WALNUT CREEK, Calif., March 7, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Owens Realty Mortgage, Inc. (NYSE MKT: ORM) announced today that it has signed an amendment (the "Amendment") of its secured revolving credit facility with California Bank & Trust and First Bank to increase the maximum potential borrowings from $30,000,000 to $50,000,000 (increase by CB&T to $35,000,000 and First Bank to $15,000,000) and to extend the maturity date for borrowings under the credit facility to March 1, 2018. The Amendment also provides that the maximum potential borrowings can be increased to $75,000,000 if requested by the Company and agreed by the lenders, and additional lenders can be added as parties to the credit facility agreements. "We are very pleased that CB&T and First Bank has increased their maximum financing facility by $20 million," said Bryan Draper, Chief Executive Officer of Owens Realty Mortgage, Inc. "This demonstrates their continued confidence in our company and provides additional loan funding capacity."
About Owens Realty Mortgage, Inc.
Owens Realty Mortgage, Inc., a Maryland corporation, is a specialty finance mortgage company structured to qualify as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") that focuses on the origination, investment, and management of commercial real estate mortgage loans primarily in the Western U.S. We provide customized, short-term capital to small and middle-market investors that require speed and flexibility. Our primary objective is to provide investors with attractive current income and long-term shareholder value. We are headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, and are externally managed and advised by Owens Financial Group, Inc.
Additional information can be found on our website at http://www.owensmortgage.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements about Owens Realty Mortgage Inc.'s plans, strategies, and prospects, including the maximum borrowings available under the new revolving line of credit, are based on current information, estimates, and projections; they are subject to risks and uncertainties, as well as known and unknown risks, which could cause actual results to differ from expectations, estimates and projections and, consequently, readers should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Words such as "expect," "target," "assume," "estimate," "project," "budget," "forecast," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "may," "will," "could," "should," "believe," "predicts," "potential," "continue," and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company does not undertake or accept any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based. Additional information concerning these and other risk factors is contained in the Company's most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning the Company or matters attributable to the Company or any person acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements above.
SOURCE: Owens Realty Mortgage, Inc.
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