Financial Digest

Market's turmoil and economic turbulence persist

The vitality of our local commercial market and substantial institutional construction activity are both foils to the market turmoil and eco...

The bird man of Quetzal mountain

While on a recent trip to Costa Rica to visit our globe-trotting son, we had the fortunate occasion to meet the "Bird Man of Quetzal Mountai...

Leaders react: Investors compel tighter underwriting

*Volatility in the Debt Markets *Are CMBS Delinquencies Too High? *Quiet Market but Plenty of Tension *Has Lending Peaked? *How Credit Got S...

President's message: Capital market's impact on real estate

The booming investment sales market could not last forever. Flipping properties and largely debt-financed purchases of trophy properties wi...

Appraising antiques in the computer world: Part 1

Did you ever stop to think, as I have, about what of all the new technologies today will most radically change our lives? The 15th century s...

Nickerson places $14.484m loan for the construction of a Big Y

Doug Nickerson, Nickerson Financial Corporation, has placed a loan on behalf of Merchant Wilbraham II, LLC in the amount of $14.484 million ...

How financing affects the entire real estate market

I think many people have underestimated the influence that financing has on the real estate market. Although most people can see how lower ...

The glass is half full: Slow down in the R.E. sector

Real estate brokers, mortgage lenders, home inspectors, appraisers and closing attorneys are all feeling the slowdown in the real estate sec...

Hudson Realty Capital acquires Questor; a R.E. consulting firm

New York-based Hudson Realty Capital LLC (HRC) has acquired Questor, LLC, a real estate consulting firm providing due diligence and underwri...

Washington Trust finances construction for new SK Chamber of Commerce

The Washington Trust Company's commercial lending group, is providing $400,000 in financing to the South Kingstown Chamber of Commerce for t...