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Real estate company UDR reaffirms 2008 outlook (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - UDR Inc., a real estate investment trust focusing on apartment homes, on Tuesday reaffirmed its 2008 forecast for funds from operations of between $1.50 and $1.55 per share.

Real estate bust cost: $153B (Miami Herald) - The bursting of the Florida real-estate bubble now has a price tag: $153 billion. That's the loss in market value of all Florida properties, from houses to businesses, between 2007 and 2008.

Weyerhouser Swings To a Loss On Real Estate Impairments (Fox News) - Weyerhouser Swings To a Loss On Real Estate Impairments

Feds: South Dakota farm real estate value jumps (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - South Dakota farm real estate averaged $990 an acre on Jan. 1, an increase of 21 percent -- or $170 an acre -- from a year earlier.

Crisp & Cole Real Estate Hearings Conclude (KERO 23 Bakersfield) - BAKERSFIELD -- The hearings held by the Department of Real Estate against David Crisp and Carl Cole came to a close Tuesday afternoon, with one of the accused defending himself on the witness stand.

Vancouver real estate values drop (CBC British Columbia) - It's official: it's now becoming cheaper to buy a home in Vancouver, according to figures released Tuesday by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver.

Market Report / Real estate jumps 6.6%; Chemicals takes a beating (Haaretz Daily) - The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, particularly the real estate index, showed nice gains yesterday, despite sharp drops for The Israel Corporation and its Israel Chemicals subsidiary.

Report: Real estate agents willing to cut commission (BizJournals) - When it comes to residential real estate these days, it seems everything's subject to negotiation.

Real estate commission fees: it's good to haggle (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) - NEW YORK -- Don't be shy about haggling over what you pay your real estate agent.

Real estate transactions August 6 (The Columbian) - Residential real estate transactions over $150,000 filed with the Clark County Assessor from June 1-15.  The information includes seller’s name, buyer’s name, property location, d...