Hedge fund executive Bill Ackman is predicting the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Freddie Mac (OTCQB; FMCC) and Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) will be privatized during the upcoming Trump administration. The GSEs have been in federal conservatorship since September...
Rhino Investments Group, a Las Vegas-based commercial real estate firm, has acquired Lancaster Marketplace, a retail center in Salem, Oregon. Spanning a location at the busy intersection of Lancaster Drive and Highway 22, Lancaster Marketplace is anchored by WinCo...
The commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) delinquency rate spiked by 17 basis points in December to 6.57%, according to new data from Trepp Inc. Year-over-year, the overall CMBS delinquency rate is up 206 basis points. The percentage of loans that are seriously...
Soccer great Lionel Messi held an initial public offering (IPO) of his real estate properties, valuing the portfolio at $232 million. Bloomberg reports Messi’s company, Edificio Rostower Socimi, is listed as a real estate investment trust (REIT) on the Portfolio Stock...
Ginnie Mae announced that its mortgage-backed securities (MBS) portfolio outstanding grew to $2.68 trillion as of November. In addition, Ginnie Mae issued nearly $50 billion in total MBS, resulting in net portfolio growth of $23.4 billion. Within that total sum, $48.5...
The Aventura, Florida-based real estate investment firm Cardone Capital has launched 10X Space Coast Bitcoin Fund, which combines institutional-quality real estate with Bitcoin purchases. According to the company, the $87.5 million fund marks the first time a major...
