Financial Digest

Minimize those taxes when selling highly appreciated real estate

In my 22 years as a financial advisor I have been asked by many clients how to sell investment real estate without have to pay a high tax bi...

Professional Profile: Richard Simmons, 2015

Name: Richard Simmons Jr., RA Title: President, Massachusetts Board of Real Estate Appraisers Company: Town of Lynnfield Assessor's office L...

Citizens Bank wins two Greenwich Excellence Awards

Greenwich Associates, a leading provider of market intelligence and advisory services to financial services companies, has recognized Citize...

MassDevelopment issues $12.375 million bond to YMCA Southcoast - to acquire and renovate Swansea property

MassDevelopment has issued a $12.375 million 501(c)(3) tax-exempt bond on behalf of the YMCA Southcoast, Inc., which is using the proceeds t...

Riekstins and Marshall of NorthMarq Capital arrange $9.45 million financing

Ed Riekstins, senior vice president and Matt Marshall, vice president of NorthMarq Capital's Boston based regional office arranged the $9.45...

Happy days are here again: good news for housing market

It's good news for the housing market in Massachusetts this month, as new data from The Warren Group shows sales prices rising again in Febr...

Washington Trust's Commercial Real Estate Group provides $12.32 million in financing to LAZ Boston Commuter Lots

Washington Trust's Commercial Real Estate Group recently provided $12.32 million to LAZ Boston Commuter Lots, LLC, for the financing of thre...

Citizens Bank provides $18 million loan for affordable housing development

Citizens Bank has closed an $18 million Low Income Housing Tax Credit construction loan for Trinity Northampton Phase Two L.P. to provide fi...

Marcone of Marcone Capital, Inc. arranges $11.8 million financing for KS Partners for the acquisition of Connector Park, a 199,783 s/f two building property

Mike Marcone of Marcone Capital, Inc. has arranged the $11.8 million financing of Connector Park, a property consisting of two, 4-story, hig...

REFA Emerging Leaders celebrates 10-year anniversary

The REFA Emerging Leaders Membership was introduced in 2005 to help educate and develop the next generation of leaders. Now with a membershi...