Sovran Self Storage Inc., a real estate investment trust based in Buffalo, N.Y., has announced an increase in its line of credit from $75 million to $100 million and a provision allowing for its expansion to as much as $200 million.The REIT said the modification also provides for a decrease in the interest rate to the London interbank offered rate plus 0.9%; a one-year increase in the term to September 2007; the elimination of the facility's non-usage fee; and the imposition of a 20-basis-point facility fee. The lead arranger was Banc of America Securities, with participation by M&T Bank, PNC Bank, SunTrust, HSBC, Chevy Chase, and Citizens Bank. The REIT can be fund online at http://www.sovranss.com.
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The Arkansas-based company spent nearly four years on the M&A sidelines, grappling with asset quality issues and litigation tied to its 2022 acquisition of Texas-based Happy State Bank. Now it's signed a letter of intent to buy an unnamed bank.
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The company cited efforts to improve profitability behind its decision, with Popular joining a line of other banks in ending mortgage operations in 2025.
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The mortgage unit of Hilltop Holdings lost $7.2 million pretax in the third quarter with lower volume, following making a small profit three months prior.
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FHA loans accounted for about half of the annual rise in foreclosure starts and 80% of the rise in active foreclosures in September, according to ICE.
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The Federal Reserve Friday issued a set of proposed changes to its stress testing program for the largest banks that would disclose the central bank's back-end stress testing models, a move that the Fed had long opposed out of fear of making the tests easier for banks to pass.
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Robert Hartheimer's arrest comes at a time when the bank is trying to recover from a consent order and the Synapse mess.
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