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Pat: What is your recommendation on Homburg Canada REIT? Thank you.

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Homburg Canada REIT, $11.69, symbol HCR.UN on Toronto (Units outstanding: 34.2 million; Market cap: $400.3 million; www.homburgcanadareit.com), owns over 130 income-producing properties in Quebec, Atlantic Canada, western Canada and Ontario. In all, these properties contain 8.0 million square feet of commercial leasable area and 1,725 multi-family residential units. Homburg’s higher-profile holdings include Place Alexis Nihon and the CN Central Station Complex in Montreal, the Confederation Court Complex in Charlottetown and an interest in the PennWest Plaza in Calgary. Homburg Canada began trading at $10 a unit in May 2010. The real estate investment trust has an 8.1% yield. In the three months ended June 30, 2011, Homburg earned $11.0 million, or $0.21 a unit, on revenue of $46.1 million. Cash flow was $0.24 a unit. There are no comparable year-earlier results. Homburg continues to grow steadily, mainly by buying properties. In June 2011, the REIT bought two Quebec office buildings (one in Longueuil and one in Levis), for $17 million. Also in…