REIT

Shares of Redwood Trust, Inc. (NYSE: RWT), a real estate investment trust company that focuses on mortgages and other real estate-related assets, rose more than 2 percent on Wednesday after the company's CEO Martin Hughes disclosed an insider stock purchase. Hughes disclosed that he acquired 20,000...

Shares of Javelin Mortgage Investment Corp (NYSE: JMI) surged higher by more than 17 percent on Wednesday after the company announced it has agreed to sell itself to ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (NYSE: ARR). Javelin is a real estate investment trust company that invests primarily in fixed rate and...

J C Penney Company Inc (NYSE: JCP) announced after Monday's market close that its Board of Directors appointed 2 new members. Lisa Payne, vice chairman of Taubman Centers, Inc. (NYSE: TCO) and J Paul Raines, CEO of GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) will join the company's board and bring their respective...

Shares of Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSE: AHT) were trading higher by more than 2 percent on Monday after Rambleside Holdings, a shareholder and investment activist firm that specializes in real estate assets, delivered a letter to the company's board of directors. Rambleside Holdings noted...

Rouse Properties Inc (NYSE: RSE), a real estate investment trust company that focuses on regional malls, announced on Thursday it has agreed to sell itself to an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management Inc (NYSE: BAM) for $18.25 per share. Rouse Properties' stock closed for trading at $17....

Shares of Brixmor Property Group Inc (NYSE: BRX) plunged more than 20 percent on Monday after the company announced that its CEO Michael Carroll, President and CFO Michael Pappagallo, Chief Accounting Officer Steven Splain, and an un-named accounting employee have all resigned from the company...

According to a report by The Real Deal, a New York focused real estate news organization, Brookfield Property Partners LP (NYSE: BPY)'s executives "threw cold water on a rumor" that the company is eyeing an acquisition of General Growth Properties Inc (NYSE: GGP). Shares of...

Shares of Ashford Hospitality Prime Inc (NYSE: AHP) were trading higher by more than 2 percent on Thursday despite the company being on the receiving end of a lawsuit. Sessa Capital, an activist investor and 8.2 percent owner of Ashford Hospitality released an open letter on Tuesday. The fund...

Shares of FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated (NYSE: FCH), a real estate investment trust entity that owns a portfolio of upper-upscale and luxury hotels and resorts, surged higher by more than 7 percent on Thursday after an activist investor detailed a plan that could unlock significant...

Weyerhauser Co (NYSE: WY), a real estate investment trust company that is an owner of timberlands, entered into an agreement to acquire Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. (NYSE: PCL), a peer timberland owner, back in November of last year. On Friday, Plum Creek Timber announced that Institutional...

Shares of Sovran Self Storage Inc (NYSE: SSS) were trading lower by nearly 4 percent at $105.50 late Wednesday morning after the company announced a public offering of 2.3 million shares of its common stock at $105.75 per share. Shares of Sovran Self Storage closed at $109.79 on Tuesday....

Shares of Crown Castle International Corp (NYSE: CCI), a real estate investment trust company, were trading slightly higher by 0.1 percent at $83.77 early Tuesday afternoon. Crown Castle announced after Monday's market close that it has received a commitment from a group of lenders for a...

Education Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: EDR), an REIT that focuses on collegiate housing communities near university campuses, on Thursday announced two new joint venture developments that are scheduled for 2017. Education Realty Trust stated that it entered into a joint-venture agreement...