Dominick Buffa

Dominick Buffa joins MREA after a 23-year tenure in the financing, acquisition and underwriting of Investor Partner interests in affordable housing throughout the Country. During this time, he acquired interests in support of over $2 billion of affordable projects. As the senior vice president and head of underwriting for the Regions Affordable Housing (RAH) division of Regions Bank he oversaw the underwriting of over $1 billion of properties. All these transactions were financed in part by allocations of low-income housing tax credits (LIHTC). Prior to this role, Dominick served as regional manager for RAH’s northeast sales team, was responsible for placement and management of investor relationships and co-managed the company wide acquisitions group. Prior to his term in affordable housing, Dominick was a consultant, real estate appraiser, general contractor and developer.

Dominick holds a BA from Ithaca College and MBA from Hofstra University. He holds a MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute, was on the Board of Directors for the New York State Association for Affordable Housing (NYSAFAH) where he served to draft RPTL 58-a and was a board member of the New York Housing Conference and a member of the National Council of Housing Market Analysts.