Mike Ratliff and Jack Kern take a look at the top investors in commercial real estate over the last 12 months. Where does multifamily stack up? For a list of the leading apartment investors, check out the complete ranking in the June issue or digital edition.

Investors are worried about Europe, except for those atwitter about Facebook.

Some moderately good economic news, but also some worrying trends.

Middling jobs numbers this week, and homeownership is still on the decline.

So-so growth for the economy, with housing still a drag on its forward motion.

Housing still has the blahs, but there was other good news about the economy this week.

Not a great week for the economy, but the Fed did manage to re-assure investors that things weren’t terrible.

March employment disappoints, noises made about Spain being the next threat to the euro.

Consumers were more confident and out spending more last month, despite sluggish income growth and declining housing values.

The housing numbers were a little down this week, but there were glimmers of improvement.