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Plum Creek Timber profit falls on weaker prices, real estate (Market Watch) - SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. reported late Monday a 36% drop in net income for the third quarter, blaming the weaker results on lower lumber prices, a tough fire season in the Northwest and a number of pending real estate deals that the company didn't manage to close in time to be counted.

Commercial real estate survives slump better than housing (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) - WASHINGTON — The excesses that led to a bust in the housing boom haven't spread to the commercial real estate market, where the outlook is cautious but decidedly upbeat.

Real estate workers badly needed (Vietnam Net) - VietNamNet Bridge – Director of Viet Nam Real Estate Company Vu Quoc Thai and deputy director of the Institute for Finance and Administration Le Hai Sam spoke to Vietnam Economic Times about real estate employment.

REAL ESTATE (St. Petersburg Times) - Residential real estate In this section you can find different offers on residential real estate from the leading real estate agencies: Apartments for all tastes: standard to luxurious, short or long terms.

EC policy change on real estate closings (BizJournals) - The Erie County Clerk's Office will no longer require real estate closings to be conducted in person and paperwork can be filed via mail or dropped off.

REAL ESTATE CATALOGUE (St. Petersburg Times) - In the nearest issue you will find the latest data on commercial, residential and trade premises in St. Petersburg. Fresh information about state of real estate market, tips from the leading consulting companies and much more!

Economist says Nashville will weather real estate downturn (BizJournals) - A National Association of Realtors economist told Nashville brokers on Monday that affordability and good job growth would help Nashville through its real estate slowdown.

Business / Real Estate (The Moscow Times) - The real estate market is set for a brief hiatus as participants take stock of the situation following the recent global credit squeeze, Mark Jagger, Jones Lang LaSalle director for Russia and CIS, said in a recent interview.

Ethiopia: Anticorruption Comm'n to Investigate Real Estate Plot Grants (AllAfrica.com) - The Federal Ethics and Anticorruption Commission (FEACC) will investigate the alleged shady deals behind plot grants to real estate developers. A committee of four experts established under the Commission went operational last Wednesday.

Northern Nevada's real estate situation less dire than nationwide picture (Reno Gazette-Journal) - "Worsening national housing crisis" -- the phrase, or words to this effect, seems to have become a daily litany in the news, as a hoped-for 2007 turnaround in real estate has not appeared.