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IRA ownership of real estate is tricky (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - Investing IRA money in real estate and other non-traditional assets can be dangerous to the health of the IRA and the pocketbook of the owner.

Emaar announces major real estate project in Cairo's Smart Village (AME Info) - Emaar Properties, the world's No 1 real estate developer in terms of market capitalisation, on Thursday (October 27) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Egyptian Government to start work on a new development in Cairo - an integrated community based in Egypt's new Smart Village.

Real Estate People & Places: 10/29/05 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Howard Hanna Real Estate Services has announced its top offices and agents for September.

Real estate industry dominates politcal giving in mayoral campaign (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) - The real estate and development industry gave the most to this year's mayoral campaign, with miscellaneous individuals giving the second most, according to an analysis of campaign funding by the Center on Policy Initiatives.

Boston Area Real Estate Market Cools For First Time In A Decade (WLBZ Bangor) - BOSTON (AP) -- Real estate agents say that across the region, the list of unsold properties on the market is growing and sellers are lowering asking prices.

CellSigns Releases Enhanced Real Estate Text Messaging System (Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, Oct. 31, 2005—QWASI, an interactive mobile marketing company based in Exton, Pennsylvania, has unveiled CellSigns Version 2.0 —the only wireless interactive lead generation and marketing system for real estate. The enhanced CellSigns Interactive Marketing System now incorporates powerful features like its exclusive Text-for-Email solution allowing buyers to send an email address via a

Boston-Area Real Estate Market Shows Signs Of Cooling Off (NBC 10 Providence) - BOSTON -- It's a phrase that hasn't been heard in real estate circles in the Boston area for some time: "buyer's market." Real estate agents say the list of unsold properties on the market is growing, sellers are lowering asking prices, and open houses are attracting few interested buyers.

Inland Real Estate Corporation Announces 3.3% Increase in FFO Per Share for Third Quarter 2005 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Inland Real Estate Corporation today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30

Boston Real Estate Market Cooling (The Boston Channel) - Real estate agents in the Boston area these days are using a term they haven't used in about a decade to describe the current state of affairs -- buyer's market.

Real-estate industry worried about its image (Honolulu Advertiser) - CHICAGO — The real-estate industry has taken a pounding from federal regulators and the media lately. But its internal strife — and a federal antitrust lawsuit — aren't likely to be the centerpiece when the National Association of Realtors holds its annual meeting in San Francisco this weekend, said association spokesman Steve Cook.