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Viewpoint: Real estate is now as safe as houses (FT.com via Yahoo! News) - In the past, real estate in India was considered a risky asset class to finance by lending institutions. This was reflected in the high rate of capital provisioning on loans extended to the sector. Debt financing markets have since evolved considerably. With recent reform and growth of the real estate market, a number of financing avenues have opened up for Indian developers.

Briefing - Asia Real Estate - Jan 10, 2007 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Asia News) - An executive briefing on real estate for Jan 10, 2007, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities.

Agent Generated Media Could Socialize Real Estate Marketing (ClickZ) - Real estate communities, agent reviews and a new listing syndication service could shake up real estate advertising even more than Craigslist.

Real estate firm sees prices rise 5pc in 2006 (Stuff) - A major Auckland real estate firm says the average price of properties it sold rose nearly 5 per cent in 2006.

Dave Johnson: Coastal Real Estate Prices and Global Warming (HuffingtonPost) - People still buy real estate that will be underwater in a few decades. Think about that. The reason we don't take global warming seriously in America is because ExxonMobil has been spending millions and millions of dollars funding a PR campaign designed to shift our attention away from the problem . This has been very good for business for them, but it has caused each and every one of us to ...

Conference focuses on Valley real estate (The Arizona Republic) - More than 800 people registered for the Urban Land Institute's real estate trends conference, going on today in downtown Phoenix.

More pain ahead predicted for Valley real estate (The Arizona Republic) - More than 800 people registered for the Urban Land Institute's real estate trends conference, going on today in downtown Phoenix. Executives so far agree one one thing: There's more pain ahead before the market bottoms

Inquirer Owner Reviewing Real Estate Holdings (WPVI-TV Philadelphia) - The owner of Philadelphia's two largest newspapers said Tuesday it has been conducting a review of its real estate holdings - including the historic building that serves as the publications' headquarters - in a bid to be more efficient.

CBOT to launch real estate index futures contract (Crane's Chicago Business) - (Reuters) -- CBOT Holdings said on Tuesday that the Chicago Board of Trade would introduce a new stock index futures contract based on the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index. The electronically traded Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index futures contract will be available in the first quarter. It ...

Land grab: Real estate in Goan politics (NDTV) - It is boom time in Goa's real estate market and elections - just six months away - will be determined by where one stands on the selling of prime Goa real estate.