Financial Digest

New England economic partnership releases forecasts for region

The New Year celebration is only a few days away and forecasts will be headlining in the media. Most of us are making and revising forecast...

China trade: My impression from a recent short visit

I went to China last month for a few weeks, tagging along with my wife who was there on more serious business, attending an International Co...

What is a "comp" in reference to appraisal?

In 1964, Justice Potter Stewart of the U.S. Supreme Court, in attempting to define "obscenity" said, "I shall not today attempt further to d...

A new business opportunity for appraisers

Residential appraisers have traditionally had a limited range of products to sell to clients for valuation purposes: 1004 URAR's, 2055's and...

Appraisers beware: The market is changing!

The day-to-day capital markets remain unpredictable as signs of improvement one day are shortly thereafter neutralized by volatility the nex...

Guaranteed to appraise for twice the price

Guaranteed to appraise for twice the price. We've all heard that advertisement on television for a jewelry store in the area. How many of ...

A review of the year in the real estate markets

This year almost done, thankfully, has seen some very fundamental changes in real estate markets. And it isn't just housing markets that hav...

Corp. Finance Association arranges $26m for Bayside Village complex

2007 Corporate Finance Associates (CFA) has completed the financing arrangements for the Bayside Village student housing complex located on ...

Broderick of Meredith & Grew secures $23m financing for two Northland properties

Meredith & Grew arranged financings for two apartment communities located in western Massachusetts on behalf of Northland Investment Corpora...

NorthEast Community Bank closes on $3.455 million in loans

NorthEast Community Bank (NECB) has recent closed $3.455 million in loans consisting of the following transactions: Almar Realty, LLC arra...