IndyMac Projects 4Q Loss

IndyMac Mortgage Holdings Inc., Pasadena, Calif., has projected a net loss for the fourth quarter.The real estate investment trust did not estimate the size of the projected loss, but said it expects 1998 as a whole to be profitable. "This turn of events was unexpected and was caused by sudden, dramatic, and unprecedented changes in the debt, equity, and securitization markets, which significantly affected many, if not all, financial companies," said IndyMac president Michael W. Perry. "The well-publicized 'flight to quality' created a simultaneous and severe disruption in IndyMac's access to borrowings in the repurchase market, liquidity and market valuations of mortgage securities, and availability of equity capital." The company said the recent market turmoil caused some of its repurchase lenders to restrict the amount and terms of certain borrowings and to impose margin calls on certain assets securing the borrowings.