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Housing remains a puzzle in Fed’s inflation fight
Analysts don’t expect it to continue, with real-time rent data still pointing to an eventual slowdown in official housing price indexes that include information from a year ago in a moving average.
Manageable debt, quality assets cushion US public office REITs against headwinds
Public office REITs had total debt of $81.69 billion as of the end of the second quarter, 87.8% of which has a fixed rate, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data.
SmartStop Opens New Self-Storage Facility in San Gabriel, California
“We are excited to announce the opening of our newest self-storage facility in the San Gabriel Valley,” said H. Michael Schwartz, Chairman and CEO of SmartStop.
7 Top SEC Exam Priorities for 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission has released its 2024 examination priorities to inform investors and registrants of the key risks, exam topics and priorities that the division plans to focus on in the upcoming year…
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Prospect Capital Corporation Preferred Stock Offering Issuances Exceed $300 Million Across Institutional, Registered Investment Advisor, Wirehouse, and Independent Private Wealth Investors
Prospect Capital Corporation Preferred Stock Offering Issuances Exceed $300 Million Across Institutional, Registered Investment Advisor, Wirehouse, and Independent Private...
Griffin Institutional Access Real Estate Fund Extends Positive Performance
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Which investment processing technology reduces subscription order entry to as little as 20 minutes?
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W. P. Carey Inc. to Purchase Corporate Property Associates 17 – Global Nontraded REIT
On June 17, 2018, Corporate Property Associates 17 – Global Incorporated (“CPA®:17”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with…
Small B-D Outlook Improves
One year ago, small broker-dealers weren’t feeling particularly upbeat. With the implementation of the DOL rule looming,…
NAV for Bluerock’s Total Income+ Real Estate Fund A-Shares Eclipse $30 Per Share
In a press release June 13, 2018, Bluerock Fund Advisor announced that Bluerock’s Total Income+ Real Estate Fund’s (“TI+”, “Fund”, tickers: TIPRX, TIPPX, TIPWX, TIPLX) NAV for its A-shares, the Fund’s longest running share class, eclipsed the $30 per share mark representing …
May NTR and BDC Sales
Led by Blackstone REIT’s increase in sales of $11.8 million in May versus April, the nontraded REIT offerings raised a total of…
Judge Says UDF Lawsuit Against Kyle Bass and Hayman Capital Will Proceed
In an article posted on Blue Vault’s website on December 19, 2017, entitled “How An Attack on a Nontraded REIT Sponsor Made a Hedge Fund Manager $60 Million,” we referred readers to a lawsuit filed by United Development Funding LP (“UDF”) and its related companies accusing hedge fund manager J. Kyle Bass and his closely held company Hayman Capital Management, L.P., of perpetrating a “short-and-distort” scheme by spreading false and damaging information about UDF in order to drive down the company’s stock price and profit by covering their short positions by buying shorted shares at much lower prices.









