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Real Estate Groups Settle FTC Complaint (Washington Post) - The Federal Trade Commission yesterday said groups representing thousands of real estate agents in five states have agreed to drop practices that hampered rival discount brokers from posting home-sale listings on Internet sites.

Court Faults Real Estate Attorney for 'Repeatedly' Lying (Law.com) - A Manhattan Housing Court judge has sanctioned a well-known real estate lawyer who withheld maintenance on his own Park Avenue co-op for lying "repeatedly and without shame" in a 2005 nonpayment proceeding.

Poll results on real estate attitudes (AP via Yahoo! News) - The Associated Press-AOL Real Estate poll on public attitudes about shopping for homes was conducted Sept. 26-28 by Ipsos and is based on telephone interviews Ipsos conducted with 2,001 adults from all states except Alaska and Hawaii. That included 289 people who bought a home in the last two years and 401 likely to buy a home within the next two years.

SEC says assets frozen over real-estate Ponzi scheme (Market Watch) - WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- An Atlanta-based company had its assets frozen and a receiver appointed after federal securities regulators said the firm netted at least $30 million from investors in a bogus real-estate scheme.

U.S. targets real estate sites (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) - The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday announced seven law enforcement actions, including one in northeast Wisconsin, against real estate listing services that limit consumer access to low-cost brokerage options.

Israel stocks up; real estate surges and CPI seen negative (Market Watch) - TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Israel stocks closed higher Thursday, with the banks shares mixed and real estate issues surging head of Sunday's consumer price index report.

RISMedia Exclusive: Dominion CEO Announces New Division That Combines Multiple Real Estate Businesse (Real Estate News) - Dominion Homes Media to offer large scope of real estate offerings through HarmonHomes.com, Homes.com, Katabat, Best Image Marketing, RPIS and Advanced Access

What it takes to be a real estate agent (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Here's an overview of what you need to do and what it will cost you if you want to sell residential real estate.

Poll Results on Real Estate Attitudes (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - The Associated Press-AOL Real Estate poll on public attitudes about shopping for homes was conducted Sept. 26-28 by Ipsos and is based on telephone interviews Ipsos conducted with 2,001 adults from all states except Alaska and Hawaii.

MGIC earnings fall 8.7% as real estate slows (Market Watch) - NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - MGIC Investment said Thursday third-quarter net income fell 8.7% as the S&P 500 component absorbed the effects of a slower real estate market.