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Briefing - ASIA REAL ESTATE - Dec 4, 2006 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) - Sales of completed homes in Taiwan in November increased 29.8 per cent in value over the same month last year, according to statistics released Sunday by Sinyi Real Estate Inc., Taiwan's largest housing agent.

Bell: Why Fidelity likes Europe, Japan for real estate (BizJournals) - Stephen M. Bell joined Pembroke Real Estate, the real estate investment arm of Fidelity Investments, as president and managing director in 2004 with the charge to grow and diversify Fidelity's real estate portfolio. Bell works out of Pembroke's London office, where the real estate firm has acquired at least four assets over the last 18 months.

Number of new real estate agents drops with market (BizJournals) - As home sales stall, the job of real estate broker is losing its luster. According to new numbers from the state, fewer people are jumping into the real estate business.

Roundtable: Commercial Real Estate (BizJournals) - On Nov. 15 real estate professionals Andy Lechter, an executive vice president with Studley; Trammell Crow Co.'s Richard Nash, vice president of marketing for Northpark Town Center; and Audrey Windsor, senior vice president at Jones Lang LaSalle Inc., gathered at Atlanta Business Chronicle for a round-table discussion on the commercial real estate industry.

GCAR buys real estate for new headquarters (BizJournals) - The region's largest real estate trade association is moving to a new home.

Neville Island real estate firm sees millions in 100-acre landfill (BizJournals) - A Neville Island real estate company is looking to potentially produce millions of dollars per year of natural gas from a 100-acre landfill in Imperial.

Media Video to spin off real estate division (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - MUMBAI, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Electronic goods maker Media Video Ltd. said on Monday its board has approved spinning off its real estate division.

A real estate giant awakens (The Star Online) - INDIA’S booming economy and more liberalised laws for foreign direct investment (FDI) are creating waves in the real estate market.

Israel stocks decline, led by real estate and banks (Market Watch) - TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Israeli stocks fell, led lower by the banks and the real estate sector.

FIRST DUBAI INVESTS IN LIWAN REAL ESTATE PROJECT (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Infrastructure The First Dubai Real Estate Development Company has invested Dhs122.3 million ($US33.2 million) in the recently-launched Liwan project.