Q. My Merrill Lynch broker and I would like your opinion on the following real estate investment trusts. Colonial Properties, Cousins Properties, Duke Realty and Lexington Realty Trust.

PLANO – The rocketing growth that once defined this city may be slowing. But the real estate cash that for years has fueled its politics continues to flow.

The 300-unit Cardiff-by-the-Sea Apartment Homes complex has been sold for $71 million. The sale is the largest multifamily property sale in the county to date this year, said commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield.

First Financial Network, Inc., the nation's leading loan sale advisor, announced the offering of $80 million in performing commercial real estate loans today. The portfolio is being marketed on behalf of a national commercial lender.

The Journal and Bloomberg report today that two big commercial real estate loans are about to default and yesterday the commercial mortgage-backed securities market cratered as a result.