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Winkler Real Estate Portfolio To Be Sold (Washington Post) - The Mark Winkler Co., a closely held family real estate company that has been in business in Washington for 60 years, has decided to sell its real estate holdings -- one of the largest portfolios in the area -- to several developers for $2.3 billion.

Court case reveals fraud by real estate agent (San Jose Mercury News) - Most sellers are also buyers. Sellers are often buying a larger or more expensive house or a house in a different area, and coordinating the sale of the first property with the purchase of the second one can be tricky. A recent California appellate decision illustrates what happens when an unscrupulous or incompetent real estate agent gets involved in one of these situations.

About Real Estate (Richmond Times-Dispatch) - NOTE: The real estate property transfers formerly printed in the Home & Garden section can be found every Saturday on Page 2 of the "Homes Around Richmond" classified section.

"Solid" Gains forecast for Commercial Real Estate. (Turks.US) - The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday that it anticipates "solid" gains in the US commercial real estate sector through 2006. In the group's latest forecast for the commercial real estate market David Lereah, NAR's chief economist said "Even with a lot of new construction around the country, we are seeing healthy levels of commercial real estate space being purchased, rented and

Plea deal in real-estate scheme gets man 27 months in prison (The Columbus Dispatch) - Real-estate scammer Raymond A. Delacruz has been sentenced to prison and will be ordered to compensate some, but not all, of his victims. Federal authorities are negotiating the amount.

HSBC and DAMAN launch Arabian Real Estate Investment Trust (AREIT) (AME Info) - The US$200 million Arabian Real Estate Investment Trust (AREIT), a new investment opportunity jointly developed by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, the largest and most widely represented international bank in the Middle East and Daman, one of the regional leaders in asset management, was launched today.

Real Estate Weekly -- Jan. 27 (Market Watch) - With so much focus on the health of the housing market, the commercial real estate arena has fallen under the radar. But the fact is that offices, hotels, apartments, malls and warehouses have, for the most part, remained an attractive investment for several years, at least as measured by standout performance of the real estate investment trusts that own and manage those properties.

Real Estate Transfers (Centre Daily Times) - Real Estate Transfers The following property transactions, those most recently released to the Centre Daily Times, were recorded from Jan. 1 through Jan. 6, 2006, in the office of the Centre County Recorder of Deeds.

Real Estate Seminar Shares Interior Design Secrets to Increase Profit (PR Web via Yahoo! News) - Temecula, CA (PRWEB) January 28, 2006 -- Best-selling Real Estate author and investor Jeanette Fisher offers a seminar to share her unique approach to flipping houses February 4, 2006 at Mt.

Procopio Announces 2006 Investing in Mexican Real Estate Conference (SYS-CON Media) - In response to upward real estate markettrends and growth opportunity in Mexico, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves &Savitch LLP., is hosting the 2006 Investing in Mexican Real EstateConference. A third-day extension of the 2006 USD School of Law-ProcopioInternational Tax Institute (ITI), the conference will be devoted entirelyto the topic of investing in cross-border real estate and understanding