LONDON-Central London residential property has outperformed commercial property, equities and Government bonds over the last year, five years and eight years. Last year total returns reached 17.9%.

RENTON, WA-A new 58-unit luxury apartment complex by Dally Homes opened last week in this city's Downtown retail core, and an Irvine, CA-based investment group has bought a 382-unit complex here for $24.5 million.

DENVER-The company that primarily owns multifamily rental properties in Phoenix, Portland, Riverside, CA; Sacramento, Salt Lake City and Seattle pays $7.5 million for the 185,616-sf Northglenn Service Center.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-A recently released survey by the California Association of Realtors names the county as the least affordable region in Southern California to buy a house.