Sidney Spiegel, vice president of NE Moves Mortgage, commercial division, arranged a $2 million refinance loan for a single tenant office building. The loan was funded by a major life insurance company.
The funds will be used to refinance the debt on the property at more favorable rates. The property is leased to Ocean Optics, a diversified photonics technology firm and a global leader in optical sensing. The firm has locations in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The lender recognized the strength of the lease to the borrower and was able to provide a very favorable 10 year fixed rate.
NE Moves works closely with union pension plans, insurance companies, conduits, commercial banks, and local savings banks to provide competitive rates and terms for all types of commercial real estate.
NE Moves' expertise and relationships with a variety of funding sources provides solutions to the financing needs of investors and developers.
How many of you remember real estate development in the late 1980s? Project sourcing was difficult, until it wasn’t. Into the 90’s, a few years after, banks and other financial institutions were very happy to fund projects.
Attention to owners of real estate in the Commonwealth (and the title companies and other professionals who advise them), the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (the “DOR”) recently adopted a new “millionaire’s tax” via 830 CMR 62B.2.4
Our current, highly competitive real estate market poses specific challenges for investors who are considering taking advantage of a tax-deferred 1031 exchange. In this market, investors will have no problem selling their current property if priced properly, but they may find it difficult to find a suitable replacement property
Over the past several weeks, I have completed appraisal assignments for private clients. Interestingly, after submitting these appraisals, I received several phone calls – not to question the value, content, or any incorrect information, but rather to discuss the price per s/f compared to the comparable sales used in the report.
The purpose of this article is to address problematic or confusing issues which may help assessors and appraisers to better understand how to value real estate for tax assessment purposes.