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Lorraine Bracco sticks to real estate (USA Today) - Lorraine Bracco keeps a simple strategy when it comes in investing: She sticks to real estate. Bracco said she has never bought a stock in her life and doesn't understand it. But real estate "is like porn for me."

Lorraine Bracco Sticks to Real Estate (AP via Yahoo! News) - Lorraine Bracco keeps a simple strategy when it comes in investing: She sticks to real estate.

Smart Growth Resource Library: Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2006 (Smart Growth Online) - Emerging Trends in Real Estate from the Urban Land Institute is considered the most comprehensive annual forecast available on all categories of the commercial real estate industry.

Appraisers on real estate reality (San Jose Mercury News) - What is your real estate worth in a market where unsold inventories of houses are turning into a glut, and where re-listings with price reductions are becoming routine?

High coastal real estate prices renews interest in country towns (Inverell Times) - IT was not a bumper year like the 2004 market, but Inverell real estate agents are looking back on 2005 as another strong year. Noel Daley Real Estate report a very active year for 2005 with strong demand for houses, land, farmlets and particularly small allotments handy to town.

New Ironton real estate agent offers flat fees to customers (The Ironton Tribune) - Think of discount chains and what comes to mind? Wal-Mart? K-Mart? A new real estate agency in Ironton promises to merge the discount sales concept to real estate sales.

Real estate advice book beneficial (Sun-Sentinel) - Planning to buy or sell a home in 2006? Then you'll benefit from the tips contained in a book recently written by a seasoned real estate industry insider.

Pair buy Real Estate Exchange, bring RE/MAX franchise to city (The Robesonian) - LUMBERTON - The RE/MAX corporate logo, a red, white and blue hot-air balloon, is more than just a symbol to Martin Stark and Brad Martin. The businessmen say the logo represents how they plan to take the Real Estate Exchange to new heights.

Real estate prices, divorce push pier closing (Myrtle Beach Online) - LONG BEACH, N.C. - The fishing pier billed as the longest in North Carolina officially is closed, the victim of rising real estate prices and a divorce settlement.

British Columbia had Record Real Estate Sales in 2005 (Turks.US) - British Columbia had a record year for real estate sales in 2005, with realtors throughout the province, with 100,586 sales worth $33.3 billion. Those figures surpassed the 96,314 sales worth $27.8 billion made in 2004, B.C. Real Estate Association statistics show.