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Where Are All the Real Estate Deals? (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News) - You may have heard that now is the time to buy real estate -- if you can afford to. As contrarians point out, demand is weak, sales are slow, and inventory is high. Homeowners and homebuilders are slashing prices desperately, and savvy investors are snatching up cheap foreclosure properties. The real estate market is teeming with bargain-priced homes, just waiting for that next lucky buyer to ...

China's Real Estate Enterprises Reserve More Land In 2006 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) - Chinese real estate enterprises reserved an additional 511,100 square metres of land on average in 2006, up 41.18 per cent from 362,000 square metres in 2005, according to a survey report.

CHINA'S REAL ESTATE ENTERPRISES RESERVE MORE LAND IN 2006 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Statistics   Chinese real estate enterprises reserved an additional 511,100 square metres of land on average in 2006, up 41.18 per cent from 362,000 square metres in 2005, according to a survey report.

Hypo Real Estate Will Meet 2007 Target, Chief Says (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) - Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Hypo Real Estate Holding AG, Germany's second-biggest commercial-property lender, said it expects to meet its earnings target for 2007.

Two city real estate firms merge (The Nashua Telegraph) - NASHUA -- Two Nashua real estate firms, RE/MAX Properties and Sky Meadow Real Estate, have merged. ...

ING Real Estate Community Living Group Announces September 2007 Quarter Distribution (ILF.AX, 00760509, 20070919) (Aspect Huntley via Yahoo!7 Finance) - ING Real Estate Community Living Group announced the September 2007 quarter distribution of 2.8625 cents per unit with a record date of 5.00pm, 28 September 2007. The Distribution Reinvestment Plan is in operation for this distribution. Units will be issued at a discount of 2.5% to the volume weighted average price of units traded on the ASX during the 14 business days prior to the last business ...

Albertson’s highlights real estate value (Financial Times) - Albertson’s, the US supermarket chain now seeking potential buyers, yesterday stressed the value of its real estate assets, saying it planned to accelerate store sales in under-performing markets.

High rates hitting real estate mkt: DLF chief (Indian Express Finance via Yahoo! India News) - High lending rates triggered by the Reserve Bank of India s tight monetary policy have tranquilised the country s property market, but demand will surge once rates dip, real estate firm DLF Ltd s chairman K P Singh said today. ...because of mortgage rate and monetary policy, there is no doubt that the market has got subdued at this moment temporarily, he told reporters when asked about an ...

Trial Begins in Slaying of Cobb County Real Estate Agents (FOX 5 Atlanta) - BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) -- A man facing the death penalty for the 2003 slayings of two Cobb County real estate agents made the women strip naked and tortured them for their bank access codes before he shot both in the head, a prosecutor told jurors as the trial began Tuesday.

Bakersfield real estate agent arrested (KGET 17 Bakersfield) - A one-time member of the Crisp & Cole real estate team is in a Los Angeles jail after being arrested on fraud charges.