Business Sales Are Up – Time to Buy?
Small Business Transaction Up 15% From Last Year, Reach Highest Levels Since Q2 of 2008 BizBuySell’s Third Quarter 2016 Insight Report shows 2016 on pace to have highest number of …
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Will the Election Change the Mind of Companies Looking to Sell?
2016 Buyer-Seller Confidence Index: Small Business Sellers Remain Confident in Current Market but the Gap is Closing as Buyers Seeing More Realistic Asking Prices BizBuySell September 27, 2016 Both Buyers …
First Half 2016 Small Business Transactions Up Slightly Over 2015; Data Shows Inverse Relationship Between Asking Price and Time on Market
Interesting to note that in Richmond, VA the median selling price was $145,000 which represented 2.09 cash flow multiple. BizBuySell’s Second Quarter 2016 Insight Report shows market stabilizing at high …
Quarterly M&A Survey
Alexandria, VA, May 24, 2016 – The quarterly Market Pulse Survey published by the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA), M&A Source and the Pepperdine Private Capital Market Project found that …
Sellers Cashing Out While Number Of Business For-Sale Listings Hit Seven-Year Peak
Light & Raphael is seeing a lot of activity by both buyers and sellers. Good businesses that are well-priced, in geographic centers and in sought after industries are selling very …
Improved Small Business Financials, Stabilized Transaction Activity in 2015
Light & Raphael believes the market remains very hot in 2016 and we are seeing a lot of buying and selling in the lower middle markets. BizBuySell.com’s Fourth Quarter 2015 …
Timing Right for Business Owners Looking to Sell
By CAROL HAZARD Richmond Times-Dispatch Business owners thinking about selling their companies might want to take the plunge. Business valuations are high — “frothy,” some industry experts say — for …
Small Business for Sale Listings Reach Six Year High
BizBuySell.com’s Second Quarter 2015 Insight Report shows that with small business financial performance on the rise, more small business owners are ready to cash in by selling. San Francisco, CA …
Still Largely a Buyer’s Market
This is still a very good time to buy a business for smaller buyers as there are relatively few purchasers committing capital to investments. In the middle market segment, sellers …
Light & Raphael in the News
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND/TIMES-DISPATCH (L-R) Wayne Light and Gavin Raphael own Light & Raphael, a business brokerage firm Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Light & Raphael LLC What is it?: Business brokerage …