Pacific Property Company is rather specific when it invests in multifamily residential properties. The company typically buys apartment communities, makes improvements to the properties, and sells them within five years. In the past Pacific Property Company mainly focused on California's coast and the Pacific Northwest. However, it has branched out with new investments in the Mid-Atlantic. Its portfolio includes some about 30 apartment properties. Since Pacific Property Company was established, it has acquired more than $2 billion in real estate assets. The company is part of the Marcus & Millichap group. CEO Alfred Pace co-founded Pacific Property Company in 1998.

Birmingham Midshires provides savings and mortgage lending products and services by telephone, by post, and online. Other products include bonds and individual savings accounts (ISAs). In 2005 and 2006 former parent company HBOS closed most of Birmingham Midshires' network of nearly 70 branch offices in the UK and rebranded the rest; employees were reassigned within the parent firm as Birmingham Midshires moved away from branch offices and exclusively to the Internet. In early 2009 Lloyds TSB acquired HBOS (along with Birmingham Midshires), forming Lloyds Banking Group.

Mapeley governs properties the government (and others) occupies. The company invests in and manages UK real estate, targeting government and commercial tenants with large-scale management needs. Its portfolio includes more than 1,600 properties valued at more than 2 billion ($3 billion). Tenants include Abbey National and government agencies such as the Identity and Passport Service and HM Revenue & Customs. Properties are located in most major cities throughout the UK. Mapeley was founded in 1999. Fortress Investment Group owns some 75% of Mapeley.

Sabra Health Care REIT doesn't mind a little healthy competition in the real estate sector. The company, which plans to qualify as a health care real estate investment trust (REIT) beginning in 2011, owns and seeks to acquire health care properties throughout the US. Its portfolio consists of more than 80 skilled nursing centers, as well as several assisted and independent living centers and mental health centers. The facilities house about 10,000 beds and are located in 21 states. Substantially all of the properties are leased to and operated by subsidiaries of Sun Healthcare Group, which spun off its real estate assets to form Sabra Health Care REIT in 2010.

Swire Pacific Limited, through its subsidiaries, engages in property, aviation, beverages, marine services, and trading and industrial businesses primarily in the Greater China region. The companys Property divisions property investment portfolio comprises office and retail premises, serviced apartments and hotel interests, and residential accommodation in Hong Kong. It also holds interests in commercial mixed-use developments in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou; and owns hotels in United States and United Kingdom. This divisions trading portfolio includes land and residential apartments under development in Hong Kong and Florida. The companys Aviation division provides passenger and cargo transportation services, as well as offers aviation related services, including flight catering, ramp and cargo handling, and laundry services

Established in 2007, Ellington Financial filed to go public in July 2009, hoping to take advantage of the current credit environment. Mortgage-related assets are music to Ellington Financial's ears. The specialty finance company manages a portfolio of primarily non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities, valued at more than $366 million. It also seeks to acquire other target assets, such as residential whole mortgage loans, commercial mortgage-backed securities, commercial real estate debt, and asset-backed securities. Riskier residential whole mortgage loans, which are generally not guaranteed by the US government, include subprime, non-performing, and sub-performing mortgage loans.

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.

Gyrodyne Company of America, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the investment in and the acquisition, ownership, and management of a portfolio of properties. The company also involves in the development of industrial and residential properties. It focuses on acquiring, developing, owning, leasing, and managing medical, commercial, and industrial real estate. The company has elected to be taxed as REIT under the Internal Revenue Code. As a REIT, it would not be subject to federal income tax purposes, provided that it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in St. James, New York.

New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency offers low interest mortgage loans to low- and moderate-income families; construction loans and other programs to assist developers with the production of low-cost rental properties and affordable houses; reverse mortgages for seniors; homeownership counseling; and various programs to promote homeownership among its state's disabled, homeless, and adopting families.So you're from Jersey? What exit? Regardless of where on the turnpike you live or want to live, New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency can help you find, fund, and maintain affordable housing.

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