Residential REIT's

Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) today announced a new offering of Structured Pass-Through Certificates, multifamily mortgage-backed securities. The company expects to offer approximately $538 million in K Certificates, which are backed by 19 multifamily properties owned by Apartment Investment &...

In a recent report from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Apartment Investment & Management (NYSE: AIV) is refinancing, extending and fixing parts of their debt now that the Apartment fundamentals industry are now in recovery. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods maintains a $31.00 price target on AIV. In...

Pre-open movers US stock futures are lower this morning. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 121 points to 12,345.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index fell 13.10 points to 1,314.70. Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 24.25 points to 2,319.25. A Peek Into Global Markets Asian...

Education Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: EDR) today completed the purchase of Westminster House, an historic collegiate housing community adjacent to the University of California, Berkeley for $16.3 million. The Westminster House community, comprised of two buildings adjacent to the north and south...

Apartment Investment and Management Company (NYSE: AIV) announced today that it has completed a series of financing transactions over the last six months that repaid 19 non-recourse property loans scheduled to mature between 2012 and 2016 with proceeds from new long-term, fixed-rate, non-recourse...

Goldman Sachs cut its rating on Apartment Investment (NYSE: AIV) from Neutral to Sell.

UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE: UMH) today announced the launch of an underwritten public offering of 1,000,000 shares of the Company's Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, under an existing shelf registration statement. The underwriters are expected to be granted a 30-day over-allotment...

Wunderlich is out with its report today on Post Properties (NYSE: PPS), initiating coverage at Hold. In a note to clients, Wunderlich writes, "We are initiating coverage of Post Properties, Inc. with a Hold rating and a $41 price target on the shares. We expect current portfolio and development...

Wunderlich Securites is initiating coverage on BRE Properties (NYSE: BRE) with a Buy rating and a price target set at $54. Says Wunderlich, in its report, “We are initiating coverage of BRE Properties, Inc. (BRE) with a Buy rating and a $54 price target on the shares. We believe the company's...

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESS) a fully integrated Real Estate Investment Trust that invests in apartment communities located in highly desirable, supply-constrained markets, announced today that the Company has acquired Arbors at Parc Rose, a 373-unit community located in Oxnard, California...

Credit Suisse sees strong secular growth dynamics for private equity and credit investing, its outlook for improved capital markets conditions and a solid track record of investment performance with significant realization opportunities ahead underpin its constructive thesis for Apollo Global...

Morgan Keegan is out with its report today on Essex Property Trust (NYSE: ESS), raising its PT from $145 to $154. In a note to clients, Morgan Keegan writes, "Our 12-month target price is raised by $9 per share, from $145 to $154 per share, which would represent a multiple of 24.7x our 2012 FFO/...

KBW is out with its report today on BRE Properties (NYSE: BRE), maintaining Outperform. In a note to clients, KBW writes, "BRE issued 9.2M shares (assuming full greenshoe) at $48.00/sh, grossing $442M. Initial use of proceeds includes preferred redemption, asset purchase & line paydown and is...

KBW is raising its PT on shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. (NYSE: MAA) to $71. Mid-America Apartment Communities closed Friday at $67.54.

BRE Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BRE) today announced the pricing of its public offering of 8,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $48.00 per share. The company has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,200,000 shares of common stock to cover over-...