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Westinghouse landlord-to-be a big player in real estate (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Of the many people on hand last month to celebrate Westinghouse Electric's new Cranberry headquarters, the least-known figure in the front row was a Georgia real estate man seated with his legs ...

Real estate ownership has become definition of American Dream (San Francisco Chronicle) - When a press release from a frustrated young woman threatening to sue the real estate industry "for the sake of her generation" if she couldn't get a mortgage found its way into my inbox, I was intrigued. Despite the dubious premise of her threats, Carolyn...

Creative strategies skirt taxes on real estate deals (The Palm Beach Post) - In a maneuver to lower their tax bills that is confusing public property appraisers, sellers and buyers of some of Florida's most valuable real estate have low-balled publicly recorded sale prices by at least $1 billion since 2005.

REAL ESTATE PEOPLE (Asheville Citizen-Times) - Do you have real estate news? Send it to business@citizen-times.com. We will publish it as soon as possible, in the order in which it was received.

Real estate ownership has become definition of American Dream (Addict 3D) - When a press release from a frustrated young woman threatening to sue the real estate industry "for the sake of her generation" if she couldn't get a mortgage found its way into my inbox, I was intrigued.

Real Estate scammer banned (The Courier Mail) - A REAL estate salesman has been banned from the industry after secretly selling a home to himself in a scam watchdogs fear is widespread.

DLA Piper Wants 'Global Real Estate' Practice (Law.com) - DLA Piper is planning to open offices in the capital of the United Arab Emirates and perhaps the neighboring country of Qatar and is also exploring setting up in Mumbai, India. The firm, which already has an office in Dubai, sees the Persian Gulf region as attractive because of the oil wealth and booming real estate industry, says Lee Miller, one of three joint chief executives for the firm. ...

Real Estate Tax Benefit Bonanza (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.----With the real estate market meltdown how can you benefit? Through charitable gifts, which are normally limited to 30% of the high net worth individual's adjusted gross income, a donation can be carried forward for five years.

Real Estate People & Places (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Real estate news in brief.

Real Estate Transfers (Centre Daily Times) - Real Estate Transfers