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CHINA'S REAL ESTATE SECTOR GROWTH TIPPED TO FALL 20 PCT IN 2006 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - China The sales growth rate of China's real estate industry is predicted to fall to around 20 per cent in 2006 from 30 per cent in the previous year, China Securities Journal reported Thursday.

China's Real Estate Sector Growth Tipped To Fall 20 PCT In 2006 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - The sales growth rate of China's real estate industry is predicted to fall to around 20 per cent in 2006 from 30 per cent in the previous year, China Securities Journal reported Thursday.

Real estate execs predict strong year for downtown condo market (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) - Downtown Milwaukee's condominium market is expected to remain strong in 2006, and that will help strengthen demand for additional retail businesses there, according to presentations made Thursday by local real estate executives.

Trial over real estate agent murder (The Australian) - A MAN has been ordered to stand trial for the rape and murder of a real estate agent in Melbourne's outer west. Elders Real Estate sales consultant Lorelle Makin, 48, was found dead in the bathroom of a house she was trying to sell in Melton on September 15 last year.

Experts bullish on real estate (Gazette.Net) - Michael Smith, vice president of development company LCOR Inc. of Bethesda, opened a meeting of 180 real estate and construction leaders Tuesday morning with words former Buffalo Bills football coach Marv Levy often used to motivate his players: ‘‘Where else would you like to be than right here, right now?”

New Orleans real estate: a mushy gold rush (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Real estate markets across the U.S. are red hot, ice cold or lukewarm. In hurricane-ravaged New Orleans it's just a soggy mess.

Allan Dalton to Keynote National Real Estate On-Line Convention & Exposition (Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, Jan. 13 — The Fifth Annual National Real Estate On-Line Convention and Exposition, is expected to attract more than 50,000 real estate professionals over the seven days event dates from Feb. 20-26 making it the largest industry gathering of real estate professionals. There is no charge for real estate professionals to attend this virtual event, which is open to the entire real estate

Tower Hill Sale Sets Real Estate Record (Vineyard Gazette) - In a record-setting sale for the Vineyard, the waterfront Waggaman property on Tower Hill in Edgartown has sold for a total of $22.5 million. The deal, which closed last Friday, is the single largest residential real estate sale in Island history.

FDIC to give new rules on real estate loans (BizJournals) - In response to what they said are real estate lending concentrations that may make institutions more vulnerable to cyclical commercial real estate markets, federal bank regulators are preparing a new set of guidelines on commercial real estate lending.

Real-estate radio show set to air (BizJournals) - A new 30-minute radio program on KKZN (760 AM) aims to offer a straightforward and sometimes edgy look at the week's local real estate happenings.