New York Mortgage Trust, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), is engaged in the management of high credit quality residential adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) loans and mortgage-backed securities (MBS).As of March 31, 2007, the Company has exited the mortgage lending business. The Company’s portfolio is comprised of securitized, high credit quality, adjustable and hybrid ARM loans, and purchased MBS. Historically at least 98% of the portfolio has been rated "AA" or "AAA". As a REIT, the Company is not subject to federal income tax provided that it distributes at least 90% of its REIT income to stockholders.

Macklowe Properties, the Big Apple has gone a bit rotten. The investment company made a name for itself as developer, renovater, and manager of Midtown Manhattan real estate. It invested in upscale residential and office buildings, including the GM Building which it bought in 2003 for $1.4 billion (the most ever paid for an office building in the US). In 2008, the debt-ridden company sold the GM Building and several other assets at a loss. Its portfolio now includes about a half-dozen properties, including more for-sale properties. Creditors including Deutsche Bank have also sought foreclosures for unpaid mortgages. Macklowe was founded in the mid-1960s by chairman emeritus Harry Macklowe.

Hang Lung Properties Limited (stock code: 101), the property arm of Hang Lung Group Limited (stock code: 10), is a leading Hong Kong company building and managing world-class commercial complexes in key cities on the Mainland since 1990s. It is a constituent stock of Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index and the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Indices, and is one of the world's largest pure real estate listed companies by market value.

W. P. Carey & Co. LLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides long-term sale-leaseback and build-to-suit transactions for companies worldwide and manages a global investment portfolio. It invests primarily in commercial properties that are each triple-net leased to single corporate tenants, which requires each tenant to pay substantially all of the costs associated with operating and maintaining the property. The company also operates as an advisor to publicly owned, non-actively traded real estate investment trusts, which are sponsored by it under the Corporate Property Associates brand name, as well as invests in similar properties. As of March 31, 2010, its portfolio comprised full or partial ownership interest in 167 properties that totaled approximately 14 million square feet. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in New York, New York.

Steadfast Income REIT knows the need for affordable housing is one constant in real estate. Steadfast Income REIT, Inc., operating as an umbrella partnership real estate investment trust (UPREIT), was formed to invest in multifamily residential properties with a focus on the middle-income, senior, and government-assisted housing across the US. The REIT is also open to buying industrial warehouses and other real estate. Steadfast Secure Income REIT is externally advised by Steadfast Income Advisor; both are part of the Steadfast Companies real estate group. Steadfast Income REIT went public in 2010. Steadfast Income REIT, Inc. plans to use proceeds from the stock offering to build its portfolio; it bought its first property soon after the IPO.

Shorenstein is one of the country’s oldest and most respected real estate organizations active nationally in the ownership and operation of high-quality office properties. Due to its success over many years and multiple real estate cycles, Shorenstein has established its reputation as a creative and knowledgeable investor. The company is privately owned and is headquartered in San Francisco. Currently, Shorenstein owns and manages a portfolio exceeding 25 million square feet valued at $6.2 billion.

Ventas, Inc. owns about 600 health care properties, including some 250 senior housing communities, about 200 skilled nursing facilities, and some 150 hospitals and medical office buildings. Its properties are located throughout the US and in two Canadian provinces; California and Illinois are its largest markets. Ventas leases more than a third of its properties to long-term care providers Sunrise Senior Living, Brookdale Senior Living, and Kindred Healthcare.

Colony Capital, one of the largest private equity real estate investors in the world. product types and information availability, Colony achieves attractive risk-adjusted returns by investing in real estate, non-performing loans, distressed assets, real estate-dependent operating companies, and select commercial and residential development opportunities throughout the world.

A&J Mucklow Group Plc is a long established Midlands based property company focusing on the long term ownership and development of industrial and commercial property.Mucklow was founded in 1933 and floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1962. The company has always maintained an excellent reputation for providing a quality product and service to it's customers, which has contributed towards 43 years of unbroken dividends.

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.

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