The dirty little secret of real estate brokerage is that brokers and their sales agents won’t stop you from overpaying – they’ll look the other way. Below is a brief look at the three common pitfalls. …
Month: January 2022
Trying to nail down what’s going on with real estate valuations is for the most part a fool’s errand, largely because the data is, for a lack of better explanation, manipulated. We’re launching our first in what will be a series of reliable valuation indices – the Batterymarch Back Bay Index© (BBBI). …
As former Federal Reserve Chairman Bill Martin famously said, the job of the Federal Reserve is “to take away the punch bowl just as the party gets going.” This party has been rolling along for years and we all may be in for a rude awakening should the Fed turn up the house lights and announce “last call.” …