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Jon OggPennyMac Financial Services is a newly formed holding company affiliated with the Private National Mortgage Acceptance Company. The company has filed its S-1 registration statement with the...
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ThinkstockCommercial real-estate firm Starwood Property Trust Inc. (NYSE: STWD) and private equity firm Starwood Capital Group, which are both controlled by Barry Sternlicht, have agreed to pay $1.05...
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ThinkstockToday’s announcement from CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) that it will convert its outdoor advertising business into a REIT and seek buyers for the foreign properties owned by the company could...
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ThinkstockWe recently did a story on stocks that perform well in a rising interest rate environment, a scenario that appears set up to be in play down the road. For the time being, the low interest...
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Flickr, Images of MoneyEquity Residential (NYSE: EQR) and Avalonbay Communities Inc. (NYSE: AVB) are acquiring Archstone Enterprises LP. This deal is for the portfolio of apartment properties under...
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ThinkstockCasino owner and operator Penn National Gaming Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) announced this morning that it will spin off its real estate assets into a separate, publicly traded REIT in a transaction...
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ThinkstockThe mortgage REIT sector’s issues are starting to surface. Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY) is said to be one of the safest of the high-yield mortgage REIT sector, but its...
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ThinkstockElection Day has come and gone. President Obama won a second term. The current electoral vote was by a margin of about 3 to 2 (unofficial), but the percentage last seen was only about 51%...
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Weyerhaeuser Co. (NYSE: WY) reported third-quarter 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The wood products REIT posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.22 on revenues of...
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Government Properties Income Trust (NYSE: GOV) may be offering new shareholders another chance to get in. The government-property management REIT announced on Monday that it has commenced a public...
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We recently became worried about the future dividends of the high-yielding mortgage REIT sector due to QE3’s focus being on $40 billion in mortgage-backed securities. In fact, after our call of...
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Ben Bernanke and the FOMC delivered today on the promise of quantitative easing to start buying mortgage-backed securities to the tune of $40 billion per month. The measure would allow for $23...
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Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY) has now announced that it intends to conduct a public offering of shares of an original issuance of Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. The...
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When Pershing Square Capital Management filed a Form 13D with the SEC yesterday related to its ownership interests in General Growth Properties Inc. (NYSE: GGP), Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman...
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General Growth Properties Inc. (NYSE: GGP) is on the move after a letter was sent to the company calling for a sale by activist investor (and 2nd largest shareholder) Pershing Square. Bill...
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