Greater Boston's real estate market has been on a hot streak, and the heat was definitely on for local banks' lending operations in 2013. Still, local bankers are careful to temper their excitement. They need the extra income, they say, to pay for increasing costs. And while somewhat higher interest rates mean banks are more comfortable holding the loans they make, they're not high enough to inspire great confidence among small bank executives. Loan portfolios at nearly a third of the Bay State's…
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