Since 1849, Nottingham Building Society has had a proud tradition of putting its customers first. The principles of the founders were to promote the culture of home ownership whilst providing a safe haven for savings. Over 160 years later, these ideals have helped The Nottingham grow to become a top 20 building society and influence why it intends remaining a traditional building society.With a network of branches in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire, Nottingham Building Society is one of the most successful regional building societies in the UK.

Hometown America consists of two divisions – the Hometown America Family Communities and Providence Age-qualified (55+) Communities. Our properties are known nationwide for their quality amenities, professional on-site management and the affordable lifestyle they provide for our residents.From coast to coast, our residents enjoy an affordable and inspiring lifestyle. With Hometown America you will always find a welcoming and friendly environment, and a dedication to providing a higher standard of living.This dedication to quality of life extends beyond our residential communities to the vicinities in which they are located. Our residents and our employees work to ease living conditions through volunteerism, donations, and special disaster relief efforts. In addition, Hometown America and the Hometown America Foundation contribute to related causes.

Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC) provides financing for home ownership and insurance products throughout India. The company's home loans are sold at about 50 Home Loan Services India offices and about 100 third-party locations. HDFC also offers process outsourcing, credit and risk assessment, and related banking services through its subsidiaries and affiliate companies. HDFC has supplemental operations in the UK and the Middle East. The late Hasmukhbhai Parekh founded the company in 1977; chairman Deepak Parekh joined HDFC in 1978.

FirstService is a global diversified leader in the rapidly growing real estate services sector, providing services in: commercial real estate; residential property management; and property services.Industry-leading service platforms include Colliers International, the third largest global player in commercial real estate services; FirstService Residential Management, the largest manager of residential communities in North America; and TFC, North America's largest provider of property services through franchise and contractor networks.FirstService generates about US $2 billion in annualized revenues with more than 18,000 employees worldwide.

Brookfield Properties is making big ripples in the commercial property market. Doing business as Brookfield Office Properties, the company owns stakes in about 100 commercial properties around the world. It primarily invests in properties in large cities including Boston, Houston, Los Angeles, Calgary, Toronto, and Washington, DC. The company's portfolio totals some 70 million sq. ft. and includes most of Manhattan's World Financial Center; Brookfield also has a handful of properties in the development pipeline. Tenants include Merrill Lynch, CIBC, JPMorgan Chase, and Target Corporation. Brookfield plans to spin off its residential property assets to concentrate on expanding its global office portfolio.

LREIT was established in 2002. Contrary to its name, Lanesborough REIT (LREIT) doesn't invest in lanes and boroughs. Instead, the real estate investment trust invests in primarily residential properties and other real estate in Canada. It owns some 25 apartment buildings and a handful of commercial and senior housing properties. Many of its residential assets are located in Fort McMurray, Alberta, a boomtown gateway to one of the world's largest proven oil reserves. The REIT hasn't been immune to the effects of the overall real estate decline, though. In 2009 it sold more than a dozen properties to raise funds for debt repayments and to shore up working capital.

Hatteras Financial Corp. Company Profile Hatteras Financial hopes for smooth sailing on the sometimes tumultuous seas of mortgage investing. The company is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in adjustable-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate single-family residential mortgages guaranteed by a US government agency or a government-backed company such as Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, or Freddie Mac. Hatteras Financial's investment portfolio, valued at some $7 billion, consists mostly of hybrid adjustable-rate loans with terms of three to five years. Hatteras Financial is externally managed by Atlantic Capital Advisors.

Coventry Building Society was set up to construct houses in the 1800s. Coventry acquired smaller building society Stroud & Swindon in 2010.Yanks may confuse it with bricks and mortar, but in the UK it stands for building for the future. Coventry Building Society, one of the top financial cooperatives in the UK, serves more than one million members. The building society has diversified over the years to offer mortgage banking, investment, personal loans ranging from £1,000 to £15,000 ($1,600 to $25,000), health and travel insurance services, and online banking. The society has more than £18 billion ($27 billion) in assets under management.

Boardwalk REIT often renovates the properties after it acquires them. It also subsidizes affordable housing. Down by this Boardwalk are residential apartments scattered across Canada. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust (formerly Boardwalk Equities) owns and operates more than 260 multi-family properties with some 36,000 units totaling about 40 million sq. ft. of rentable space in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. Properties include garden and high-rise apartments, extended-stay hotel apartments, condominiums, and townhouses.

Like the mythical phoenix rising out of the ashes, Arizona Land Income gained new life as Pacific Office Properties Trust. The real estate investment trust (REIT) largely languished in inactivity for years, but in 2008 joined forces with private commercial property owner Shidler Group. The combined company owns more than 20 commercial properties with some 4.7 million sq. ft. of leasable space in the western US. The REIT is the largest office building owner in Honolulu. Chairman Jay Shidler, who founded Shidler Group and has had success with other REITS including Corporate Office Properties Trust and First Industrial Realty Trust, owns 94% of Pacific Office Properties Trust.

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