American Home Mortgage Investment, a mortgage REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $1.12 if you own the stock at market opening on Wednesday, April 4. That’s 5.1% of the share price of $22, or a 20% annual yield. AHM has doubled its dividend over the last 3 years.

Gramercy Capital, a commercial mortgage REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.56 on April 13 to holders as of Wednesday, March 28. Flat from the previous payout. Not bad given the turmoil in the mortgage industry right now.

Iowa Telecommunications Services, a Telecom provider, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.41 on April 16 to holders as of Wednesday, March 28. That’s 2.0% of the share price of $20.550, or a 8% annual yield.

Fairpoint Communications, a provider of phone, Internet and broadband services to rural areas, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.40 on April 17 to holders as of Wednesday, March 28 (taxed as earning dividend). That’s 2% of the share price of about $20, or a 8% annual yield.

Capital Trust will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.80 on April 15 to holders as of Wednesday, March 28. The $0.80 per share dividend represents a $0.05 per share (7 percent) increase from the prior quarter’s regular cash dividend of $0.75 per share.

Resource Capital, a commercial financial REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.39 on April 16 to holders as of Wednesday, March 28. That’s 2.3% of the share price of $16.920, or a 9% annual yield.

RAIT Investment Trust, a commercial REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.80 on April 17 to holders as of Tuesday, March 27. That’s 2.8% of the share price of $28.910, or a 11% annual yield.

JER Investors Trust, a mortgage REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.44 on April 30 to holders as of Wednesday, March 28. That’s 2.6% of the share price of $16.780, or a 10% annual yield.

Dean Foods will pay a special dividend of $15.00 on April 2 if you own the stock at market opening on Tuesday, April 3. The dividend will be taxed in part as earning dividend, and in part as return of capital dividend. That’s 32.7% of the share price of $45.890. A big warning flag though: […]

National Health Investors, a health care financial REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.50 on May 10 to holders as of Wednesday, March 28. NHI rejected a buyout offer at $33 a share earlier this Month.

Fording Canadian Coal Trust, a fund investing in Industrial Metals and Minerals, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.55 on April 16 to holders as of Wednesday, March 28. That’s 2.4% of the share price of $22.620, or a 10% annual yield. The exact amount of the dividend may varies slightly based on the […]

Regal Entertainment will pay a special dividend of $2.00 on April 13 to holders as of Monday, March 26. That’s 9.4% of the share price of $21.190. The dividend will be paid out of the $445 million proceeds received from National CineMedia’s initial public offering completed on February 13. The company also paid a regular […]

General Maritime, an oil shipping company, will pay a special dividend of $15.00 on March 23 to holders as of Monday, March 26. That’s 33.8% of the share price of $44. About 10 percent of the special dividend will be taxed as earning dividend, with the rest as Return of Capital. General Maritime plans to […]

United Security Bancshares will pay a special dividend of $0.41 on April 2 if you own the stock at market opening on Wednesday, March 7. For this dividend, 26 cents per share represents the regular quarterly dividend of USBI, a 13 percent increase over the dividend declared in the first quarter of 2006. 15 cents […]