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Lawsuit against real estate agent to start (UPI) - A California home buyer who says she paid too much for her home sued her real estate agent, claiming the agent hid information to collect a larger commission.

Phoenix Mills to merge Ruia Real Estate with itself (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News) - MUMBAI, Jan 23 - Real estate firm Phoenix Mills Ltd said on Wednesday its board has approved the merger of Ruia Real Estate Development Co with itself.

A look at Chinese efforts to curb real estate sales (International Herald Tribune) - A summary of previous Chinese efforts to cool a hot real estate sector.

Transparent solutions required to solve real estate price woes (Vietnam Net) - VietNamNet Bridge – Real estate market prices have begun to soar beyond realistic values. Thoi Bao Kinh Te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Times) spoke with experts about solutions to the problem.

Real Estate (The Chapel Hill News) - Being a real estate agent includes a lot more than selling houses. Eric Miller, who will be installed as the 2008 president of the Greater Chapel Hill Association of Realtors at the annual banquet on Jan. 25, has learned that and a lot more during his six years as an agent.

Maui real estate ended on even note last year (Honolulu Advertiser) - KAHULUI, Maui — Unlike a lot of places on the Mainland, Maui's real estate market finished 2007 just about even, The Maui News reported. Average condominium prices rose 4 percent to $817,000, while average single-family home prices fell 1 percent to $921,000.

Developers unfazed by diving real estate share prices in TA (Haaretz Daily) - In an era of falling interest rates, cheap credit, high liquidity and euphoria, real estate prices generally shoot up. But everything has been turned topsy-turvy in recent months, and something more tangible has been added to the equation: fear.

Tax relief may be available to homeowners impacted by real estate market (North County Times) - SAN DIEGO - Temporary property tax relief may be available to San Diego County homeowners impacted by the declining real estate market, county Assessor Gregory J. Smith said today.

Suspect admits kidnapping, beating and robbing local real estate agent (Thomasville Times-Enterprise) - THOMASVILLE — A man charged with the kidnapping, beating and armed robbery of a Thomasville real estate agent has admitted the acts. Jaime Diaz, 44, is in jail in Slidell, La. It is unlikely he will be prosecuted here any time soon. He also faces charges in Louisiana, Texas and Florida.

Lawsuit against real estate agent to start (Moldova.org) - A California home buyer who says she paid too much for her home sued her real estate agent, claiming the agent hid information to collect a larger commission.Real estate lawyers and brokers say the case, which goes on trial Monday, probably would be the first of many in which buyers seek compensation from their agents who found their home and arranged its purchase, The New York Times reported ...