The 2026 Maturity Wall: Why Hampton Roads Owners Are Calling an Appraiser Before They Call Their Lender

A wave of commercial mortgages is coming due this year. The Mortgage Bankers Association puts the number at $875 billion, or 17% of the $5.0 trillion in commercial and multifamily…

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The Power Play: Why Hampton Roads’ Data Center Moratoriums Are a Highest-and-Best-Use Problem for Appraisers

For most of the past decade, data centers have been a Northern Virginia story. Loudoun County's "Data Center Alley" became the default comparable set for anyone trying to value this…

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The Insurance Factor: Why Falling National Rates Won’t Fix Hampton Roads’ Flood Problem — or Your Appraisal

Every commercial property owner budgets for the predictable costs: debt service, taxes, utilities, maintenance. For most of the last five years, one line item that used to be an afterthought,…

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Behind the Loan: Why CMBS Office Distress Is Putting Appraisers Back in the Spotlight

For most owners, an appraisal is something that happens at purchase, at refinance, or once a year when the tax assessor's notice arrives. But across the country's office market right…

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Rate Shock: What the Fed’s Surprise Hike Means for Hampton Roads Commercial Real Estate

For the better part of two years, the storyline in commercial real estate has been one of patient waiting. Interest rates were painful, but the consensus was that relief was…

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A New Standard for Veteran Housing in Richmond: Liberation Veterans Village

Last week, I toured a veteran housing development just completed in January 2026 in Richmond, Virginia that we appraised during the development phase and which has since completed construction. Liberation…

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