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USAA Real Estate affiliate begins Fort Worth industrial project (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - USAA Real Estate Co. has begun development on the company's 428,000-square-foot distribution center in Fort Worth's Railhead Industrial Park.

Credit squeeze hits European real estate market (International Herald Tribune) - In the days of low-cost borrowing and willing investors, the real estate business in Europe was a dream job. But the rising cost of borrowing this year, combined with the credit crunch that began in August, has put an end to those dream times.

USAA Real Estate building rail center (San Antonio Express-News) - San Antonio-based USAA Real Estate Co. has begun construction on a 428,400-square-foot distribution center at a 633-acre railroad park in Fort Worth.

Jury to weigh fate of real estate professional's killer (Dallas Morning News) - McKINNEY – The Collin County jury that last week convicted Kosoul Chanthakoummane of capital murder for killing real estate professional Sarah Walker will begin deliberating his fate today.

Workshop offers tips on real estate investing (The Payson Roundup) - Payson area residents interested in learning about real estate investing, or want to acquire more knowledge on the subject, now have a resource.

The real estate cartel (Canadian Business) - Are real estate brokers a cartel? "It's a monopoly, it's a cartel, it's an oligopoly," said Ned Goodman of Dundee Corp. recently of the Big Six chartered banks.

Salaries in ME real estate sector rise 14.2 per cent (Khaleej Times) - DUBAI — Salaries in the Middle East's real estate sector saw an average rise of 14.2 per cent across all disciplines in the year to August 2007, according to respondents of the first Middle East survey for the real estate sector.

Property owner, real estate broker spar over city site (BizJournals) - The former owner of a building at 300 W. Pratt St. in Baltimore City is claiming in a lawsuit that real estate broker Colliers Pinkard failed to disclose it was also representing the company that eventually bought the downtown Baltimore property.

Canadian real estate sales slip (CBC Newfoundland and Labrador) - Sales in Canada's red-hot real estate market cooled a bit in September, but average prices still ticked up, according to new figures.

Frisco Home To Prime Real Estate (NBC 5 Dallas Fort Worth) - The expansion of the Dallas North Tollway is sparking new interest in nearby real estate.