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		<title>(MAA) MAA Acquires Virginia Property</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MAA (MAA), an apartment-only real estate investment trust (REIT), has recently completed the acquisition of Adalay Bay – a 240-unit upscale apartment community in Chesapeake, Virginia &#8212; for an undisclosed price. The transaction was funded with the proceeds from a secondary offering of approximately 1.96 million shares completed earlier in the year. Developed in 2002, Adalay Bay is strategically located in the Hampton Roads area of Chesapeake that houses the commercial Port of Hampton Roads, which is serviced by about 90% of the world&#8217;s shipping lines. The region is also famous for the presence of several Fortune 500 companies, including 3M (MMM), AT&#38;T (T), Boeing (BA), Federal Express (FDX), Xerox (XRX) and Lockheed Martin (LMT). Besides the booming technology industry, Hampton Roads also boasts a strong tourism industry with several ]]></description>
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		<title>(EQR) Used Home Prices Stabilize in July</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/28/eqr-used-home-prices-stabilize-in-july/84174</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In July, home prices were mixed on a seasonally adjusted basis. The Case-Schiller Composite 10 City index (C-10) fell a slight 0.12% on a seasonally adjusted basis, and is down 3.77% from a year ago. The broader Composite 20 City index (which includes the cities in the C-10) edged up by 0.05% on the month and is down 4.16% from a year ago. Prices for both indexes rose by 0.9% for the month on a not-seasonally-adjusted basis (which is how you will probably see most of the reports presented). Of the 20 cities, nine were up on the month-to-month basis (seasonally adjusted), and eleven were down. Year over year, though, 18 were down, and only Detroit and Washington DC made it into the plus column. The overall indexes are down ]]></description>
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		<title>(EQR) Equity Residential Second Quarter Earnings Scorecard</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/08/05/eqr-equity-residential-second-quarter-earnings-scorecard/80760</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Equity Residential (EQR) reported funds from operations (FFO) of $180.7 million in second quarter 2011 compared with $175.1 million in the year-ago quarter. FFO per share in the reported quarter remained flat year over year at 58 cents. Fund from operations, a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is obtained after adding depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses to net income. Excluding one-time items, FFO in the second quarter stood at $186.7 million or 60 cents per share compared with $175.2 million or 58 cents per share in the year- ago quarter. Reported FFO was in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. We cover below the results of the recent earnings announcement, as well as the subsequent analyst estimate revisions and the Zacks ratings for the ]]></description>
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		<title>(BRE) BRE Properties Beats Estimates</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/08/04/bre-bre-properties-beats-estimates/80633</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRE Properties Inc (BRE) reported second quarter 2011 funds from operations (FFO) of $34.9 million or 49 cents per share versus $28.9 million or 46 cents per share in the year-earlier quarter. Funds from operations, a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is obtained after adding depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses to net income.  Recurring FFO in the quarter inched past the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny. Total revenue from continuing operations during the second quarter was $93.5 million versus $84.0 million in the year-ago quarter. Adjusted earnings before interest, tax depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) were $59.6 million in second quarter 2011 compared with $54.6 million in the year-earlier quarter. Overall same-store revenues and net operating income increased 2.9% and 4.4%, respectively, driven by ]]></description>
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		<title>(AVB) Avalonbay Communities Buys Rockville Townhomes</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/30/avb-avalonbay-communities-buys-rockville-townhomes/78059</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avalonbay Communities Inc. (AVB), a leading multifamily real estate investment trust (REIT), has recently expanded its portfolio with the acquisition of Yale Village Townhomes in Rockville, Maryland for $49.5 million. The purchase price for the 210 rental townhomes equates to about $235,700 per unit. The acquired property is strategically located between the Rockville and Shady Grove Metro stations in close proximity to  the Montgomery College. The townhouses, with an average unit size of 1,700 square feet, contain full-size washer and dryer units, wall to wall carpeting, and a separate dining room. In addition, a clubhouse and a gymnasium were added to the site in 2010. The continuous acquisition binge of Avalonbay is primarily due to improving multifamily apartment fundamentals. The national homeownership rate has plummeted to 66.5% during first quarter ]]></description>
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		<title>(UDR) UDR Adds Asset at Record Price</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/30/udr-udr-adds-asset-at-record-price/78056</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UDR Inc. (UDR), a leading multifamily real estate investment trust (REIT), has recently acquired a luxury condo-turned-rental project in Washington DC, for $104 million or $670 per square foot – the highest price per square foot ever paid for a Class A rental property in the region. The 185-unit apartment complex called ‘View 14’ was purchased from Level 2 Development, LLC – a local real estate firm specializing in the construction of luxury residential and mixed-use projects. ‘View 14’ is the second such property that UDR has acquired from the DC-based real estate firm. Earlier in September 2007, the company had purchased Nehemiah Shopping Center for $30.9 million. With the recent purchase, UDR currently has 16 properties in and around Washington DC. Spanning 155,000 square feet, the acquired property is ]]></description>
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		<title>(MAA) Mid-America Apartment Communities Buys Assets in Florida</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/29/maa-mid-america-apartment-communities-buys-assets-in-florida/77576</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. (MAA) recently completed the acquisition of a 279-unit luxury apartment community Tattersall at Tapestry Park, located in the Southeast sub-market of Jacksonville, Florida. The acquisition was funded by a combination of share offerings and borrowings under the company’s current credit facilities. Developed in 2009 as the second phase of a mixed-use development project, Tattersall at Tapestry Park is a condo-quality community. The apartment community possesses numerous residential facilities including a four-story parking garage, lush landscapes with relaxing water features and a sundeck pool. MAA, however, did not buy the first phase of the development, which included condominiums, retail and office space, restaurants and a hotel. The acquisition will likely be accretive for Mid-America given Jacksonville has the largest deepwater port in the south and is the ]]></description>
