May 16,
2013
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How would you characterize the state of the market?
January 09,
2013
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2013 is here and the market is one year further away from the 2008 collapse—and the painful period of layoffs and cost cutting that followed. The market now finds itself in a period of reinventing growth through business development and marketing. It is still a tough economic environmental with stiff competition for a limited number of projects and winning work in a smart, effective way is more important than ever. Being proactive about promoting your firm’s technical expertise is a way of taking control of your business, rather than letting the market control it for you.
October 17,
2012
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On today’s monthly call of the Environmental Bankers Association, I shared the thoughts expressed by our lender panelists during last week’s Due Diligence at Dawn workshops in Chicago, Oakland and Irvine. The six panelists represented the full range of banks from large international institutions to growing regional players right down to small community banks.
September 13,
2012
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What does the November election mean to forecasts for the rest of 2012? Well, one key issue impacting investors is the fate of Bush tax cuts on net proceeds from property sales. Either these will be cut at the end of this year or they'll be extended depending on who wins on Election Day.
July 19,
2012
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I spoke on today’s call of the Environmental Bankers Association Risk Management Committee to share my monthly list of top five observations on the economy, commercial real estate and property assessment markets. Here goes: