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Economists expect sharp recession after real-estate bubble bursts (Sun-Sentinel) - NEW YORK · Much of the nation has had a lovely real estate boom for the past five years, but the house party is almost over and the cleanup won't be pretty.

Real estate not meant for class by itself (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - Watch out, real estate investors, the asset classifiers are coming.

REAL ESTATE / ROBERT BRUSS: Transaction fees aren't necessary (The Charlotte Observer) - Q. As a Realtor, I am annoyed by your constant put-down of real estate agents and brokers, especially regarding unnecessary junk fees, as you call them. It seems all right with you for the public to negotiate the sales commissions charged to sell their properties. Sellers offer us 3.5 percent or 4 percent. Why, then, can't my agents attempt to recapture some of that lost revenue by negotiating a

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Real Estate People & Places: 11/12/05 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Coldwell Banker Real Estate has announced its top agents for October.

Real Estate Owners To Reap Tax Cuts in 2006 (PR Web) - Congress recently passed energy tax cuts designed to aid property owners and encourage fuel efficiency. With today’s soaring energy costs, these tax breaks can provide much needed savings to real estate owners. [PRWEB Nov 12, 2005]

E&O streamlining ops to be serious real estate group (The Star Online) - high-end property developer Eastern & Oriental Bhd (E&O) is undertaking an internal streamlining to make it a more complete real estate group.

Does Real Estate Belong in a Class by Itself?: Chet Currier (Bloomberg.com) - Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Watch out, real estate investors, the asset classifiers are coming. They're making noises about proclaiming property investments an asset class unto itself, alongside the present Big Three of stocks, bonds and money-market securities.

Real estate VC funds target 15-30 pc returns — Plan investments in residential, retail & IT/ITeS/BPO space (The Hindu) - AN INDICATION of the kind of growth that can be expected of the Indian real estate market may lie in the returns targets that the real estate venture capital funds have set for themselves.

Treasure Valley Real Estate Bucking the National Trend (KBCI Boise) - "Overheated Housing Market is Cooling". Those are the national headlines this week, so why is the Treasure Valley real estate story the opposite? "I don't see at this point it slowing down at all until interest rates get say maybe above 8 or 81/2%," says Michael Hummel from Holland Realty.