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		<title>(EQR) U.S. Home Prices Mixed &#8211; Good News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/28/eqr-u-s-home-prices-mixed-good-news/77730</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In April, home prices were mixed. The Case-Schiller Composite 10 City index (C-10) rose an ever-so-slight 0.01% on a seasonally adjusted basis, and is down 3.04% from a year ago. The broader Composite 20 City index (which includes the cities in the C-10) fell by 0.09% on the month and is down 3.93% from a year ago. Prices for both indexes rose on a not-seasonally-adjusted basis. Of the 20 cities, nine were up on the month-to-month basis (seasonally adjusted), and 11 were down. Year over year, though, just Washington DC areas saw a gain and 19 suffered losses. Washington DC was the strongest by far, with prices up 1.96% on the month and up 4.09% from a year ago. The rise in the C-10 was the first increase since June ]]></description>
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		<title>(SNH) Senior Housing Properties Trust Mulls Equity Offer</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/28/snh-senior-housing-properties-trust-mulls-equity-offer/77740</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senior Housing Properties Trust (SNH), a real estate investment trust (REIT) which primarily owns private pay senior living communities and medical office buildings across the U.S., has recently announced its decision to issue 6.5 million shares to repay its debt. The company will also grant the underwriters an option to purchase an additional 1.0 million shares to cover any over-allotments. Jefferies &#38; Company, Inc., the principal operating subsidiary of Jefferies Group, Inc. (JEF); UBS Investment Bank, the investment banking division of UBS AG (UBS); and Citigroup, Inc. (C), a global financial services company, are acting as joint book-running managers for the public offering. Senior Housing Properties intends to utilize the proceeds from the secondary offering to repay debt under its revolving credit facility. Earlier in the month, the company replaced ]]></description>
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		<title>(AGNC) Company News for June 28, 2011 &#8211; Corporate Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/28/agnc-company-news-for-june-28-2011-corporate-summary/77704</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[•    Shares of online company Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) gained 4.52% after analysts at Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) opined that the company&#8217;s fourth quarter profits and margins will outperform the Street&#8217;s expectations •    Share prices of Icagen, Inc. (NASDAQ:ICGN) zoomed up 163.76% to close at $6.33 after Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) disclosed that the drug manufacturer is planning to enter into a strategic alliance with Icagen •    The Board of directors of LDK Solar Co (NYSE:LDK) has authorized the repurchase of up to $110 million of American Depositary Shares •    Share prices of Universal Forest Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:UFPI) shed 9.71% after the company said it will initiate a cost-cutting program because of declining sales this year •    Fitch Ratings downgraded the credit rating of Best Buy Co (NYSE:BBY) due to  lower stores sales ]]></description>
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		<title>(AGNC) American Capital Agency Offers Shares</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/26/agnc-american-capital-agency-offers-shares/77416</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC) recently issued a public offering of 43.2 million shares worth approximately $1.2 billion. The offering is expected to close on June 28, 2011. In a bid to cover over-allotments, the company will provide a 30-day option to the underwriters for purchasing an additional 6.5 million shares. American Capital intends to utilize the proceeds generated from the transaction for acquiring other agency securities and general corporate purposes. This public offering will enable the company to attain financial flexibility and seize investment opportunities and acquisitions, which go a long way in enhancing top-line growth. As of March 31, 2011, American Capital’s cash position stood at $300.6 million. During the first quarter American Capital reported earnings of $1.48 per share compared to $2.13 in the year-earlier quarter. Excluding ]]></description>
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		<title>(EDR) Education Realty Trust Hikes Dividend</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/26/edr-education-realty-trust-hikes-dividend/77480</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Education Realty Trust, Inc. (EDR) recently hiked its quarterly cash dividend by 2 cents to 7 cents per share. This translates into a massive 40% increase from the prior dividend. The increased dividend will be paid on August 16, 2011, to stockholders of record as on June 29, 2011. This takes the annual dividend yield as of June 23, 2011, to 3.4%. With this dividend increase, the annualized dividend of $ 0.28 per share represents approximately 70% of the previously issued 2011 core funds from operations guidance which is in the range of $ 0.38 to $ 0.42 per share. Funds from operations, a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is obtained after adding depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses to net income. During the first ]]></description>
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		<title>(UDR) UDR Raises Quarterly Dividend</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/22/udr-udr-raises-quarterly-dividend/77132</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UDR Inc. (UDR), a leading multifamily real estate investment trust (REIT), has recently increased its second quarter 2011 dividend from 18.5 cents to 20 cents. The quarterly dividend, payable in cash, would be paid on August 1, 2011 to shareholders of record as of July 11, 2011. The recent dividend payout will be the 155th consecutive quarterly dividend paid by the company. UDR is among a select group of companies who have maintained an uninterrupted dividend payout even during recession, when most companies have suspended the same. A steady dividend payout facilitates the long-term strategy of UDR to provide attractive risk-adjusted returns to its stockholders. The company has also historically promulgated a dividend reinvestment and direct stock purchase plan through which stockholders may purchase additional shares of the company by ]]></description>
