Category: President’s Message


  • President’s Message

    President’s Message Ralph Valentine 2018 With winter comes cold temperatures, trips to warm places and the New Hampshire Legislative Session.  The Public Policy Committee (PPC), chaired by Kathy DeMello  is working very hard to educate the Board and the membership of bills which could impact our industry.  The PPC works closely with Pat McDermott of…

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    PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE      Ralph Valentine, President 2018 It is an honor and a privilege to have been elected to serve my fellow Commercial Realtors.  I look forward to working with Allison, the boards, the committees and the members. Education will be the highest priority this coming year.  The focus will be: to raise the…

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    President’s Message Kathy DeMello As Old Blue Eyes sang – “And so, the end is near and I face the final curtain” – of my NHCIBOR/NECPE Presidency.  It’s been an incredible and fast paced year that went at the speed of light.  We’ve accomplished much: We have a strategic plan in place that meets National…

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    Kathy DeMello President’s Message The spectacular fall season is in full swing as we point to the holiday season and the end of the year.  The Commercial Real Estate industry has had a robust year in New Hampshire and NHCIBOR continues to be active across the State and opinionated in many issues. Our new slate…

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    Kathy DeMello President’s Message   The temperatures are dipping to seasonal fall readings as we roll into the last quarter of 2017.  What a year it has been to date with surprises at the political level (do you tweet?), the sports level (do we take a knee in solidarity or stand for the National Anthem?)…

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    Kathy DeMello President’s Message August has been a relatively quiet month for New Hampshire CIBOR as we enjoy the dog days of summer.  The board took a hiatus from a full board meeting and met specifically to discuss the topic of Commercial Certification for real estate agents and brokers practicing commercial real estate.  The board…

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    President’s Message Kathy DeMello It’s summer!!!  And one of the busiest most of us have seen in a long time!  Commercial inventories in New Hampshire are low and buyers are frustrated trying to find the perfect location to mover or start their business in.  But the economy is booming and all is well – right?…

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    President’s Message Kathy DeMello   On June 29th I attended NEREJ’s State of Commercial Real Estate Forum in Portsmouth.  It was, as always, a beneficial forum with great presenters.  I was delighted to know that six of the 12 panelists are NHCIBOR members.  These experts raise the bar for us all in the depth of…

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    President’s Message Kathy DeMello What an exciting time to be in Washington for NAR’s Mid-Year Legislative Conference two weeks ago. I had the honor having our 2 most recent Past Presidents, Gerry O’Connell (2018 NHAR President) and Bob Marchewka, and next year’s NHCIBOR President, Ralph Valentine with me.  Together we joined with other NHAR Board…

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    President’s Message Kathy DeMello It’s hard to believe we are through the first quarter of 2017.  Those of us in the Commercial Real Estate industry, and our associated professions, are enjoying the most robust market we have seen in years!  The demand in New Hampshire is in the industrial and retail markets.  On the industrial…

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    President’s Message Kathy DeMello   I recently attended the NEREJ’s Live Work Play Seminar in Newton.  The seminar was thoughtfully presented and left we with many thoughts of my own on the subject. One thought was how much marketing, on all levels and particularly the live, work, play scenario, is built around the Millennials.  Not…

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  • President’s Message

    President’s Message Kathy DeMello One of New Hampshire Commercial Investment Board of Realtors largest committees is The Public Policy Committee.  This committee keeps a watchful eye on what is going on at the State and National level in the Legislative arena that effects, or could effect, the growth of New Hampshire and, therefore, the growth…

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  • President’s Message

    President’s Message Kathy DeMello As the New Hampshire Commercial Board of Realtors rolls into the new year our board is busy with a number of challenging tasks not uncommon to other professional associations.  These tasks include, but are not limited to, completing our latest strategic plan for the year, taking us into the future, guaranteeing…

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