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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...
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...
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...
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%...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
There is value in all those old folks living in retirement homes and in retirement communities.  The latest deal in the world of mergers and acquisitions has Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. (NYSE: SRZ)...
AmRIET, Inc. (NYSE: AMRE) is managing to hang in around the initial public offering price.  Still, Wall Street (and/or Main Street) might lump this in as a disappointing IPO.  The company priced an...
AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. (NYSE: MITT) could soon be much larger if its most recent shelf registration statement (S-3) with the Securities and Exchange Commission gets used to its fullest...
When the market is stable or when shares are strong, many companies choose to unload shares to raise capital. It may hurt the shareholders today but these moves can help grow a company down the road...