Great Lakes REIT, Oak Brook, Ill., has announced a merger agreement under which it will be acquired by Asian Realty Partners II LP, an affiliate of Transwestern Investment Co.Great Lakes said Transwestern has agreed to pay no less than $14.98 per share in cash to shareholders upon the closing of the merger. Under the agreement, Great Lakes is permitted to sell certain of its properties, including its portfolio of medical office buildings and its two Minnesota assets, to the extent that the net proceeds from the sales would exceed the value of such properties specified by Transwestern.
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A tour of the technology that banking has run on, dating back to Franklin's anti-counterfeit measures and the bank-note bulletin that preceded American Banker.
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Issuances of new HECM-backed securities dropped off in June on both a monthly and yearly basis, according to a new report from New View Advisors.
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The vote to approve the $12 per share deal, which rejected a hostile bid from UWM Holdings, came following several postponements of a special meeting.
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A mortgage customer claims his data was compromised in a hack last year at a tax and accounting firm reportedly used by the wholesale giant.
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The government-sponsored enterprise clamped down on project review requirements and certain factory-built home appraisals while loosening other guidelines.
July 2 -
The June jobs report is creating an overhang on economist forecasts for interest rates going forward, especially when combined with recent inflation data.
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