Banker & Tradesman's Best

Choosing The Best

Welcome to the results of the 14th annual Banker & Tradesman readers’ poll, in which our readers cast their votes for the best providers of services and goods in the banking and real estate professions.

This is a subjective, not objective, poll. It does not measure who writes the most business, who has the most revenue or serves the most customers. It does measure the loyalty and satisfaction readers have with vendors. It is an opportunity for readers to speak up for those providers they believe are the best.

Banker & Tradesman has since August been conducting an online survey of readers. We promoted this project via ads in the newspaper, emails to readers and customers of Banker & Tradesman, and through B&T’s website. Readers responded by the thousands to voice their opinions. Here are their choices for The Best – the companies that won the loyalty and support of the Bay State’s financial and real estate communities.

Banking

	Accounting/Audit		Consultant
Gold	A. Wisialko & Co.	Gold	Lighthouse Strategic Partners
Silver	Ernst & Young	Silver	Spillane Consulting
Bronze	Deloitte	Bronze	Wolf & Co.

	Advertising/Marketing		Correspondent Banking
Gold	Clockwork Design Group	Gold	Eastern Bank
Silver	The Boston Group	Silver	Leader Bank
Bronze	Hill Holliday	Bronze	Bank of America

	Alternative/Hard Money Lending		Credit Union
Gold	Rockland Trust	Gold	Direct Federal Credit Union
Silver	Boston Private Bank & Trust Co.	Silver	Metro Credit Union
Bronze	Washington Trust	Bronze	Hanscom Federal Credit Union

	Asset Recovery		Equity Lending
Gold	Andrew Greenberg	Gold	Eastern Bank
Silver	Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff	Silver	DCU
Bronze	Compton Recovery	Bronze	Peoples United Bank

	Building Design/Architect		Investment/Money Management
Gold	NES Group	Gold	Fidelity
Silver	Margulies Perruzzi	Silver	Merrill Lynch
Bronze	New England Design Associates Inc.	Bronze	Eastern Bank

	Business Forms		Residential Lending
Gold	Harland Clarke	Gold	OnTo Mortgage
Silver	American Solutions for Business	Silver	Fairway Independent Mortgage
Bronze	Colonial Business Forms	Bronze	Guaranteed Rate Inc.

	Check Printing		Technology
Gold	Deluxe Financial Services	Gold	Radius Financial Group
Silver	South Shore Business Checks	Silver	Dell Technologies
Bronze	Harland Clarke	Bronze	FISERV

	Commercial Lending
Gold	Eastern Bank
Silver	Rockland Trust
Bronze	Brookline Bank

Commercial

	Architect/Design		Law Firm
Gold	Margulies Perruzzi	Gold	SKM Title & Closing Services
Silver	DRL Architects	Silver	Ligris & Associates
Bronze	Elkus/Manfredi Architects	Bronze	Alavi & Braza PC

	Engineering		Lending
Gold	Tighe & Bond	Gold	Radius Financial Group
Silver	Allen & Major Associates	Silver	Eastern Bank
Bronze	Simpson Gumpertz & Heger	Bronze	Salem Five Bank

	Educational Provider		Project Management
Gold	Jack Conway & Co.’s Real Estate School	Gold	McCall & Almy
Silver	New England Real Estate School	Silver	Colliers International
Bronze	Greater Boston Real Estate Board	Bronze	Fort Point Project Management

	Environmental Services		Property Management
Gold	Tighe & Bond	Gold	Boston Properties
Silver	Woodward & Curran	Silver	CBRE Group
Bronze	Haley & Aldrich Inc.	Bronze	Cushman & Wakefield

	General Contractor		Real Estate Firm
Gold	Callahan Inc.	Gold	Jack Conway & Co.
Silver	Consigli Construction	Silver	Coldwell Banker Commercial
Bronze	Shawmut Design & Construction	Bronze	Keller Williams Realty

	Interior Design		Security
Gold	Margulies Perruzzi Architects	Gold	Northeast Security
Silver	Deb Ellis Design	Silver	Securitas Security Services
Bronze	Visnick & Caulfield	Bronze	Allied Barton Security Services

	Landscaping Company
Gold	Boston Landscape
Silver	Seoane’s Landscaping
Bronze	Clover Landscaping

Design/Build

	Architect / Design
Gold	Margulies Perruzzi
Silver	Copley Wolff Design Group
Bronze	DRL Architects

	General Contractor
Gold	Consigli Construction
Silver	JDL Corporate Interiors
Bronze	Suffolk Construction Co.

	Site Survery
Gold	Allen & Major Associates
Silver	Boston Survey Inc.
Bronze	Norwood Engineering Co.

Residential

	Appraiser		Law Firm/Closing Attorney
Gold	Boston Property Advisors	Gold	SKM Title & Closing Services
Silver	Absolute Value	Silver	Lieberman Law Office
Bronze	The Appraiser Guy	Bronze	Touchstone Closing

	Auctioneer		Lending
Gold	JJ Manning Auctioneers	Gold	Guaranteed Rate
Silver	Paul E. Saperstein Auctioneers	Silver	Fairway Independent Mortgage
Bronze	Sullivan & Sullivan Auctioneers	Bronze	Residential Mortgage Services

	Educational Provider		Moving Company
Gold	Anita Hill Training & Seminars	Gold	Gentle Giant
Silver	Jack Conway & Co.	Silver	Olympia Moving & Storage
Bronze	Greater Boston Real Estate Board	Bronze	Gallo Moving & Storage

	Home Inspector		Property Management
Gold	Walsh Home Inspections	Gold	Mediate Management Co.
Silver	Tiger Home Inspection	Silver	Boston Property Care
Bronze	B-Sure Home Inspections	Bronze	Senne

	Home Security		Real Estate Company
Gold	ADT Security Services	Gold	Coldwell Banker
Silver	SimpliSafe	Silver	Jack Conway & Co.
Bronze	American Alarm & Communications	Bronze	Keller Williams Realty

	Landscaping		Title Company
Gold	Clover Landscaping	Gold	All American Title
Silver	Dave’s Landscaping	Silver	CATIC
Bronze	Seoane’s Landscaping	Bronze	First American Title Insurance

General

	Accounting Firm		Public Relations Agency
Gold	Deloitte	Gold	Trevi Communications
Silver	Edelstein & Co.	Silver	Regan Communications Group
Bronze	PwC	Bronze	O’Neill & Associates

	Event Facility		Restaurant
Gold	Fenway Park	Gold	Abe & Louie’s
Silver	Boston Harbor Hotel	Silver	The Capital Grille
Bronze	Coonamessett Inn	Bronze	Del Frisco’s

	Golf Course		Temp Agency
Gold	Pinehills Golf Club	Gold	Daley And Associates
Silver	Granite Links	Silver	Accountemps
Bronze	Four Oaks Country Club	Bronze	Manpower Inc.

	Hotel		Web Design
Gold	Boston Harbor Hotel	Gold	Clockwork Design Group
Silver	Fairmont Copley Plaza	Silver	Weymouth Design Inc.
Bronze	Liberty Hotel	Bronze	Boston Interactive

	Insurance Agency
Gold	Radius Insurance Group
Silver	G & N Insurance
Bronze	Plymouth Rock