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Ways to cope despite real estate's dire outlook (USA Today) - If you'd asked housing economist David Seiders at this time last year to forecast the real estate industry's future, he would have told you to expect "a recovery year" in 2008.

Prison for gunman who paralyzed real estate agent (The Salt Lake Tribune) - Posted: 1:36 PM- A 24-year-old Nevada man who shot and paralyzed a Panguitch real estate agent during an unprovoked attack in August pleaded guilty Friday and was immediately sentenced to a prison term of four years to life.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust Announces 4th Quarter 2007 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call Information (Centre Daily Times) - Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRIT) (NYSE:WRE) will announce 4th Quarter 2007 Earnings in a Press Release to be issued on Thursday, February 21, 2008, after the market close.

Man accused of fraud in real-estate deal (Denver Post) - A Colorado man is accused of stealing millions from would-be investors through an elaborate real-estate fraud.

Symposium Offers 50 Workshops on Public Real Estate Topics (Centre Daily Times) - Federal, State and Local Public Agency officials will present educational workshops at the 2008 Annual Public Real Estate Education Symposium (PRES), on February 12-14 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dallas, TX.

Looking back: Record real estate development continues in Valley (Eastern Arizona Courier) - Unprecedented real estate development in Graham County continued through 2007. In the unincorporated areas of the county, 17 subdivisions are in various phases of the approval process, according to information from the Graham County Planning and Zoning Department.

First Industrial Realty Trust to Present at Deutsche Bank Securities 2008 Real Estate Outlook Conference (Centre Daily Times) - First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: FR), a leading provider of industrial real estate supply chain solutions, today announced that it will be participating in the Deutsche Bank Securities 2008 Real Estate Outlook Conference on January 10, 2008.

Commissions earned by real estate agencies up sharply in 2007 (Channel NewsAsia) - SINGAPORE : Commissions earned by real estate agencies have gone up sharply, by as much as 80 percent, according to one agency. Market watchers said that is not surprising, given the hike in property prices and number of transactions.

Coping With the Real Estate Slump (Builder Online) - Here are some strategies for sellers, buyers and homeowners in a high-risk real estate market:If you'd asked housing economist David Seiders at this time last year to forecast the real estate industry's future, he would have told you to expect "a recovery year" in 2008.

National Real Estate may face grant repayment (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - A Pittsburgh real estate information company that received a state grant to expand its work force could be asked to repay the money following a series of layoffs that have crushed any hope of meeting its promise to the state.