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Published: December 5, 2007
OU bond outlook plummets
By Jim Stafford
A drop in student housing populations at the University of Oklahoma has prompted the Fitch bond rating service to revise its rating outlook on OU's student housing revenue bonds to "negative.”

While Fitch affirmed its "A+” rating on the $80 million, series 2004 bond issue, it said it revised its ratings outlook downward in part because student residency hall occupancy rate has dropped from 91.7 percent in fiscal ...

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