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Real estate lock boxes add panic button (AP via Yahoo! News) - Entering an empty, unfamiliar house with a stranger is all in a day's work for real estate agents, most of them women.

Real Estate Lock Boxes Add Panic Button (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Entering an empty, unfamiliar house with a stranger is all in a day's work for real estate agents, most of them women. "You're on your own," said Nicholle D. Dagata, a real estate agent in Berlin, Conn.

Newspapers, Zillow link on real estate ads (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Zillow.com said it's signed a real estate advertising deal with 11 newspaper publishers representing 282 U.S. newspapers.

Papers forge real estate deal with Zillow (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - U.S. house price comparison Web site Zillow.com said on Tuesday it had agreed a deal with the publishers of 282 newspapers to carry their real estate advertisements.

Austin real estate exec gets 5 years in house-flipping scheme (Austin American-Statesman) - U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel said in court Tuesday that federal sentencing guidelines suggested a minimum prison term of about 22 years for Firooz Deljavan, the leader of a sprawling Austin-area real estate scheme that prosecutors say defrauded banks of millions of dollars.

Legislator wants real-estate transparency (Sun Valley Central) - Idaho House Minority Leader Wendy Jaquet, D-Ketchum, will once again bring a bill before the state Legislature that would require disclosure of real estate sales prices, a change the local legislator sees as a means for having equitable property taxes.

Newspapers and Zillow.com team to offer advertisers real estate listings on Zillow (San Jose Mercury News) - SEATTLE - Faced with the threat of losing more classified ads to online competitors, some newspaper publishers are looking to a Web real-estate information company to help them stay in the game.

Real Estate Live (Washington Post) - Welcome to Real Estate Live, an online discussion of the Washington area housing market with Post Real Estate editor Maryann Haggerty.

Real estate lock boxes add panic button (The State) - Entering an empty, unfamiliar house with a stranger is all in a day's work for real estate agents, most of them women. "You're on your own," said Nicholle D. Dagata, a real estate agent in Berlin, Conn. Cell phones are an obvious tool but cannot be used inconspicuously and can drop out of range in a basement, she said. "Sometimes you feel queasy." Now, GE Security's new wireless lock boxes, ...

Emaar, The Economic City gains strong response for KAEC at Al Dhahran Real Estate & Housing Exhibition (AME Info) - Emaar, The Economic City (Emaar.E.C), the Tadawul-listed company developing King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), is showcasing the unique features of KAEC at the Al Dhahran Real Estate & Housing Exhibition being held until November 15.