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Discount real-estate broker files for bankruptcy protection (Bangkok Post) - New York _ Foxtons, a discount real-estate agency that pioneered selling homes at a 3% commission, joined mortgage lenders as a victim of the declining US housing market and filed for bankruptcy protection.

Use guides to understand trends in commercial real estate market (BizJournals) - The commercial real estate industry is more complex than ever. Agents, brokers and tenants, as well as developers must be intimately knowledgeable about all aspects of the changing landscape of this highly competitive market.

Fewer real estate agents jumping in as housing slump continues (WIS News 10 Columbia) - Real estate agents and the people who train them predict that the storm that's hit the housing market will do more than keep "For Sale" signs on front lawns longer than in recent years.

Real Estate Summit Brings Attention to Africa (Commercial Property News) - The Retail Real Estate World Summit, which began in Cape Town on Tuesday and wraps up today, is bringing heightened attention to real estate in Africa. An estimated 1500 delegates have attended, making the summit the largest commercial property convention ever held in South Africa.

Let's make a deal; Complex real estate transaction would bring CVS to Broadway (Eagle-Tribune Online) - LAWRENCE - It's like the real estate version of a Rubik's cube. CVS wants to build a new pharmacy on a downtown block bordered by Broadway, Haverhill and Tremont streets.

Forecast dim for Vegas real estate (Las Vegas Sun) - The price s of new and existing homes have been steadily dropping in Las Vegas since mid-2006 - and likely will continue to plummet. That, at least, is what professional traders and national economists monitoring the valley's real estate market are betting.

Arcandor receives 5 binding offers for real estate jv Highstreet (FinanzNachrichten) - FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Arcandor AG ( Nachrichten / Aktienkurs ) has received five binding offers for Highstreet, its real estate joint venture with Whitehall.

Sun: Real estate leads TASE to record high (Globes Online) - The Real Estate Index rose 3.7% today, while Israel Chemicals was the heaviest traded stock.

Arcandor receives 5 binding offers for real estate jv Highstreet (Sharewatch) - FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Arcandor AG has received five binding offers for Highstreet, its real estate joint venture with Whitehall. Three of the bidders also have an interest in a stake in the operating business of the Karstadt stores, spokesman for the company Joerg Howe said.

(AFX UK Focus) 2007-10-07 17:53 GMT: Arcandor receives 5 binding offers for real estate jv Highstreet (Interactive Investor) - FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Arcandor AG has received five binding offers for Highstreet, its real estate joint venture with Whitehall.