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New real estate year starts with a tale of San Francisco's two cities (San Francisco Chronicle) - And so, 2008's San Francisco real estate year begins not with a bang but a whimper. It is the spawn of last year's market, which was so slow that in the last week of 2007, Alexander Clark's SFNewsletter (links.sfgate.com/ZBYS) about San Francisco real estate...

Jordan real estate trading hits $8bn (AME Info) - Real estate trading in Jordan rose 8% last year to JD5.6bn ($8bn) compared to JD5.2 billion in 2006, reported Jordan Times. As a result of the increase, Land and Survey Department revenues rose by 6% during 2007, reaching around JD355.4 million.

Opinion: When It Comes to Commercial Real Estate in '08, Let's Try to Side With the Optimists (Commercial Property News) - William Norton, president of commercial real estate firm Norton Asset Management, ponders the current year in commercial real estate insofar as New England is concerned -- and concludes that he hopes to side with the optimists.

Real estate means real economic risks (Orange County Register) - Troubles in the real estate market are weighing on the economic outlook for Orange County in 2008. Economists are divided on whether the sagging housing market will tip the county's economy into recession.

Reality in Real Estate: Colorado's Beverly Hills (9 News Denver) - DENVER – During Saturday's Reality in Real Estate segment, real estate expert Petur Workman spoke about one of the hottest spots in Colorado: Cherry Creek North.

Real Estate People & Places (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Real estate news in brief.

TowneBank real estate eyes Outer Banks (Daily Press) - TowneBank real estate eyes Outer Banks TowneBank is expanding its real estate business into the Outer Banks, and branching into property management.

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.

Peninsula, Lehman form real estate JV (Business Standard India) - Ashok Piramal company Peninsula Land and global investment major Lehman Brothers are likely to set up a Rs 700 crore joint venture for investing in real estate projects.

Jordan: Real estate trading reaches JD5.6b in 2007 (MENAFN) - Jordan: Real estate trading reaches JD5.6b in 2007