AvalonBay Communities Inc., an apartment development and management company based in Alexandria, Va., has entered into a new revolving variable-rate unsecured credit facility totaling $650 million.The credit facility, which replaces a $500 million facility, initially bears interest at 40 basis points above the London interbank offered rate, but the rate can be higher or lower based on credit conditions, AvalonBay said. The syndication agents were JPMorgan Chase Bank NA and Wachovia Bank NA. AvalonBay can be found online at http://www.avalonbay.com.
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JPMorganChase and Bank of America raised concerns about the proposed removal of risk-weighted assets from the denominator of the short-term wholesale funding component of the GSIB surcharge — changes backed by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., reportedly plans to send the recently passed housing bill to the White House on Monday, starting a 10-day clock for the president to sign the bill.
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The national delinquency rate rose 15 basis points to 3.5% last month due to a calendar anomaly, marking a 4.5% month-over-month incline and 9.4% annual change.
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ICE launched a fraud detection tool for underwriters, Newrez partnered with Matic and Rate announced a free home equity monitoring tool this month.
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Nearly one-third of states now have official nonbank standards for liquidity, capital and corporate governance that firms over a certain threshold must meet.
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KBW now rates UWM as outperform, and BTIG calls the stock a buy, but both cite high leverage levels and industry macro trends depressing its stock price.
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