HomeBanc Corp. Announces Quarterly Dividend and Confirms Fourth Quarter 2006 Guidance
December 13 2006 - 3:45PM
PR Newswire (US)
ATLANTA, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- HomeBanc Corp.
(NYSE:HMB) ("HomeBanc" or the "Company"), a real estate investment
trust ("REIT"), announced today that its board of directors has
declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share on the
Company's common stock. The dividend will be paid on January 29,
2007 to shareholders of record on December 29, 2006. The Company
presently does not expect this dividend payment to be a return of
capital for tax purposes. The Company confirms its previous
guidance of estimated loan production volume by HomeBanc Mortgage
Corporation of $1.1 to $1.2 billion for the fourth quarter of 2006
and the estimated size of HomeBanc Corp.'s REIT investment
portfolio of approximately $5.8 to $6.0 billion at December 31,
2006. The Company also confirms its fourth quarter 2006
consolidated GAAP net loss attributable to holders of common stock
guidance of $(0.06) to $(0.10) per share. HomeBanc's board of
directors continues to consider and evaluate a wide range of
strategic alternatives and presently expects this process to be
completed during early 2007. HomeBanc Corp. is the parent company
of HomeBanc Mortgage Corporation, a mortgage banking company that
focuses on originating purchase money residential mortgage loans in
the Southeastern United States. HomeBanc Corp. has made an election
to be taxed as a REIT for federal income tax purposes for the year
ending December 31, 2006. For more information about HomeBanc
Corp., HomeBanc Mortgage Corporation or the Company's mortgage
products, contact HomeBanc at http://www.homebanc.com/.
Forward-Looking Statements This press release may include
forward-looking statements within the meaning, and subject to the
protection of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward- looking
statements include statements regarding the expected tax treatment
of today's dividend; the Company's guidance for estimated loan
production volume for the fourth quarter of 2006; the expected size
of its REIT portfolio at December 31, 2006; its consolidated GAAP
net loss for the quarter ended December 31, 2006; and statements
regarding the Company's evaluation of strategic alternatives. Such
forward-looking statements are based on information presently
available to the Company's management and are subject to any number
of risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the
risks described in the Company's SEC reports and filings under the
headings "Special Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward Looking
Statements" and "Risk Factors" and as discussed elsewhere in those
reports. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements, since the statements speak only as of the date that
they are made. The Company has no obligation and does not undertake
to publicly update, revise or correct any of the forward-looking
statements after the date of this press release, or after the
respective dates on which such statements otherwise are made,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
DATASOURCE: HomeBanc Corp. CONTACT: Investors, Carol Knies,
+1-404-459-7653, or , or Media, Mark Scott, +1-404-459-7452, or ,
both of HomeBanc Corp. Web site: http://www.homebanc.com/
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