role in determining the leasing potential of a retail space. Rochester, New Hampshire, for example, is…
Domestic Migration
COVID IMPACTS – TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT Moving is expensive, time-consuming, and emotionally and socially costly, so even a slight uptick in internal migration is significant. We saw a great deal of migration immediately after the shut down in 2020 as cities saw many of their residents, who were no longer tied to an office, move…