BRT Realty Trust, a real estate investment trust based in Great Neck, N.Y., has announced the sale of $30 million of trust preferred securities in a private placement.The mortgage REIT said the sale will enable it to continue the expansion of its lending activities. The 30-year securities will bear interest of 8.49% through April 30, 2016, and at a floating rate of 2.90% above the three-month London interbank offered rate after that, the company said. BRT can be found online at http://www.brtrealty.com.
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Rocket jumps first to raise 2027 conforming loan limits to $845,000, with Rate and CrossCountry matching; UWM's move still pending marking an early signal of IMB competitive positioning.
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Sypher Capital Management announced the public launch of its new independent comparison site for bitcoin-backed loans and mortgages last week.
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Consumer advocacy group Better Markets filed a lawsuit in federal district court Thursday claiming the Federal Reserve's top regulator coached bankers on how to comment on proposed capital rules in "secret meetings."
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From higher immediate pricing to long-term impacts on the housing market, originators are assessing what the rise in the 10-year Treasury yield means.
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Atlas VMS acquired CloseClear.ai to help lenders prevent post-appraisal GSE buybacks. The tech continuously matches active pipelines against live disaster maps to plug closing blind spots.
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BTIG is predicting mortgage origination volume for loanDepot, PennyMac Financial Services, Rithm, Rocket Cos., and UWM Holdings combined will be 5% lower than the industry consensus for the third quarter.
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