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Google Base Tests Classifieds, Real Estate and Recipes (Search Engine Journal) - Google Base Tests Classifieds, Real Estate and Recipes What is Google Base? Is it Google classifieds system, a content upload database driven multi-use tool, a possible auctions area? Google tested their Base.Google.com page for about an hour yesterday and set off a swarm of buzz about the new Google Base program, ...

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Oates founds firm to manage his family's real estate (Sacramento Business Journal) - Buzz Oates, the octogenarian founder of several key development companies in Sacramento, announced Tuesday that he is forming a new company, Oates Equity Investments LLC, to manage his family's real estate.

Buyers Need Real Estate Professionals in the Internet Marketplace (Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, Oct. 26, 2005 — The Internet has changed but not diminished the role real estate brokers play in helping buyers close real estate transactions successfully, a former president of the National Association of Realtors® told a workshop on competition in the real estate industry sponsored by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division.

No early sign of real estate boom in post-hurricane New Orleans (The Daily Record) - Shannon Sharpe, a real estate agent in New Orleans for the past five years, spends her days trying to deal with her flooded house and searching for customers.

Leading Real Estate Companies of the World™ Recruits New Member Offices (Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, Oct. 26, 2005 — Leading Real Estate Companies of the World™, formerly the RELO® network, has recruited 42 new affiliate companies through October of 2005 totaling 267 offices and 4,244 sales associates in 18 states and five other countries. The network has a total of 667 companies with 4,700 offices and 120,000 associates in 24 countries. In 2004, its affiliates participated in 1.4

AREAA and First American Team Up to Create Real Estate Designation Course (Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, Oct. 26, 2005 — The Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) and The First American Corporation announced the completion of the AREAA Certified Professional (ACP) designation program, a comprehensive training course that will assist real estate professionals in addressing the home-buying needs of Asian-American communities nationwide.

Morgan Stanley to Buy Real Estate Trust (AP via Yahoo! News) - Morgan Stanley's Prime Property Fund said Monday it will acquire real estate investment trust AMLI Residential Properties Trust, which owns and manages a number of high-end apartment communities, for $2.1 billion in cash and assumed debt.

SPECIAL REPORT: O'Mara on Figuring Out the Corporate Real Estate Puzzle (Commercial Property News) - "Organizations hate making real estate decisions; they hate it more than anything," said Martha O'Mara (pictured), managing director of Boston-based Corporate Portfolio Analytics, earlier this week to a full room at the October luncheon meeting of the Chicago chapter of CoreNet, the national association for corporate real estate executives.

Commercial Property Analysis - Commercial Real Estate Industry - Commercial Real Estate Information (Commercial Property News) - Commercial real estate publishing leader Commercial Property News combines a wide array of print, online and face-to-face products to serve and interact with the industry.