NorthStar Realty Finance, a New York-based real estate investment trust, has announced the pricing of a public offering of 5.4 million shares of 8.25% series B cumulative redeemable preferred stock at $25 per share.The underwriters have been granted an option to buy up to 810,000 additional shares to cover any overallotments. Bear, Stearns & Co. and Wachovia Securities are the joint book-running managers of the offering. The REIT can be found online at http://www.nrfc.com.
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.
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.
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.
ICE launched a fraud detection tool for underwriters, Newrez partnered with Matic and Rate announced a free home equity monitoring tool this month.
Nearly one-third of states now have official nonbank standards for liquidity, capital and corporate governance that firms over a certain threshold must meet.
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.
