Washington Real Estate Investment Trust, Rockville, Md., has priced $100 million of 20-year convertible senior unsecured notes.The notes will be convertible at the holder's option at an initial rate of 20.09 common shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes, or $49.78 per share. The REIT said the proceeds will be used to repay borrowings under its lines of credit. Credit Suisse Securities, the sole underwriter of the offering, has been granted an option to buy up to $10 million worth of additional notes to cover any overallotments. The REIT can be found online at http://www.writ.com.
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Doxo plans to fight the FTC complaint, which focuses broadly on consumer finance, but there are signs of confusion about the company's role in mortgages too.
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Members of the LGBTQ community were most likely to have experienced housing bias, according to a Zillow survey, which also found many people don't recognize how fair lending laws could help.
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Senior executives making over $151,000 would still be subject to such clauses should the rule go into effect this year.
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Christopher J. Gallo and his aide, Mehmet A. Elmas, allegedly withheld information in mortgage applications, hiding that borrowers were purchasing second home properties.
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Mortgage rates rose 7 basis points this week, Freddie Mac said, and more increases are likely following a weaker than expected gross domestic product report.
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Independent mortgage bankers lost the most money ever on every loan originated last year due to higher rates and lower volumes, an industry trade group said.
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