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		<title>(MAA) Roche Holdings&#8217; Skin Cancer Drug Impresses</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/12/maa-roche-holdings-skin-cancer-drug-impresses/75908</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roche Holdings Ltd. (RHHBY) recently presented encouraging data from a phase III trial (BRIM 3) on BRAF V600 mutation-positive metastatic melanoma candidate, vemurafenib (RG7204, PLX4032), at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). The BRIM 3 study was conducted to compare vemurafenib with dacarbazine (chemotherapy) in patients with previously untreated BRAF V600 mutation-positive, unresected, locally advanced or metastatic melanoma (skin cancer). Upon comparison with chemotherapy, the study results demonstrated that patients on vemurafenib experienced a significant improvement in overall survival, with the risk of death reducing by 63%. The study also met the co-primary endpoint of reducing the risk of disease aggravation by 74% compared with chemotherapy. Last month, Roche submitted a new drug application (NDA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), for the ]]></description>
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		<title>(UDR) UDR Reports 2011 First Quarter Mixed Results</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/04/udr-udr-reports-2011-first-quarter-mixed-results/73173</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/04/udr-udr-reports-2011-first-quarter-mixed-results/73173#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 16:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UDR, Inc (UDR) reported first quarter 2011 FFO (fund from operations) of $56.8 million or 30 cents per share compared to $46.8 million or 28 cents in the year-earlier quarter. Funds from operations, a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is obtained after adding depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses to net income. The reported FFO per share was in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Total revenues during the quarter were $164.5 million compared to $145.1 million in the prior-year quarter. Total revenues in the reported quarter were below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $170 million. Same-store occupancy remained relatively high at 95.6% during the quarter. Same-store revenues and net operating income increased 2.6% and 3.0% respectively, during the quarter compared to year-ago quarter. Same ]]></description>
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		<title>(ACC) Company News for March 28,2011 &#8211; Corporate Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/28/acc-company-news-for-march-282011-corporate-summary/69962</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[• Deutsche Bank downgraded Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) to Sell from Hold rating after the company posted its fourth quarter results. The price target was also lowered from $60 to $50 • Citigroup upgraded Altera (NASDAQ:ALTR) to Buy from Hold • RW Baird upgraded American Campus Communities (NYSE:ACC) to Outperform from Neutral • Wunderlich initiated coverage on Bank of Hawaii (NYSE:BOH) with a Buy rating • Goldman Sachs upgraded Basic Energy Services (NYSE:BAS) to Neutral from Sell • Wells Fargo initiated coverage on Belo (NYSE:BLC)  with an Outperform rating • Wedbush initiated coverage on Brunswick (NYSE:BC) with an Outperform rating • RW Baird upgraded Carmax (NYSE:KMX) to Outperform from Neutral • Morgan Keegan downgraded Adtran (NASDAQ:ADTN) to Market Perform from Outperform • Citigroup downgraded Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) to Sell from Hold • BB&#38;T Capital initiated coverage on Harsco (NYSE:HSC) with a ]]></description>
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		<title>(AGNC) American Capital Agency Announces Secondary Offering</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/23/agnc-american-capital-agency-announces-secondary-offering/69418</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/23/agnc-american-capital-agency-announces-secondary-offering/69418#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on investments in mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs), has recently announced a secondary offering of 28 million common shares totaling $780 million of gross proceeds. The company will also grant the underwriters a 30-days option to purchase an additional 4.2 million shares to cover any over-allotments. BofA Merrill Lynch – the investment banking and wealth management division of Bank of America Corporation (BAC); Citigroup Global Markets Inc. – the brokerage and securities arm of Citigroup Inc. (C); Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC – the investment banking division of Credit Suisse Group (CS); and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. – the U.S. investment banking and securities arm of Deutsche Bank AG (DB) are acting as ]]></description>
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		<title>(AGNC) American Capital Agency Corporation Announces Secondary Offeringg</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/22/agnc-american-capital-agency-corporation-announces-secondary-offeringg/69453</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 04:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on investments in mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs), has recently announced a secondary offering of 28 million common shares totaling $780 million of gross proceeds. The company will also grant the underwriters a 30-days option to purchase an additional 4.2 million shares to cover any over-allotments. BofA Merrill Lynch – the investment banking and wealth management division of Bank of America Corporation (BAC); Citigroup Global Markets Inc. – the brokerage and securities arm of Citigroup Inc. (C); Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC – the investment banking division of Credit Suisse Group (CS); and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. – the U.S. investment banking and securities arm of Deutsche Bank AG (DB) are acting as ]]></description>
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		<title>(AVB) Real Estate Investment Trust Industry Outlook &#8211; October 2010 &#8211; Industry Outlook</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/07/avb-real-estate-investment-trust-industry-outlook-october-2010-industry-outlook/54268</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) industry gained its momentum back in the fiscal 2010 third quarter, after lackluster results in the second quarter that was preceded by two strong back-to-back performances in first quarter 2010 and fourth quarter 2009. The FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index reported total returns of 10.9% in the third quarter (as of September 23, 2010), vs. returns of 9.6% and a 9.5% for the Dow Jones Industrials and the S&#38;P 500, respectively. In the second quarter 2010, this Equity REIT Index had produced negative total returns of 3.1%, vs. losses of 12.5% and 10.6% for the S&#38;P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrials, respectively, owing to broader stock-market concerns fueled by the European debt crisis that prompted investors to cut back their holdings. The ]]></description>
