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Realtors keep wary eye on banks' efforts to gain entry to real estate (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) - Realtors near and far believe that allowing banks to get into the real estate brokerage or management business would be a terrible idea, but bankers are still holding out hope they can get their foot in the door.

City: Real estate boom slowing (New York Newsday) - The stunning growth in the city's real estate values of recent years continues, but is slowing, the latest official figures show.

GIC Real Estate to Expand Into Brazil, India, China (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) - Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Government of Singapore Investment Corp., which manages more than $100 billion of foreign reserves, said it may buy real estate in India and Brazil for the first time to guard against the risk of falling U.S. property prices.

Real estate sales surpass $2 billion (Park Record) - But can the local market sustain the growth in 2006? Park City Board of Realtors statistician Mike Sloan did not predict total real estate dollars from 2005 transactions would be so high.

Real estate funds help diversify a portfolio (San Jose Mercury News) - Analysts have been nervously writing year-end epitaphs for real estate for the past couple of years, but the sector has kept outperforming the overall market. Despite worries that real estate funds are due for a breather after six strong years, smart investors are likely to hang on for the long haul.

Nashville real estate is low-risk (Nashville Business Journal) - The Nashville area is one of the top five least risky real estate markets, according to the PMI U.S. Market Risk Index.

How to survive a real estate slowdown (Sun-Sentinel) - The news that existing home sales slowed in November sent chills down the spines of some real estate industry observers who worry about what that news means for the housing industry.

Rising fortunes of Alrov Real Estate (Haaretz Daily) - Real estate stocks may have risen by 9 percent since the beginning of 2006, but Alfred Akirov's Alrov Real Estate (ARE) has been climbing by 15 percent a day in the past week in heavy trading, and has more than tripled in value since January 1.

Real Estate Trusts Keep Winning (Washington Post) - Analysts have been nervously writing year-end epitaphs for real estate for the last couple of years, but the sector has kept outperforming the overall market. Despite worries that real estate funds are due for a breather after six strong years, smart investors are likely to hang on for the long...

Training & Business Development: New Online Real Estate Bookstore Opens (Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, Jan. 18 — Making the right selection about which book, report or CD to read next is always a tough decision. Most of the mega bookstores like Amazon.com are largely driven by consumer traffic and mainly focus on books in the real estate industry like “Buying a Home” or “Investing in Real Estate.”