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Israeli stocks surge; financials and real estate advance (Market Watch) - NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Most major Israeli stocks posted solid gains on Thursday, paced by strength in the financial and real-estate sectors.

Forecast: Real estate boom to continue in 2007 (BizJournals) - With rents and occupancy rising across different product types and economic indicators pointing toward further population and job growth in Austin, local commercial real estate professionals say the industry's high times are likely to continue into next year.

Cebuanos Willing To Invest In Real Estate Development: Exec (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) - Cebuanos are now willing to invest in real estate development, according to an executive of upscale condominium developer Syntech Properties Inc. (Syntech).

CEBUANOS WILLING TO INVEST IN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT: EXEC (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Philippines Cebuanos are now willing to invest in real estate development, according to an executive of upscale condominium developer Syntech Properties Inc. (Syntech).

Economist to host real estate radio show (Denver Daily News) - U.S. Bank’s Chief Economist for the Rocky Mountain region will be the featured guest on the AM 760 “Real Estate Advocate” radio show this Saturday. Dr. Tucker Hart Adams will focus on the economic impact this year on the Denver metro housing market.

Real estate `agent bubble' deflates as sales slow (San Jose Mercury News) - During the housing boom, people flocked to become real estate agents and mortgage brokers, sending the tally of those holding California real estate licenses to more than half a million this year.

Overseas real estate available (Moorpark Acorn) - Costa Rica Dream Homes, a southern California real estate and marketing firm, will host a reception to explore real estate investment opportunities in the Central American Country Wed., Nov. 1 at the Westlake Hyatt.

Zillow opens up real estate APIs (InfoWorld) - ( InfoWorld ) - Zillow Inc. has decided to let other Web sites tap into its repository of residential real estate for free, in an attempt to reach new users. The company  made available on Thursday two application programming interfaces (APIs) to external developers so they can incorporate into their Web sites Zillow's property valuation and home details. Previously, Zillow had

Real Estate Market Coming Back To Earth (CBS 3 Philadelphia) - Housing prices are taking a tumble as the red-hot real estate market comes back to earth. Karen Adams Reports

Real Estate Mogul Convicted Of Wire Fraud (NBC4 Washington, D.C.) - A jury has convicted one of the District's most prominent developers, real estate mogul Doug Jemal, of wire fraud.