April 20, 2024
Loans

Blackstone and Starwood Are Both Mortgage REITs. Their Reserves Tell Different Stories.

The specialized lenders known as mortgage real estate investment trusts have a prominent spot on the injured list of players in commercial real estate. Since rising rates started to weigh on real estate borrowers in early 2022, shares of two mortgage REITs— Starwood Property Trust and Blackstone Mortgage Trust —have fallen 15% and 35%, respectively.

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Mortgage

Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day

Published: Feb. 29, 2024 at 5:31 p.m. ET Shares of Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. IVR advanced 3.79% to $9.03 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP rising 0.90% to 16,091.92 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.12% to 38,996.39.

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Investment

Federal Realty Investment Trust stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day

Published: Feb. 29, 2024 at 5:23 p.m. ET Shares of Federal Realty Investment Trust FRT rose 2.21% to $100.85 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.52% to 5,096.27 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.12% to 38,996.39.

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Mortgage

Commercial Mortgage REITs Weathered Another Quarter. They’re Cheap Again.

The year-end reports have come in from a cadre of lenders who hold loans on some of the more troubled kinds of commercial real estate. The December quarter wasn’t easy for mortgage real estate investment trusts like Starwood Property Trust and Blackstone Mortgage Trust . Earnings calls among the dozen or so members of this

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Property

LGIM overhauls UK property fund amid sector liquidity fears

Legal and General Investment Management is set to overhaul its UK property fund amid pushback from investors and the regulator around liquidity issues plaguing the sector. Under the new structure, LGIM will adopt a “hybrid” approach: 45% of the portfolio will be held in direct property, with 45% reallocated into shares of globally listed real estate investment trusts.

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Property

Tritax Big Box Agrees to Take Over UK Commercial Property REIT in $1.2 Bln Deal

Published: Feb. 12, 2024 at 2:19 a.m. ET By Joe Hoppe Tritax Big Box said it has reached an agreement to take over UK Commercial Property REIT in an all-share offer, valuing the company at around 924 million pounds ($1.17 billion). The commercial-property investor said UK Commercial Property investors will receive 0.444 new ordinary Tritax

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Investment

Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust Un stock rises Friday, still underperforms market

Published: Jan. 5, 2024 at 4:31 p.m. ET Shares of Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust Un CAR.UT inched 0.04% higher to C$47.65 Friday, in what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the Canadian market, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index GSPTSE rising 0.32% to 20,937.55. Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment

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Mortgage

‘Wanna-Bet?’ Carson Block Offers Side-Bet on His Blackstone Mortgage Short

At Friday’s price of $21.36, they’re off around 5% since his Dec. 6 critique, while many other real-estate investment trusts have risen by a like percentage in celebration of easing interest rates. Block’s claim that the Blackstone trust will cut its dividend by half—as its borrowers struggle to refinance at higher rates—has stirred the hornet’s

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Investment

Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust Un stock falls Friday, underperforms market

Published: Dec. 29, 2023 at 4:31 p.m. ET Shares of Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust Un CAR.UT shed 0.14% to C$48.80 Friday, in what proved to be an otherwise all-around favorable trading session for the Canadian market, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index GSPTSE rising 0.14% to 20,958.44. Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment

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Investors

Short Sellers Think These Stocks Will Tank in 2024. Investors Can Bet Otherwise.

The number of shorted shares has grown 23% since the end of 2020, but that doesn’t mean traders are getting more bearish about the market. Thanks to an array of initial public offerings and stock splits, the total number of stock shares has ballooned since the end of 2020—which means the relative short interest has

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