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Annaly Cuts Its Dividend, but Is the Mortgage REIT Space Safe?

Annaly Cuts Its Dividend, but Is the Mortgage REIT Space Safe?

The Fed's aggressive regime of rate hikes caused refinance activity to disappear, which caused mortgage origination to collapse. The increase in interest rates also weighed on mortgage-backed security valuations, which negatively affected mortgage real estate investment trusts (mREITs). Leading mortgage REIT Annaly Capital (NYSE: NLY) just cut its dividend by 26%, with a new quarterly payout of $0.65 per share.