06/25/13 Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for REIT.

• Phoenix Cigna buildings sold for $55 million to California REIT _{2013-06-25, 01:22 pm}
  A Los Angeles-based real estate investment trust has purchased Cigna Healthcare of Arizona Inc.'s two-building office campus in north Phoenix for $54.5 million, according to a statement by Cushman & Wakefield of Arizona Inc. The two buildings, which total more than 232,000 square feet, are located just off Interstate 17 along Happy Valley Road ... (more)
• Phoenix Cigna buildings sold for $55 million to California REIT _{2013-06-25, 01:11 pm}
  ... The Cigna buildings mark the second Valley acquisition by El Segundo, Calif.-based Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT in recent months. The other was the $32.5 million purchase of the 222,000-square-foot Avnet Inc. warehouse building in south ...
• Healthcare Trust Of America: 5.3% Yield And Insider Buying _{2013-06-25, 12:53 pm}
  Followers of Real Estate Investment Trusts are all too aware of this recent pullback in equities.
• 10 Dividend Achiever Dogs Track 7.4% To 16.7% Net Gains In June _{2013-06-25, 12:52 pm}
  This article reports results from the NASDAQ Dividend Achievers 50 Index calculated as of June 14, 2013 projecting gain results one year hence.
• Credit Market Liquidity Drying Up As Bond Prices Fall _{2013-06-25, 12:51 pm}
  One of the greatest risks an investor takes by investing in less-frequently traded asset classes is that when it comes time to sell their holdings, nobody will be there to buy them.
• Book Value Erosion: Are Agency mREITs Alone? _{2013-06-25, 11:08 am}
  Volatility in the mortgage markets have increased since the first quarter and I believe it will not subside anytime soon because the Fed has again linked the QE unwinding with macroeconomic improvements.
• NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT announces time for issuance of... _{2013-06-25, 10:52 am}
  The conference ID is 1970152. The webcast can be accessed from the "Investor Relations" page, under "Webcasts & Presentations" of the REIT's web site at www.nwhp.ca , and will be archived for 30 days.
• Fitch Affirms Home Properties' IDR at 'BBB'; Outlook Stable _{2013-06-25, 10:23 am}
  ... of 3.9% that troughed at -1.1% in 2003 and was flat during the most recent recession. This compares favorably to the REIT peer group which averaged lower annual growth (1.6%), troughed at -6.2% in 2003 and declined -4.7% in 2009. Further, HME's cash ...
• Firm goes public with sustainable infrastructure _{2013-06-25, 09:49 am}
  ... real estate developments and investors can avoid corporate income taxes, subject to certain guidelines. The IRS granted REIT status to Hannon Armstrong in July. Another sustainable infrastructure REIT is the Old Bethpage, N.Y.-based Power REIT. ...
• IndiSoft Enters Commercial Real Estate Market, Helps Brillion Asset... _{2013-06-25, 09:04 am}
  ... connects Brillion to real estate agents and its clients, including banks, credit unions, real estate investment trusts (REIT), private equity funds and hedge funds. It provides one seamless platform for Brillion to efficiently receive orders and ...
• Schorsch: Market Overreacts on Interest Rates _{2013-06-25, 08:43 am}
  'Expectations that the Federal Reserve could end its quantitative-easing programs amid a strengthening US economy have made yield-oriented equity investments such as REITs relatively less attractive' is how Bloomberg recently summed up the decline in REIT stock prices since late May. Last week, the Bloomberg REIT Index fell 4.2% on fears of rising ... (more)
• Will Dividend-Paying Stocks Fall More Than the Market? _{2013-06-25, 08:35 am}
  ... since the end of April, as shareholders prepare for what could be the end of favorable conditions for the mortgage-REIT industry and its high-leverage business model. Why dividend stocks are falling The key to understanding the pressure that ...
• Polling the Public About Investing Is Loads of Fun _{2013-06-25, 08:30 am}
  ... right - Real Estate has been rallying since 2011. It was their second favorite asset class behind gold. The Vanguard REIT index is up about 30% since then - so they did manage to pick one asset class out of 4 that worked out. Source : Americans ...
• Capital Growth Management's Small-Cap Picks _{2013-06-25, 08:00 am}
  ... million shares in its portfolio according to its own 13F (find Generation's favorite stocks) . , another hotel-focused REIT that primarily owns upscale hotels, was another of Capital Growth Management's small cap picks. This shows that the fund is ...
• Dow Jones Industrial Average Rebounds Amid Central Bank Reassurances _{2013-06-25, 07:13 am}
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average is signaling a higher open, following a pair of comments made by central banks in both the U.S. and China.
• Head-To-Head: Real Estate Industry ETFs _{2013-06-25, 07:00 am}
  After suffering tremendous losses during the 2008 housing bubble, real estate investments have managed to claw their way back and are showing promising signs once again.
• Should retirement savers use alternative assets? _{2013-06-25, 06:58 am}
  Bill Losey has nearly 25 years experience in the financial services industry and is a Certified Financial Planner practitioner and Certified Retirement Coach.
• Kimco Boosts Stake in Retail Portfolio _{2013-06-24, 03:00 am}
  ... Food Markets and Safeway, as well as Home Depot, Nordstrom Rack, Bed Bath & Beyond and T.J.Maxx. The shopping center REIT and UBS assembled it between 2005 and 2007. In an earnings calls this past February, Kimco president and CEO David Henry called ...
• American Capital Agency Corp. - Book Value Resilience In The Face Of Rates Back-Up _{2013-06-24, 03:00 am}
  Editor's notes: AGNC's recent sell-off is overdone and investors are focusing on the wrong risks, says sector expert REIT Analyst.
• The REIT Way To Build A Fortress Of Dividends _{2013-06-25, 03:51 am}
  ... tide. In addition, I always design a massive moat so that my fortress is protected and my hard work lasts longer. In REIT-dom my fortress building strategy is not different than my beach shore blueprint. In both instances, I am constructing a solid ...