Capstead Mortgage was established in 1985. Capstead Mortgage is holding steady in a turbulent real estate market. To stay the course, the self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) makes leveraged investments in single-family residential adjustable-rate mortgages issued and backed by government agencies such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae it occasionally makes limited investments in credit-sensitive commercial mortgage assets, as well. The REIT typically funds its investment activities through short-term borrowings or equity offerings.

Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation provides loan servicing. Founded in 1981, Merrill Lynch Home Loans serves primarily wealthy customers throughout the US, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. Done in by the global credit crisis, direct parent Merrill Lynch was taken over by Bank of America in a $50 billion deal in 2009.Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation works to place more Americans in their dream castles. Doing business as Merrill Lynch Home Loans, the company is one of the residential mortgage units of financial giant Bank of America. Its offerings include a variety of adjustable- and fixed-rate mortgages for first and second homes, construction loans, mortgage refinancing, and equity lines of credit.

Centro Properties may have taken the phrase "shop 'til you drop" a bit too literally. Centro owns, develops, manages, and leases retail properties in the US, Australia, and New Zealand. Through funds, it oversees a portfolio of approximately 400 properties leased to supermarkets, department stores, and other retailers. Centro entered the US in 2006 with its acquisition of Heritage Property Investment Trust; it followed that up with the $6.2 billion purchase of New Plan Excel Realty Trust in 2007. Unfortunately, the rapid growth meant big debt, just as the global credit squeeze took root.

Groupe Affine comprises Affine, Buro Facility International (BFI), Promaffine, and the Concerto Group. The group is an independent force in the French property financing, leasing, rental, financial engineering, and property development sectors. Affine and its subsidiaries handle everything from initial financial planning and consultation to the logistics and engineering, and eventual construction or refurbishment, of industrial and commercial properties. The company manages hundreds of lease and rental properties around Paris and invests in property development operations in both France and the US.

Watson Land Company is a developer, owner, and manager of industrial properties throughout Southern California.With a legacy spanning more than two centuries, Watson’s dedication to its customers is based upon delivering functional, high quality buildings within masterplanned centers, coupled with unmatched customer service.Watson was the first industrial developer in Southern California to design and construct speculative industrial buildings in accordance with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED®) guidelines.

Wereldhave was established in 1930 as a residential property investor and construction firm. Wereldhave would like to have the whole world in its hands. A Dutch investment institution (equivalent to a US real estate investment trust, or REIT), Wereldhave develops, invests in, and manages apartments, industrial properties, office buildings, and shopping centers in Belgium, Finland, France, The Netherlands, Spain, the UK, and the US. Wereldhave company, which made only one new investment in fiscal 2009 amid declining real estate prices, plans to sell its industrial properties and focus on large retail and commercial properties in the markets where it is already active.

Morguard is one of Canada's largest integrated real estate companies with a diversified portfolio of more than $8.7 billion in properties owned or under management. We offer investment and property management services across all asset classes: office, retail, industrial, and residential. We operate from a nationwide network of offices in the country's major Markets.

IRSA is the largest of its kind in the Argentine market and the only Argentine real estate company listed in the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange and the NYSE. IRSA Investments and Representations, Inc., through its subsidiaries and joint ventures, engages in a range of diversified real estate related activities in Argentina. Its activities include the acquisition, development, and operation of shopping centers, as well as office and other non-shopping center properties primarily for rental purposes; the origination of consumer loans and the securitization of corresponding receivables;

LoopNet, Inc. operates an online marketplace for commercial real estate in the United States. The company’s online marketplace, LoopNet.com enables commercial real estate agents working on behalf of property owners and landlords to list properties for sale or for lease by submitting detailed information on property listings, including qualitative descriptions, financial and tenant information, photographs, and property characteristics in order to find a buyer or tenant. As of December 31, 2009, the LoopNet online marketplace contained approximately 732,000 listings. It also operates BizBuySell and BizQuest online marketplaces that enable business owners, sellers, and brokers to list and search for operating businesses for sale. In addition, the company provides LoopLink, an online real estate marketing and database services suite that enables commercial real estate firms to showcase their available properties both on the LoopNet marketplace and on the brokerage firm’s own Website using the company’s hosted search software. Further, it provides RecentSales, a nationwide database of recent commercial real estate transactions collected from sales initiated through its online marketplace and from third party information providers, as well as operates LandAndFarm.com. The company was formerly known as Loop Ventures, Inc. and changed its name to LoopNet, Inc. in November 1998. LoopNet, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Transwestern Realty Finance is actually Midwestern but realty finance is the name of the game. The Chicago company, a newly formed real estate investment trust (REIT), plans to originate, acquire, and manage loans and other debt backed by US commercial real estate. It plans to make most of the loans itself targeting experienced borrowers with a good track record; it will also acquire undervalued debt. The company, which filed an IPO in 2009, believes a combination of tight credit markets and government assistance programs will help it succeed. Transwestern Realty Finance will be managed by Transwestern Realty Finance Partners, which has about a dozen investment funds and nearly $4 billion in equity capital.

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