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		<title>(UDR) Real Estate Investment Trust Outlook &#8211; July 2010 &#8211; Industry Outlook</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/07/02/udr-real-estate-investment-trust-outlook-july-2010-industry-outlook/42186</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) industry that witnessed two strong back-to-back performances in first quarter 2010 and fourth quarter 2009 somewhat lost its momentum in its fiscal 2010 second quarter. The FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index reported total returns of negative 3.05% in the second quarter, vs. a 12.5% and a 10.6% loss for the S&#38;P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrials, respectively. Although total returns as measured by the FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index remained well above the S&#38;P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrials, it declined drastically from 10.0% in the first quarter of 2010 and 9.4% in the fourth quarter of 2009. The lackluster performance of the FTSE NAREIT Equity Index is primarily attributable to broader stock-market concerns fueled by the European debt crisis, which ]]></description>
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		<title>(AIV) Apartment Investment and Management Company Earnings Scorecard</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/05/23/aiv-apartment-investment-and-management-company-earnings-scorecard/37888</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 04:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apartment Investment and Management Company (AIV) or Aimco, as the real estate investment trust (REIT) is popularly known, reported fiscal 2010 first quarter FFO (funds from operations) of 32 cents per share that exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2 cents. Funds from operations, a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is obtained after adding depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses to net income. Below we will cover the results of the recent earnings announcement, subsequent analyst estimate revisions and Zacks ratings for the short term and long term outlook for the stock. Earnings Report Review During first quarter 2010, Aimco had a weighted average ownership of 92% in the conventional real estate portfolio. Same-store revenue in the conventional portfolio decreased $3.1 million or 1.8%, primarily ]]></description>
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		<title>(ACC) American Campus Communities May Sell $150 Million Equity</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/05/21/acc-american-campus-communities-may-sell-150-million-equity/37994</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 05:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Campus Communities Inc. (ACC) announced the initiation of an at-the-market equity program on Thursday. Under the program, the company will be entitled to sell common stock with an aggregate offering price of up to $150 million on a discretionary basis. Bank of America (BAC), JPMorgan Securities Inc., a division of JPMorgan Chase &#38; Co. (JPM) and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., a wing of KeyCorp (KEY) will act as sales agents or principals of this offering. The program differs from a customary stock offering when compared on the basis of cost effectiveness. The company is expected to use the proceeds from the sales for working capital, debt reduction and general corporate purposes Incorporatedluding potential acquisitions or new development projects. The company has filed a registration statement including a prospectus and a ]]></description>
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		<title>(AGNC) American Capital Agency to Offer Common Shares</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/05/17/agnc-american-capital-agency-to-offer-common-shares/37413</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/05/17/agnc-american-capital-agency-to-offer-common-shares/37413#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 22:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT), has recently announced plans to offer 6.0 million common shares at $25.75 each to raise cash. The company will also grant the underwriters an option to purchase an additional 0.9 million shares to cover any over-allotments. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, UBS Investment Bank, Citi, and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. are acting as joint book-running managers for the public offering. American Capital expects to raise total net proceeds of approximately $147 million, excluding the over-allotment options. The company intends to utilize the proceeds to acquire additional agency securities and for general corporate purposes. The shares fell $2.11 or 7.7% on the impact of the news to $25.43 in midday trading on Friday. American Capital invests only in fixed-rate ]]></description>
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		<title>(MAA) Mid-America Apartment Communities Updates Earnings Guidance</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/04/21/maa-mid-america-apartment-communities-updates-earnings-guidance/34552</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. (MAA), an apartment-only real estate investment trust (REIT), has recently provided an updated first quarter 2010 earnings guidance based on strong occupancy and better-than-expected fee income. The company currently expects first quarter 2010 funds from operations (FFO) in the range of $30.1 million to $31.6 million or 96 cents to $1.00 per share. Fund from operations, a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is obtained after adding depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses to net income. The updated FFO figures exceed the earlier guidance of 86?96 cents per share. The earnings forecast also exceeds the current Zacks Consensus Estimate of 91 cents per share. Mid-America’s diversified market profile with its focus on solid employment markets of the Sunbelt region across both the ]]></description>
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		<title>(BRE) BRE Properties Offers Common Shares</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/04/01/bre-bre-properties-offers-common-shares/32647</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRE Properties (BRE), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT), has recently announced plans to offer 5 million common shares to raise cash and repay debt. The company will also grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase an additional 750,000 shares to cover any over-allotments. BofA Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo Securities are acting as joint book-running managers for the public offering. BRE Properties intends to utilize the proceeds from the offering to reduce debt under its unsecured revolving credit facility. At year-end 2009, BRE Properties had total debt of approximately $1.9 billion. The company also expects to use the residual cash to fund its development activity. By the end of fourth quarter 2009, BRE Properties had two communities under construction (566 units) at an estimated total cost of ]]></description>
