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Lennar forms venture with Morgan Stanley Real Estate (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Builder Lennar Corp said on Friday it formed an investment venture with Morgan Stanley Real Estate and sold the venture $525 million in properties.

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.

Restrictive bond set for North Hills real estate broker (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - A federal judge has implemented more restrictive bond conditions for a North Hills real estate broker being investigated for possibly ripping off dozens of customers. ...

Real estate plea deals prompt judge to rethink case (The Florida Times-Union) - Four Jacksonville real estate investors who accepted plea deals on mortgage fraud charges may still stand trial because of uncertainty about the scope of those deals.

RERA chief highlights importance of real estate market awareness (Khaleej Times) - DUBAI — Government of Dubai Land Department in cooperation with The Real Estate Regulatory Agency and, in partnership with the International Property Show 2008, held its second annual Focus on Dubai real estate market seminar.

Lennar and Morgan Stanley Real Estate Announce the Formation of a Strategic Land Investment Venture (FinanzNachrichten) - MIAMI, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lennar Corporation ( Nachrichten ), one of the nation's largest homebuilders, and Morgan Stanley ( Nachrichten ) Real Estate, an affiliate of Morgan Stanley&Co., Inc., announced today that they have formed a strategic land investment venture to acquire, develop, manage and sell residential real estate.

Man sentenced in rape of real estate agent (KJCT 8 Grand Junction) - GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - An Aurora man accused of robbing and raping a real estate agent who thought she was meeting him to show him a house has been sentenced to 192 years to life in prison.

Washington Real Estate Sets Dividend (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Washington Real Estate Investment Trust on Wednesday announced a regular quarterly dividend of 42.25 cents per share. The real estate investment trust said the dividend is payable Dec. 31 to shareholders of record Dec. 14.

Real Estate Funds: Don't Call It a Comeback -- Yet (Smart Money) - Some real estate funds look cheap. But is it the right time to jump back in?

Real estate agents warn about thieves (AP via Yahoo! News) - Real estate agents have standard advice for homeowners planning their first open house: Hire a cleaning service. Drop the pets off with a neighbor. And lock up your valuables because you never know who may be stopping by.