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In Real Estate, Mind over Market Momentum? (NPR) - The possibility that the U.S. housing market has overheated -- and is due to explode -- has been the subject of much speculation. Robert Siegel talks with William Wheaton, professor of economics and former director of the Center for Real Estate at MIT, about the role of psychology in the current slide.

Find a new home at Yahoo! Real Estate (Lifehacker) - Yahoo!'s redesigned their Real Estate section, where you can look up home prices by location. Browse and search for your second (or first!) home purchase by specifying a zip code, and optionally...

Real Estate People & Places: 9/2/06 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Marian Nardi of Kennedy and Gloria McMillan of Churchill have joined Coldwell Banker Real Estate as sales associates.

Survey measures region's biotech real estate perceptions (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal) - In the first Bay Area Biotechnology Real Estate Survey in 2005, Silicon Valley ranked third to the Peninsula and East Bay as an ideal location for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

USAA Real Estate sells off Four Seasons Resort to L.A. firm (San Antonio Business Journal) - USAA Real Estate Co. has sold off The Four Seasons Resort and Club at Las Colinas for an undisclosed price.

How to Hire a Real Estate Agent in Brazil Part 4 (Gringoes) - By Boris Goldshmit Here is the fourth and final part of Boris's article, with advice on how to hire a suitable real estate agent in Brazil. To read the previous parts click the link at the bottom of the article.

Real Estate Briefcase (San Antonio Express News) - The Real Estate Council of San Antonio will present the Texas Real Estate Commission legal update Sept 20. Members will receive three hours of mandatory continuing education credit.

Real estate worries cooling (East Valley Tribune) - As the real estate market declines, so does the number of jobs related to the industry. Thus far layoffs among homebuilders have been minimal, and real estate agents say their numbers are still strong.

ING offers $3 billion for Canadian real estate trust (The Columbus Dispatch) - Dutch banking and insurance company ING Groep NV is offering nearly $2 billion in cash and will assume about $1 billion worth of debt for Canada’s Summit Real Estate Investment Trust, the companies said yesterday.

• Canadian Real Estate Trust is offered $3 billion by ING (Turks.US) - AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS -- $2 billion in cash was nearly offered to Canada’s Summit Real Estate. Dutch banking and insurance company ING Groep NV will also assume aboutj $ 1 billion worth of debt for the said real estate. The deal is worth $3.4 billion.