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		<title>(BRE) BRE Properties Incorporated &#8211; Bear of the Day</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/25/bre-bre-properties-incorporated-bear-of-the-day/31628</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/25/bre-bre-properties-incorporated-bear-of-the-day/31628#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our long-term recommendation for BRE Properties (BRE) is Underperform as we anticipate it to perform well below the broader market. We expect continued volatility in the multifamily sector with increasing job cuts and decline in the market fundamentals. BRE Properties also has exposure to some weakening multifamily markets, notably, The Inland Empire, Los Angeles, and Orange County. However, home values in most of BRE Properties markets are still among the highest in the country and the rent-to-own gap remains high. The company also maintains strong occupancy levels and high operating margins. If the company can weather the current storm, it may expect a reversal of fortunes. However, our target price of $32.00 at 16.4X 2010 FFO/Share factors in the view that BRE will perform well below the broader market. Zacks ]]></description>
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		<title>(UDR) UDR Fourth Quarter Funds From Operations Declines</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/10/udr-udr-fourth-quarter-funds-from-operations-declines/27681</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/10/udr-udr-fourth-quarter-funds-from-operations-declines/27681#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UDR Inc. (UDR), a leading multifamily real estate investment trust (REIT), reported fourth quarter 2009 FFO (fund from operations) of $45.5 million or 28 cents per share compared to $58.3 million or 40 cents per share in the year-earlier quarter. FFO, a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is obtained after adding depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses to net income. For full year 2009, UDR reported FFO of $189.6 million or $1.19 per share compared to $214.8 million or $1.50 per share in 2008. Rental revenues increased marginally during the fourth quarter 2009 to $150.1 million from $149.5 million in the year-ago quarter. For full year 2009, rental revenues increased to $602.9 million from $563.4 million in the previous year. Occupancy in the same-store portfolio ]]></description>
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		<title>(AGNC) American Capital Agency Corporation&#8217;s Earnings Surge</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/09/agnc-american-capital-agency-corporations-earnings-surge/27466</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/09/agnc-american-capital-agency-corporations-earnings-surge/27466#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC), a real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on investments in mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs), reported strong fourth quarter 2009 results despite challenging market conditions. The company reported earnings of $1.79 per share during the quarter, compared to 73 cents in the year-earlier quarter, with an annualized return on equity of 30.3%. For full year 2009, American Capital reported earnings of $6.78 per share with an annualized return on equity of 31.8%. The company recorded 61% economic return for full year 2009. Economic Return is calculated using the dividends declared during the year plus the increase in net asset value over the beginning net asset value. As of Dec 31, 2009, American Capital’s investment portfolio comprised of $4.3 billion agency securities ]]></description>
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		<title>(AIV) Apartment Investment and Management Company Reports Modest Results</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/05/aiv-apartment-investment-and-management-company-reports-modest-results/27213</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/05/aiv-apartment-investment-and-management-company-reports-modest-results/27213#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apartment Investment and Management Company, or Aimco (AIV), as the real estate investment trust (REIT) is popularly known, reported fiscal 2009 fourth quarter funds from operations (FFO) of $30.2 million or $0.26 per share compared to FFO loss of $28.9 million or $0.32 per share in the year-ago period. Funds from operations, a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is obtained after adding depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses to net income. Excluding the non-recurring one-time items, FFO during the quarter was $0.36 per share. For full-year 2009, FFO before non-recurring items was $1.65 per share which was at the midpoint of the guidance provided by the company. In the conventional real estate portfolio, Aimco had a weighted average ownership of 90%. Average rents in the ]]></description>
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		<title>(AVB) AvalonBay Communities&#8217; Quarterly Funds From Operations Rises</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/04/avb-avalonbay-communities-quarterly-funds-from-operations-rises/26984</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/04/avb-avalonbay-communities-quarterly-funds-from-operations-rises/26984#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AvalonBay Communities Inc. (AVB), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT), reported fiscal 2009 fourth quarter funds from operations (FFO) of $52.7 million or 64 cents per share, compared to $23.0 million or 30 cents in the year-earlier quarter. Fund from operations, a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is obtained after adding depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses to net income. For full year 2009, FFO was $313.2 million or $3.89 per share compared to $315.9 million or $4.07 in the previous year. Total revenues during the quarter Incorporatedluding discontinued operations, decreased 0.3% year-over-year to $220.7 million. Same-store quarterly rental revenues decreased 6.1% year-over-year due to a 0.2% decline in economic occupancy and 6.3% dip in average rental rates. Same-store revenue decreased across all geographic ]]></description>
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		<title>(EQR) Equity Residential REIT Sees Growth</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/04/eqr-equity-residential-reit-sees-growth/26996</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/04/eqr-equity-residential-reit-sees-growth/26996#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Equity Residential (EQR), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT), reported fiscal 2009 fourth quarter funds from operations (FFO) of $126.9 million or 43 cents per share, compared to $79.1 million or 27 cents per share in the year-earlier quarter. Fund from operations, a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is obtained after adding depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses to net income. For full year 2009, FFO was $616.1 million or $2.12 per share compared to $619.0 million or $2.13 per share in the previous year. Total revenues during the quarter were $483.0 million compared to $501.1 million in the year-ago period. Same-store (fourth quarter 2009 vs. fourth quarter 2008 comparison which includes 117,683 apartment units) quarterly revenues decreased 4.7%, while same-store operating expenses decreased ]]></description>
