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Real estate booming in center of Phnom Penh (Phnom Penh Post) - The price of real estate in central Phnom Penh skyrocketed in 2006 and will continue to climb for several years, real estate agents and local officials say.

Napolitano names new state Real Estate Department director (BizJournals) - Gov. Janet Napolitano has tapped a Democratic Party activist and Scottsdale real estate broker as the new director of the Arizona Department of Real Estate.

Experts offer good news for commercial real estate (BizJournals) - Commercial real estate deals, large and small, will continue unabated throughout the Denver metro area in 2007. That was the consensus of a panel of experts that spoke Thursday at the Denver Metro Commercial Association of Realtors' annual economic briefing.

State names new Real Estate commissioner (The Arizona Republic) - The governor has named a graduate of Glendale's Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management, as commissioner of the Arizona Department of Real Estate.

Trial of accused Cobb real estate agent killer to move (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) - A Cobb County judge has granted a change of venue for a man charged with killing two real estate agents in 2003 in west Cobb. The bodies of Lori Brown and Cyndi Williams were found Nov. 3 in their office inside a model home in the Oakwind subdivision. Stacey Ian Humphreys was arrested five days later in Washington County, Wis., after a 32-mile chase on an interstate highway and in rural roads ...

Other News in Brief: Sam's Real Estate Holdings to Acquire 47 Shell Gasoline Stations; Voorhees Town Center ... (Commercial Property News) - Motiva Enterprises L.L.C., the company that markets the Shell brand in the eastern United States, has sold its interest in 47 sites to Sam's Real Estate Holdings of Georgia, L.L.C., a Georgia-based wholesaler.

Ban on out-of-state real estate agents weighed (Louisville Courier-Journal) - The fate of Kentucky's curbs on out-of-state real estate brokers could be in a federal judge's hands by next week. Lawyers for the Kentucky Real Estate Commission have until Monday to answer claims that some of the state's real estate laws and regulations are unconstitutional. Barring other moves, the way will then be clear for Judge Charles R. Simpson III to rule on requests from each side in ...

Local real estate market may defy national trend (CentralOhio.com) - NEWARK -- Low interest rates, more realistic pricing by sellers and numerous homes on the market are expected to spur strong housing sales in 2007 in Licking County, local real estate agents predict.

Tech trends rock real estate world (CNN Money) - Home buyers and sellers have already seized much of the power once in the hands of exclusively of real estate professionals. But they're about to get stronger still.

Spanish interest for real estate market (Nine O'Clock) - EUR 500 M projects are planned. The most attractive sectors for Spanish investors seem to be the real estate market and the trade, according to ‘Ziarul Financiar.’