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Second cup of coffee in hand? Good—you’ll need it. Our clients had a packed week, finishing the month strong and building serious momentum as we head into 2026. See for yourself!

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Affordable Upstate, in partnership with JLL Capital Markets, secured a $59 million loan for the refinancing of three affordable housing properties in Greenville County. Read more.

Bryan Brown, the founding CEO of the Greenville Housing Fund, will be leaving the agency at the end of the month to take a post with NeighborWorks America. Full story here.

Lima One Capital recently closed a $23.8 million loan to fund construction of 15 high-end homes in an infill development in Wine Country. More information.

The lack of affordable housing impacts more than we think; Mario Brown wrote this piece posted in Upstate Biz on how he sees it hurting schools.

And speaking of Mario, he was honored in the SC Biz South Carolina 500, which spotlights leaders each year that are shaping the state’s economy across industries. Read his feature.

For the third year in a row, readers of the Post and Courier have named Wagner Wealth Management Greenville’s Best Financial Planner in the Post and Courier Greenville’s Readers’ Choice contest. Congrats!

More congrats are in order! Several of our clients took home Best of Greenville awards from the Post & Courier this week. BASF in Mauldin won Best Green Business, Liquid Catering won Best Bartending Service, acac was a finalist for Best Gym, Wagner  Wealth won in the Best Financial Planner category, The Insurance Source won best Insurance Company, while Guy Furay took home the Best Insurance Agent honor and Herlong Sotheby's International Realty was a finalist for Best Real Estate company.

Grace Herlong Loveless of Herlong Sotheby’s International Realty was quoted in this Mansion Global article regarding the affluent Greenville neighborhood Alta Vista.

Habitat for Humanity was featured in this recap; as part of it’s 40^th anniversary celebration, Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County launched a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign with it’s annual Women’s Build.

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As pandemic-era subsidies for the Affordable Care act are preparing to expire, Guy Furay spoke with WYFF4 on both the benefits and problems of Association Health Plans. You can watch the segment here.

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Weekend passes for the 2026 Reedy Reels Film Festival are on sale now! Find more information here, including where to purchase your passes.