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 Issue of October 15, 2007 
   
Slow Start
Massachusetts is in the midst of a “perfect housing storm,” according to a recent housing study. A key element of the brewing economic trouble is middle-class flight precipitated by a lack of affordable housing.
Emerald Elite
Boston’s premier Irish hotel may be making its competitors green with envy. When out-of-towners are faced with endless choices for potential lodgings, they may be more inclined to book a room that matches 100 percent of its electricity usage with renewable energy certificates.
Practitioners or Professionals?
By Lorrie Beaumont
On Feb. 20, 2004, the Appraisal Qualifications Board of the Appraisal Foundation in Washington, D.C., adopted changes to the qualifications of a Real Property Appraiser that become effective on Jan. 1, 2008.

Worlds Apart: Landlords Are From Neptune, Tenants From Jupiter
By Peter M. Malaguti
Let’s face it – landlords and tenants are like cats and dogs, oil and water, Stalin and Trotsky, Simon Cowell and … well, like Simon Cowell and just about anyone who values manners and compassion.

End of Financial Turmoil? Investors Need a Reality Check
By Rachel Beck
The sugar rush that the Federal Reserve gave the stock market with a larger-than-expected interest rate cut surely has gone to investors’ heads.

Check & Balance
Banker & Tradesman's political cartoon.


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