Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation provides assistance for affordable rental housing. Together, Fannie and Freddie guarantee some 70% of all new home loans in the US. Due to losses related to the subprime mortgage crisis, the federal government seized both Fannie and Freddie in September 2008.These siblings know there's no place like home. Government-sponsored enterprises Freddie Mac (officially Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation) and Fannie Mae were established to buy residential mortgages and boost the nation's housing market. They do so by purchasing mortgages from lenders and packaging them for resale, thereby mitigating risk and allowing lenders to provide mortgages to those who may not otherwise qualify.

J.W. Mays, Inc. owns and operates commercial real estate properties in the United States. Its properties are located in Brooklyn, Jamaica, Levittown, Massapequa, and Fishkill, New York, as well as in Circleville, Ohio. The company was founded in 1924 and is based in Brooklyn, New York.J. W. Mays can get you space in Brooklyn, as long as you're interested in offices and not bridges. The company owns and leases about 10 properties in and around New York City -- mostly former MAYS department stores -- and a warehouse in central Ohio. It leases its properties to retail, restaurant, commercial, and other tenants.

Oxford Development owns, invests in, manages, and develops commercial properties including office buildings, hotels and resorts, apartments and condominiums, and retail centers. Previously focused on its own investment portfolio of properties, the company has increasingly focused on providing third-party services, including brokerage and investment advisory services. It has a strong presence in its hometown and western Pennsylvania, but has developed projects outside the region. The closely held firm oversees more than 100 million sq. ft. of space, a significant amount of which is located in downtown Pittsburgh.

Hammerson has been creating and managing some of the most exciting retail destinations and office buildings in Europe for over 50 years. Our strategy is to create value by developing and actively managing high quality properties to meet the needs of our occupiers, our partners and our shareholders.

MPI / Mall Properties, established by founder and chairman Morton L. Olshan in 1968, is a full service real estate development and investment firm, with complete construction, financing, leasing and management capabilities.Together with its two wholly owned affiliates, Janoff & Olshan and Olshan Hotel Management, the company employs over 1,250 people, including over twenty professionals. Mall Properties has been engaged in all forms of real estate development with great emphasis on retail, residential, hotel and mixed use properties.

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.

Rubloff Development Group (RDG) offers real estate development and other related services for commercial projects, primarily in Chicago and the Midwest. The firm has developed more than 15 million sq. ft of shopping center space over the years and owns about 40 retail properties. RDG's services include in-house engineering, architecture, construction, leasing, and management. The company also owns custom home builder Hallmark Homes and cargo and passenger air charter providers Rubloff Jet Express and Ryan International Airlines. RDG was founded in 1930 by Arthur Rubloff, often called "the man who changed the face of Chicago."

Developers Diversified Realty Corporation (DDR) operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) in the United States. The company engages in acquiring, developing, redeveloping, owning, leasing, and managing shopping centers, mini-malls, and lifestyle centers. As of February 5, 2007, it owned or managed approximately 461 shopping centers and 7 business centers, as well as 1,170 acres of undeveloped land. The company qualifies as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, the company would not be subject to federal income tax to the extent that it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. DDR was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Beachwood, Ohio.

Rhode Island Housing offers home equity loans, construction loans to real estate developers, reverse mortgages for older homeowners, homebuyer education, and other programs. Rhode Island Housing receives no state funding; instead it sells taxable and tax-exempt bonds on the capital markets to fund its activities. Since its inception in the early 1970s, the organization has helped some 175,000 families fund affordable homes.The State of Rhode Island wants to help you become a homeowner. Rhode Island Housing assists low- to moderate-income Rhode Islanders buy homes by offering low interest mortgages. Income limits are $77,300 for one or two person households and $88,950 for households of three or more.

Societe Fonciere Lyonnaise (SFL) owns and manages property primarily located in Paris (about 75% of rents come from the Central Business District and Western region). SFL's holdings -- about 400,000 sq. meters of space, are dominated by office and retail buildings (93% of the portfolio); it also owns retail centers and parking lots. The firm adopted SIIC -- France's REIT-like structure -- status in 2004. SFL was established in 1879 by Henri Germain, also the founder of prominent French bank Credit Lyonnais.

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