Headline News: Mortgage REITs

• Lanesborough REIT announces closing of public offering of second mortgage bonds and warrants (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
  Lanesborough Real Estate Investment Trust announced today that it has closed its previously announced public offering of investment units , each Unit is comprised of one 5 year 9% second mortgage bond in the principal amount of $1,000 and 1,000 trust unit purchase warrants .
  
• InnVest REIT Reports Fourth Quarter Results (Marketwire)
  TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 12, 2010) - InnVest Real Estate Investment Trust ("InnVest" or the "Trust") (TSX:INN.UN) today announced financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2009. Unless otherwise indicated, monetary data is in thousands of dollars, except for per unit, average daily rate ("ADR"), and revenue per available room ("RevPAR") amounts. "
  
• InnVest REIT Reports Fourth Quarter Results (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
  TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 03/12/10) - InnVest Real Estate Investment Trust ("InnVest" or the "Trust") (TSX: INN.UN - News ) today announced financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2009. Unless otherwise indicated, monetary data is in thousands of dollars, except for per unit, average daily rate ("ADR"), and revenue per available room ("RevPAR") amounts. "Our ...
  
• Primaris Retail REIT Announces Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results (Marketwire)
  TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 9, 2010) - Primaris Retail REIT (TSX:PMZ.UN) is pleased to report solid financial results. President and CEO, John Morrison, commented "2009 was a milestone year for Primaris. We successfully completed the transition to the internalized management model and are well positioned for a bright future. Late in the year we completed the most significant investment ...
  
• Primaris Retail REIT Announces Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance)
  TORONTO, ONTARIO-- - Primaris Retail REIT is pleased to report solid financial results.
  
• Primaris Retail REIT Announces Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
  TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 03/09/10) - Primaris Retail REIT (TSX: PMZ.UN - News ) is pleased to report solid financial results. President and CEO, John Morrison, commented "2009 was a milestone year for Primaris. We successfully completed the transition to the internalized management model and are well positioned for a bright future. Late in the year we completed the most significant ...
  
• Behringer Harvard Achieves LEED Gold Certification for Three Eldridge Place in Houston, Texas (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
  Behringer Harvard announced today that Three Eldridge Place, a newly constructed 13-story office property in the portfolio of Behringer Harvard REIT I, Inc., has recently been awarded LEED® Core and Shell Gold certification by the U.S.
  
• Debt a worry for local real estate trusts (Sydney Morning Herald)
  THE ability to refinance debt remains a key concern of Australian real estate investment trusts (A-REITs) as debt markets remain illiquid, offshore banks seek to repatriate their borrowings from Australia and domestic banks look to reduce their exposure to commercial property, according to an Ernst & Young report on the sector.
  
• Health Care Real Estate Seen to Curtail Economic Downturn (Marketwire)
  JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA--(Marketwire - March 12, 2010) - www.rothmanresearch.com
  
• Health Care Real Estate Seen to Curtail Economic Downturn (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
  JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA--(Marketwire - 03/12/10) - www.rothmanresearch.com The traditionally defensive components of the health care sector, supported by an aging population with high demands for medical services, may have helped it counter the uncertainty of the market but a recent report by analyst Jack Benassi of www.rothmanresearch.com[[[SHIFTIN ...