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Real Estate board opposes new Milford bylaw (Milford Daily News) - MILFORD -- The nation’s oldest real estate board has challenged a local bylaw designed to stop overcrowding in apartments.

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.

Real estate industry expected to make soft landing (People's Daily) - Two years after people began to hear about China's economic "soft landing," now it has finally come about. At least, the buzz word has materialized in the real estate industry, China's most important engine for domestic spending.

Real estate outlook bright for North Texas (Dallas Business Journal) - Aggressive home building, strengthened industrial leasing and continued positive office absorption are among Tarrant County real estate experts' market predictions for 2006.

New Mexico real estate office wins national recognition (New Mexico Business Weekly) - The commercial real estate affiliate Grubb & Ellis | New Mexico has been given one of its company's highest honors. Illinois-based Grubb & Ellis Company (OTC:GBEL) named the firm its "Affiliate of the Year" during a recent national meeting.

Hands Seeks EU2 Bln From Sale of German Real Estate, People Say (Bloomberg.com) - Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- British financier Guy Hands plans to raise about 2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) by selling a stake in his German real-estate unit, which owns approximately 230,000 homes in the country, people familiar with the decision said.

Chatham real estate company merges Mass. firm (BizJournals) - The Kinderhook Group Inc. in Chatham has merged with Berkshire County Properties, creating a real estate company with a combined sales and marketing staff of 45, company officials announced Wednesday.

Luxury Real Estate's Board of Regents Had Record-Breaking Sales in 2005 (Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, Jan. 19 — The Board of Regents, the exclusive affiliation of luxury brokers and the governing body of the Luxury Real Estate network, has experienced record-breaking sales for 2005.

Monorail puts real estate up for bid (Puget Sound Business Journal) - The 34 pieces of real estate purchased for the ill-fated Seattle Monorail Project have been put up for sale.

Real estate stars set to shine (Business Journal of Tampa Bay) - Finalists have been announced for the Best Real Estate Deals of 2005.