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We have been highlighting how some of the commercial office and retail REITs are having a hard time as their need to raise cash comes at a high price. The current environment is driving up borrowing...
Many REITs are in trouble.  That is becoming the understatement of the year.  The REITs doing better in today’s environment are the ones whose projects are already built and those that were fully...
Northern Trust (NASDAQ: NTRS) has announced the launch today of the first exchange traded fund (ETF) that is dedicated to the Real Estate Investment Trust sector in JAPAN.  The underlying stock...
Health Care REIT, Inc. (NYSE:HCN) has filed to sell up to 6,000,000 shares of common stock in a secondary offering.  These shares of common stock to be sold are going to registered under the...
Galiot Capital Corporation has filed with the SEC for its 16,666,666 shares of common stock in an IPO at $15.00 per share.  The company will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol...
Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) has filed with the SEC to raise up to $345,000,000 in new capital via the sale of common stock.  Concurrent with this offering, the company will sell...
Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH) has just announced that it has commenced a proposed secondary public offering of 10,000,000 common shares. the company expects to use these proceeds to...
Public Storage (NYSE: PSA) is seeing some pressure this morning after earnings.  Interestingly enough, its smaller counterpart U-Store-It Trust (NYSE: YSI) rose a sharp 3.5% to $11.99 after its...
Behringer Harvard REIT II, Inc., a REIT, or real estate investment trust, submitted a filing to allow for a share offering today. The offering shows a $10 price per share for 200 million shares for...
Cypress Sharpridge Investments, Inc. (NYSE: CYS) has filed to come public in an effort to raise capital.  The company will operate as a REIT and plans to invest all of its new capital exclusively in...
Maguire Properties (NYSE: MPG) announced that it is finalizing its review of strategic alternatives for preserving and enhancing value for stockholders.  The review no longer includes an active...
Thornburg Mortgage Inc. (NYSE: TMA) has filed an open shelf registration with the SEC to sell securities from time to time in the form of debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, warrants and...
A newly created firm called American Capital Agency Corp. has filed to come public.  This is a newly-organized Delaware corporation that was formed to invest exclusively in single-family residential...
Hatteras Financial Corp., a REIT, or a real estate investment trust, submitted an IPO filing this morning. The proposed maximum aggregate amount in securities is listed as $200 million, although this...
Tonight a multifamily REIT operator called UDR, Inc. (NYSE: UDR) is announcing a transformational deal along with its earnings.  The company reported funds from operations (FFO) of $0.43 before a...