baona/iStock via Getty Images Recently, I penned an article titled “Who’s Chasing Yield?” in which I explained that: “it’s critical to examine the “margin of safety” with the dividend, to make sure that these picks don’t turn into a so-called “sucker yield.” There are plenty of these so-called “sucker yields” in the mortgage REIT sector….
Olga Kaya/E+ via Getty Images Ladder Capital (NYSE:LADR) is a mortgage lender focused chiefly on short term, variable rate balance sheet first mortgage loans. The REIT has been confronted with concerns about the quality of its loan book due to a growing CECL reserve. While there are risks in the portfolio, especially as they concern…
Nikada Ladder Capital (NYSE:LADR) is a leading mortgage REIT that provides capital for the commercial real estate sector. The REIT chiefly invests in senior secured loans, which are secured by commercial real estate and which provide Ladder Capital with regular interest income. Ladder Capital as well as the broader commercial real estate industry may see…