WNC & Associates, Inc., was founded in 1971 when most people had never heard of affordable housing. At that time, few saw the opportunities in this emerging industry. That year we closed our first investment in affordable housing, becoming one of the first in the country to do so.The company was founded by Wilfred Newbury Cooper Sr. in 1971, three years after the Housing and Urban Development Act was created. Will Cooper Jr. runs WNC today.

Hostmark Hospitality Group manages 38 properties with more than 6,700 rooms in 15 states, Egypt and the British West Indies. The company also operates stand-alone concept restaurants and maintains a strong presence in this business segment.As a preferred, award-winning hotel management company for Marriott, Hilton, Starwood and IHG, Hostmark Hospitality Group consistently delivers superior results to institutional real estate owners, non-institutional ownership groups, publicly traded companies, joint ventures and privately held companies by providing hotel management, asset management, project management and lender consulting services.Hostmark Hospitality Group also offers specialized programs for CMBS special servicers and balance sheet lenders managing under-performing hotel loans. Acting in a consulting capacity, Hostmark provides hotel analytical and operating advisory services to lenders needing hospitality expertise and workout advice on asset disposition strategy. Hostmark Hospitality Group has also performed the role of court appointed receiver and operator in more than 170 foreclosed properties. Whether through workout advice, operational improvements or through management improvement, Hostmark has assisted numerous lenders and borrowers in maximizing both the short term cash flow and long term value of their assets.

There are three certainties -- life, death, and mortgage payments -- and Security National Financial has you covered on all fronts. Its largest unit, SecurityNational Mortgage, makes residential and commercial mortgage loans through more than 20 offices in a dozen states. Its Security National Life, Memorial Insurance Company, Capital Reserve Life Insurance, and other subsidiaries sell life and health insurance, annuities, and funeral plans in about 40 states. Security National Financial also owns about 20 mortuaries and cemeteries in Utah, Arizona, and California

Crest Nicholson is brushing up on urban life and trying to take a bite out of suburbia. The company is a residential development company with property interests primarily in central and southern England. The firm focuses on developing sustainable master-planned communities and mixed-use developments, along with urban regeneration and commercial property developments. Crest Nicholson hit troubles in 2008 when the property sector collapsed and demand for housing plummeted. The company restructured itself that year and its creditors agreed to a debt-for-equity swap. The deal gave creditors a 90% stake in the company. Crest Nicholson is now considering a handful of takeover offers.

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. operates as a real estate investment trust in the United States. It invests in real estate debt business, which acquires, originates, and structures debt investments secured primarily by income-producing real estate properties; real estate securities business that invests in commercial real estate debt securities, including commercial mortgage backed securities, REIT unsecured debt, and credit tenant loans; and net lease properties business, which acquires properties that are primarily net leased to corporate tenants. The company has elected to be taxed as a REIT and it would not be subject to federal income tax, provided it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. NorthStar Realty Finance was founded in 1997 and is based in New York City.

Service Link founded in 1997, ServiceLink is owned by Fidelity National Financial subsidiary Chicago Title Insurance Company.Service Link, doing business as ServiceLink, is the tie that binds together several of the largest residential lending companies. A licensed title insurance agency, ServiceLink provides centralized mortgage and residential real estate title and closing services to institutional mortgage lenders and financial institutions, including most of the mortgage-lending firms in the US. Because the company provides closing management services from a centralized location, it claims to decrease processing time by days, if not weeks.

Warner Estate invests in and manages UK commercial properties, specializing in retail, office, and industrial holdings. It invests in and manages property funds, including the Agora Shopping Centre Fund and the Skipper Regional Office Fund (both joint ventures with The Bank of Scotland). Investment vehicle Trefick owns 24% of Warner Estates. Warner sealed a $320.9 million (169.7 million) joint bid with Anglo Irish Bank for industrial property investor Ashtenne in April 2005; less than a year later it said it would buy out Anglo Irish Bank's 50% interest.

Realogy Corporation, a global provider of real estate and relocation services, has a diversified business model that includes real estate franchising, brokerage, relocation and title services. Realogy’s world-renowned brands and business units include Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate, CENTURY 21®, Coldwell Banker®, Coldwell Banker Commercial®, The Corcoran Group®, ERA®, Sotheby’s International Realty®, NRT LLC, Cartus and Title Resource Group. Collectively, Realogy’s franchise systems have approximately 14,700 offices and 267,000 sales associates doing business in 100 countries around the world.

City Site Estates invests in commercial and residential property in Ireland and England. Its holdings and interests include three Holiday Inn Express hotels as well as office and retail buildings in Edinburgh and Glasgow. City Site Estates trades in the residential market as well: The firm recently developed and sold five luxury apartments in Edinburgh. City Site Estates commands a portfolio of $251 million Previously listed on the London Stock Exchange, the firm was taken private by Scottish tycoon and managing director Louis Goodman (through family-owned Union Estates) in 1999.

The Oak Holdings flight crew have thousands of hours experience in managing complex development projects and running successful investment portfolios, around the world. The Company is now using this experience to build an impressive development, investment and management programme with particular emphasis on the leisure, retail and hotel sectors.

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