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.

Highbridge Properties Plc. was formed in 1988 as a development company to undertake a programme of commercial schemes. It has primarily focused on out of town office parks (B1), industrial/warehousing schemes (B2/B8) and more recently data centres. Highbridge has three executives with a staff of seven and is based in London's West End. The company has an impressive track record comprising over 10 million sq ft.

Federal Realty Investment Trust operates as a real estate investment trust, which engages in the ownership, management, development, and redevelopment of retail and mixed-use properties. As of June 30, 2005, it owned or had a majority interest in 103 community and neighborhood shopping centers, and retail mixed-use properties (excluding joint venture properties) comprising approximately 17.4 million square feet located primarily in strategic metropolitan markets in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and California. In addition, it had 30% interest in approximately 0.5 million square feet of retail space through its joint venture with an affiliate of Clarion Lion Properties Fund, and one apartment complex in Maryland. The company has elected to be taxed as a REIT. As a REIT, it is not subject to federal income tax on taxable income that it distributes to its shareholders. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.

Hersha Hospitality Trust, a real estate investment trust, engages in the ownership and operation of mid scale limited service hotels in the Eastern United States. As of June 30, 2005, it owned interests in 35 hotels, including 4 hotels owned through joint ventures in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Georgia, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. The company has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code. As a REIT, Hersha would not be subject to income tax to the extent it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.

Weyerhaeuser Company grows and harvests trees, builds homes, and manufactures forest products worldwide. The company manages approximately 6.6 million acres of private commercial forestland; and has renewable long-term licenses on 15.2 million acres of forestland. It grows and harvests trees for use as lumber, pulp and paper, and other wood and building products; and offers logs, timber, minerals, oil, gas, seed and seedlings, and poles, as well as plywood and hardwood lumber. The company also manufactures and distributes softwood lumber, engineered lumber, structural panels, and other specialty products to the residential structural frame market; delivers homebuilding solutions; and manufactures and sells hardwood lumber to manufacturers of furniture and cabinetry, as well as exports engineered building materials and industrial hardwood products. It sells its wood products primarily through its sales organizations and distribution facilities, as well as markets its wood products into the repair and remodel market through the wood preserving and home-improvement warehouse channels. In addition, Weyerhaeuser Company provides cellulose fibers, such as fluff pulp, paper grade pulp, specialty chemical cellulose pulp, slush pulp, and wet lap pulp for absorbent products; and manufactures liquid packaging boards used primarily for the production of containers for liquid products. Further, it constructs single-family housing, and develops residential lots for its use and for sale. The company was formerly known as Weyerhaeuser Timber Company and changed its name to Weyerhaeuser Company. Weyerhaeuser Company was founded in 1900 and is based in Federal Way, Washington.

Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) operates more than 250 long-term care and assisted-living facilities with approximately 30,000 residents in North America. Of those facilities, about 175 are located in the US, where subsidiary Extendicare Health Services operates the properties; Extendicare (Canada) operates more than 80. Extendicare REIT also offers outpatient therapy in the US through its ProStep unit and provides home health care services in Canada through ParaMed. All told, it has operations in about a dozen US states and four Canadian provinces. Extendicare REIT's Virtual Care Provider subsidiary offers interformation technology services to other long-term care providers in the US.

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.

Cornish & Carey (C&C) provides commercial real estate services to owners, investors, and tenants in Northern California. The firm specializes in office, industrial, retail, research and development, warehouse, and multifamily residential properties. There are some 250 C&C agents in about a dozen offices who provide services such as acquisition and sales, leasing, facilities management, and financial advice. The firm's special assets services division, C&C Capital Advisors, helps sell performing and sub-performing loans and seeks out opportunities to buy discounted, off-market assets. C&C, which is active in global markets through its affiliation with ONCOR International, was founded in 1935.

Triple Net Equities, Inc., a licensed California real estate investment broker, is dedicated to serve the needs of corporations, partnerships and private investors related to structured net leased real estate. Our company president, Robert M. Arbour, has been designing and completing such assignments for more than 25 years, having completed transactions in excess of $500 million. We specialize in identifying, analyzing, and completing net leased transactions. These transactions serve as investment vehicles for various exchange, partnership, and corporate real estate objectives. Additionally, we provide high-level consulting services, and implement client specific programs chosen by our clients.

Lea Associates, Inc., provides professional consulting and advisory services in real estate. Our services are diverse, but our most requested services are in appraisal, real estate decision-making support, tax impact analysis and expert testimony. Organized in 1976, Lea Associates is owned by the professionals who work here. We are one of the largest independent firms doing this kind of work in California. In fact, we have ranked among the top ten firms in our field in Los Angeles County.

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