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		<title>(BRE) BRE Properties&#8217; Fund From Operations Plummets</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/03/bre-bre-properties-fund-from-operations-plummets/26919</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/03/bre-bre-properties-fund-from-operations-plummets/26919#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRE Properties Inc. (BRE), a real estate investment trust (REIT) that operates apartment communities, has reported a decline in fourth quarter 2009 FFO (fund from operations) to $16.0 million or 29 cents per share compared to $36.1 million or 69 cents per share in the year-earlier quarter. Fund from operations, a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is obtained after adding depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses to net income. For full year 2009, FFO was $120.8 million or $2.23 per share compared to $141.8 million or $2.69 per share in the previous year. Total revenues from continuing operations during the quarter were $85.5 million versus $86.9 million in the year-ago quarter. For full year 2009, total revenues from continuing operations were $344.6 million compared to ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. Homeownership Rate Falls Again</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/02/dhi-u-s-homeownership-rate-falls-again/26810</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/02/dhi-u-s-homeownership-rate-falls-again/26810#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[DR Horton Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A smaller percentage of Americans owned their own homes in the 4th quarter of 2009 than at any time since 2000. In the 4th quarter 67.2% of Americans owned their own home, down from 67.6% in the third quarter and two full percentage points below the peak set in the fourth quarter of 2004. As the first graph below shows (from http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/), the homeownership rate rose steadily throughout the late 1960s and 1970s, rising from under 63% in 1965 to just short of 66% by 1980. The super high interest rates needed to slay the inflation dragon took their toll, however, and by the end of 1986, the rate had fallen all the way back to 63.5%. We then spent a decade with the homeownership rate hovering around 64%. In ]]></description>
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		<title>(AGNC) REIT Outlook &amp; Stock Review &#8211; January 2010 &#8211; Industry Outlook</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/01/25/agnc-reit-outlook-stock-review-january-2010-industry-outlook/25917</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Simon Property Group Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Real Estate Investment Trusts The U.S. Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) industry registered a strong recovery and year-end performance in 2009. The FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index reported total returns of 27.99% in 2009, vs. a 26.46% and 18.82% gain for the S&#38;P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrials, respectively. The strong performance of the FTSE NAREIT Equity Index was primarily attributed to the influx of fresh capital through secondary equity offerings and asset sales. REITs and REOCs (Real Estate Operating Companies) raised nearly $38 billion in 2009 in an industry-wide push to recapitalize balance sheets, and over 90 secondary equity offerings were issued in addition to 37 unsecured debt offerings. During the fourth quarter of 2009, total returns for the FTSE NAREIT Equity Index was 9.39%, vs. a 5.5% ]]></description>
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		<title>(UDR) REIT UDR Incorporated Pays Uninterrupted Dividend</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/12/18/udr-reit-udr-incorporated-pays-uninterrupted-dividend/23211</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UDR Inc. (UDR), a leading multifamily real estate investment trust (REIT), recently announced a quarterly dividend of 18 cents for the fourth quarter of 2009, payable in cash on Feb 1, 2010 to shareholders of record on Jan 15, 2010. The recent dividend payout will be the 148th consecutive quarterly dividend paid by the company. The company had earlier reduced its dividend in the second quarter of 2009 from 30 cents to 18 cents to increase its liquidity amid challenging macroeconomic environment. UDR is among a select group of companies who have maintained an uninterrupted dividend payout even during recession, when most companies have suspended the same. UDR is among the best-positioned multifamily apartment REITs in the U.S., with the majority of its portfolio located in California, Florida and on the ]]></description>
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		<title>(UDR) UDR Repays Term Loan</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/12/16/udr-udr-repays-term-loan/23024</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UDR Inc. (UDR), a leading multifamily real estate investment trust (REIT), has recently repaid its term loan maturing in 2010 by utilizing proceeds from a new term loan and by drawing down its unsecured bank credit facility. The repayment of the $240 million term loan was made possible by a new term loan provided by a consortium of six banks, and by utilizing capacity of its $600 million unsecured bank credit facility. The new term loan carries a floating rate of 350 basis points over LIBOR, and is scheduled to mature in July 2012. UDR had earlier repaid all of its 2010 secured debt by utilizing a $200 million 10-year secured credit facility from Fannie Mae (FNM) at a blended interest rate of 5.28%. In addition, the multifamily apartment company ]]></description>
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		<title>(EQR) Consumer Price Index Rose Moderately</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/12/16/eqr-consumer-price-index-rose-moderately/23011</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this morning that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.4% in November, following increases of 0.3% in October and 0.2% in September. Relative to a year ago, prices are up 1.8%. That is a big jump from last month, but that is due to big declines in the CPI from a year ago rolling off. Most of the increase in CPI was due to energy prices. Core CPI was unchanged on the month, following back-to-back increases of 0.2% in the prior two months. On a year-over-year basis, core inflation was up 1.7%.  However, going forward, look for the year-over-year rate of core inflation to fall, while the year-over-year headline inflation number will start to increase as the big energy price declines of last winter roll ]]></description>
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		<title>(BRE) BRE Properties&#8217; Funds From Operations Declines</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/11/04/bre-bre-properties-funds-ffrom-operations-declines/19671</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRE Properties Inc. (BRE), a real estate investment trust (REIT) that operates apartment communities, has reported a decline in third quarter 2009 FFO (fund from operations) to $32.5 million or 59 cents per share compared to $36.3 million or 69 cents per share in the year-earlier quarter. Fund from operations, a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is obtained after adding depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses to net income. Total revenues from continuing operations during the quarter were $86.5 million versus $87.9 million in the year-ago quarter. Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) were $55.7 million for the quarter, compared to $61.8 million in the prior year quarter. Overall same-store net operating income decreased 7.9% during the quarter, primarily due to a ]]></description>
