Hotel Sale Preparation: Why Most Owners Fail Before They Even List
Key Takeaways: Franchise Agreements Complicate Transfers: Franchise agreements represent the single most complicating force in hotel transactions. Brand operators maintain extensive approval authority over ownership transfers and frequently mandate property improvement plans and transfer fees at the seller’s expense. Proactive Tax Planning is Non-Negotiable: Tax consequences are a silent assassin that can cost sellers 25-35%…
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…
Today’s Commercial Real Estate Market
Where are we in today’s market ? The news today is filled with a lot of financial doom and gloom, with the stock market leading the charge – it being as volatile as it has been all year. It seems like no matter where you turn, the news has something or someone commenting on the…