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Ex-president alleges real estate company owes him money (BizJournals) - A former executive with Preferred Real Estate Investments Inc. has sued the commercial real estate business, alleging it failed to pay millions of dollars he says he is owed from the sale of office properties.

Real Estate: Home sellers try sweetening the pot for agent who brings buyer (Market Watch) - CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- These days, a real-estate agent's paycheck doesn't necessarily stop at a cut of the commission.

Fairbanks real estate prospers as national market crumbles (Alaska Journal of Commerce) - The Fairbanks real estate market is enjoying relative stability, bucking the floundering national trend. Home sales across the country have plummeted as a result of mortgage availability issues.

Real Estate Notes (The Cincinnati Enquirer) - Thursday | Real Estate Investor Association of Greater Cincinnati Membership Meeting: 6-9 p.m., Hamilton County Community Action Agency, 1740 Langdon Farm Road, Evanston. Free. www.cincinnatireia.com.

THE REAL ESTATE AGENT (Sarasota Herald-Tribune) - Tom Stone, who works for Michael Saunders Co. and sells homes on Casey Key, thinks the state's tax relief package would have been a big help for real estate agents two years ago.

Real estate transactions (Star-Gazette) - Real estate transactions are public records obtained by the Star-Gazette from deeds on file in the county clerks' offices. Real estate agencies do not provide the information.

Columnist was Dear Abby of real estate (Everett Herald) - The recent Latin America Real Estate Conference in Florida was jammed with interesting news on the number of baby boomers investigating a purchase south of the border, the impact of the subprime markets on international funds and how the U.S. construction slowdown has affected how much foreign workers send back home.

Credibility and innovation will shape the future of regional real estate companies says Burooj Properties (AME Info) - Burooj Properties, a leading real estate company in the region, will unveil its plans at Cityscape Dubai 2007 to redefine the real estate landscape in UAE through extensive research and planning to ensure high quality of services and feasible return on investment for its customers.

Real estate people (Asheville Citizen-Times) - Do you have real estate news? Send it to business@citizen-times.com. We will publish items as soon as possible, in the order in which they were received.

Dubai Real Estate Institute to offer packages at Cityscape Dubai 2007 (Gowealthy) - Dubai Real Estate Institute (DREI), the Middle East's 1st academic institute for real estate studies, will offer special value packages to applicants registering for its Executive Training Programmes, starting in November, at Cityscape Dubai 2007.