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		<title>(EQR) Equity Residential Broadens Earnings Guidance</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/11/01/eqr-equity-residential-broadens-earnings-guidance/19233</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/11/01/eqr-equity-residential-broadens-earnings-guidance/19233#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Equity Residential (EQR) yesterday reported revenues of $492.7 million, down 3.6% year over year. On a same store basis (third quarter 2009 vs. third quarter 2008 comparison which includes 119,121 apartment units), revenues decreased 3.9% due to a 3.2% decrease in average rental rates and a 0.7% decrease in occupancy to 93.7%. Fund from operations (FFO), a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs and obtained after adding depreciation and other non-cash expenses to net income, was 53 cents per share during the quarter compared to 64 cents per share in the year-ago quarter. The year-over-year decrease in FFO was primarily due to a decline in operating income. During the reported quarter, the company sold 24 consolidated properties, consisting of 4,620 apartment units, for an aggregate sale price ]]></description>
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		<title>(AGNC) Real Estate Investment Trusts &#8211; Positive Signals From Housing Market</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/22/agnc-real-estate-investment-trusts-positive-signals-from-housing-market/18547</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amid positive signals emanating from the uptick in housing prices and an improving outlook for consumer spending, the housing sector is gradually stabilizing. Both new and existing home sales have increased during the last four consecutive months and are now 32% and 17% above their recent lows, respectively. Single-family housing starts have also risen 37% from their low point, and inventories of homes-for-sale have fallen sharply. Equity REITs rebounded nicely in the third quarter, recording total returns of 33% (total return FTSE NAREIT Index) vs. a 15% gain each for the S&#38;P and the Dow. The strong third quarter returns marked the second consecutive record-setting performance of equity REITs after a dismal performance in the first quarter of 2009. In what has been a volatile year, equity REITs gained approximately ]]></description>
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		<title>(AGNC) American Capital Agency Corporation Impresses</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/21/agnc-american-capital-agency-corporation-impresses/18409</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC), a real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on investments in mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs), reported strong third quarter results despite challenging market conditions. The company reported earnings of $1.82 per share during the quarter compared to $1.26 in the year-earlier quarter, with an annualized return on equity of 32.9%. As of Sept. 30, 2009, American Capital’s investment portfolio comprised of $3.4 billion agency securities at fair value Incorporatedluding $1.3 billion fixed-rate securities and $1.9 billion adjustable-rate securities. About 32% of the investment portfolio comprised of 30-year fixed-rate securities, 3% of 40-year fixed rate securities, 2% of 15-year fixed-rate securities, and 55% of adjustable-rate securities. The investment portfolio of the company was financed with $2.9 billion in repurchase agreements and $0.4 ]]></description>
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		<title>(UDR) REIT UDR Reports Modest Quarter in Touch Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/20/udr-reit-udr-reports-modest-quarter-in-touch-economy/18238</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/20/udr-reit-udr-reports-modest-quarter-in-touch-economy/18238#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite challenging macroeconomic conditions, UDR Inc. (UDR), a leading multifamily real estate investment trust (REIT), reported relatively modest third quarter results with an increase in rental revenues and comparatively high same-store occupancy rates at 95.6%. Although rental revenues during the quarter increased to $150.3 million from $147.4 million in the year-ago period, year-over-year same-store revenues and net operating income decreased 3% and 3.7%, respectively. During the quarter, UDR reported FFO (fund from operations) of $29.8 million or 19 cents per share compared to $49.6 million or 33 cents per share in the year-earlier quarter. FFO, a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is obtained after adding depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses to net income. The decrease in FFO was primarily due to non-cash equity loss ]]></description>
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		<title>(UDR) UDR Boosts iPhone Apartment Hunt</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/20/udr-udr-boosts-iphone-apartment-hunt/18143</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/20/udr-udr-boosts-iphone-apartment-hunt/18143#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UDR Inc. (UDR), a leading multifamily real estate investment trust (REIT), recently augmented its apartment search application for Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iPhone and iPod users, enabling consumers who are more reliant on smartphones than landlines or personal computers to find apartments in a more convenient way. The upgraded technology utilizes smartphone’s built-in spatial awareness components such as GPS, accelerometer, and compass to create digitally enhanced pictures of apartments. Furthermore, the new application software enables users to point their smartphones in any direction to locate and view available apartments under the search parameters within a radius of 10 mile, by utilizing Layar – an augmented reality browser. The demographic and technographic data for the mobile market strategically fits into UDR’s up-market customer segmentation. Users can search apartments on all possible parameters ]]></description>
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		<title>(EQR) Is the Federal Housing Administration Going Broke?</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/12/eqr-is-the-federal-housing-administration-going-broke/17378</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/12/eqr-is-the-federal-housing-administration-going-broke/17378#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning’s New York Times has an important article on the Federal Housing Administration. The FHA has stepped in to back up mortgage loans as the private sector has stopped making them. Essentially, it is playing the role of a sub-prime lender, and appears to be making many of the same mistakes the fallen or defunct sub-prime lenders made. For starters, it is allowing people to buy with down payments of only 3.5%. Further, people can use the $8,000 first time homebuyer tax credit for that 3.5%. Buy a house and walk away from the closing with a check in your pocket. The historical record of people who bought houses with the assistance of charitable down payment assistance programs (DAP) is not a pretty one when it comes to default rates. The tax ]]></description>
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		<title>(EQR) Homeownership Rate Falling</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/06/eqr-homeownership-rate-falling/16658</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coming out of most economic downturns, homebuilding is one of the key locomotives to power the economy. Housing is sort of the ultimate durable good, where during downturns demand builds up, and then has a powerful upward force on the economy as the pent-up demand is released. Given that almost all houses are financed rather than bought with cash, the sector is exquisitely interest-rate sensitive. However, with the rate of home ownership falling, residential investment (RI) will not be a very powerful engine this time around. First, let me present the following graph (from http://www.calculatedriskblog.com) showing that historically what has been one of the key forces behind both going into and coming out of recessions &#8212; it shows the history of housing starts over the last 40 years. Notice that ]]></description>
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		<title>(AVB) AvalonBay Communities Offers Mid-Term Notes</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/09/09/avb-avalonbay-communities-offers-mid-term-notes/14794</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (AVB), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT), has recently offered $500 million of medium-term unsecured notes to reduce its debt. The company has decided to offer the notes in two separate tranches of $250 million each, the first maturing in 2017 and the second in 2020. The coupon rate on the former is 5.7% while that of the latter is 6.1%. AvalonBay intends to raise net proceeds of approximately $495 million from the transactions. The proceeds would be utilized to reduce the debt under its revolving credit facility and refinance some of its outstanding long-term debt securities. AvalonBay also intends to use a part of the proceeds for general corporate purposes. AvalonBay primarily focuses on developing high-quality, multi-family apartment communities for higher-income clients in high barrier-to-entry ]]></description>
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		<title>(AIV) Apartment Investment and Management Company Continues to Sell Assets</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/09/01/aiv-apartment-investment-and-management-company-continues-to-sell-assets/14083</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aimco Properties LP, a division of Apartment Investment and Management Co. (AIV), recently sold its Palencia Apartment Homes asset in Tampa for $23.3 million. This is the second multifamily sale in the region in 2009. The real estate investment trust plans to sell seven more multifamily units in the region by the end of this year. Aimco bought Palencia Apartment Homes for $14.9 million in 1997. The property covers 70 acres of land and generates an average rent of $766, or 99 cents per square foot. Earlier this year, AIV sold its Doral Oaks Apartment for $10.7 million, or $42,460 per unit, which was nearly twice its original purchase price. The 252-unit complex was sold to GMC Properties, a subsidiary of GMC Mortgages &#38; Financial Services, a leading financial services ]]></description>
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		<title>(MAA) Mid-America Apartment Communities&#8217; CFO to Retire</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/09/01/maa-mid-america-apartment-communities-cfo-to-retire/14005</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. (MAA), a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT), recently announced the retirement of its CFO Simon Wadsworth as part of the long-term succession-planning program. The company’s Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Director of Financial Planning Albert Campbell will replace Simon Wadsworth. Campbell joined Mid-America Apartment in 1998 as Vice President of Financial Planning and was later promoted to Senior Vice President and Treasurer of the company in 2003. Mid-America Apartment owns and manages apartments in the Sunbelt region of the U.S. The company defines its portfolio in two tiers– primary markets and secondary markets. Having a diversified presence in diverse markets helps mitigate risk and decreases volatility in the event of a slowdown in any one product type. Primary markets are relatively larger in ]]></description>
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		<title>(MAA) European Medicines Agency Accepts Merck&#8217;s Application</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/08/27/maa-european-medicines-agency-accepts-mercks-application/13720</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to hear that the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has agreed to review the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) of Merck’s (MRK) vernakalant intravenous (IV). The company is seeking EMEA approval for the drug to address the unmet need for patients suffering from acute atrial fibrillation (AF, abnormal heart rhythms leading to strokes). Along with the IV version, Merck is also developing the oral form of the drug, which is currently in phase II development. In April 2009, Merck entered into a collaboration and licensing agreement with Cardiome Pharma Corp. in order to develop and commercialize vernakalant. While Merck retains the exclusive global rights to the oral formulation of vernakalant, its affiliate, MSD Switzerland GmbH gets the rights to the IV formulation outside the US, Canada and Mexico. Atrial ]]></description>
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		<title>(EQR) House Prices Actually Appear to be RISING</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/08/25/eqr-house-prices-actually-appear-to-be-rising/13346</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Case-Schiller composite index of housing prices in 20 major metropolitan areas rose 0.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis in June, following an essentially unchanged reading in May. The not-seasonally-adjusted numbers were even better (and what most of the press coverage were initially focused on). However, there is a distinct seasonal pattern to housing prices, so it is better to focus on the seasonally adjusted numbers. The increase in prices was widespread, with 15 of the 20 areas seeing an increase &#8212; better than expected, and extremely good news. In May, nine of the 20 cities were up. The news is still tentative, with much of the good news coming from a reduction in supply as banks have been letting the foreclosure pipeline build, and an increase in demand from the first-time ]]></description>
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