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Real estate chief for city properties coming under fire (San Diego Union-Tribune) - Sep. 24 (UNION-TRIBUNE): Questions about the city's handling of its properties and leases led three council members yesterday to call for dismissing the head of San Diego's real estate assets department.

Real estate infomercial kings make fast cash seem far too easy (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Real estate prices are soaring, which means the real estate investment-seminar business is booming. You've probably heard the pitches -- whether live, on tapes, or late-night TV -- claiming you can buy property with little work and no money down, promising that you can get rich in your spare time.

Real Estate People & Places: 9/24/05 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Donna Hollander of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services' Peters office was recently awarded the Accredited Buyer Representation designation by the Real Estate Buyer's Agent Council of the National Association of Realtors.

Be careful -- real estate 'flips' can backfire (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - If you're looking to turn a quick buck on a real estate transaction, accountant Bill Rucci has some words of warning: "It may be quick, but it also may not be as lucrative as you first thought."

Real estate is doing just fine, thanks (South Coast Today) - Despite all the worry and concern about the direction the real estate market will take in coming months and years, the prognosis looks very positive, according to leading and most credible analysts. This is in spite of negative factors generated by Hurricane Katrina.

Housing Real Estate formed to cater to middle-income groups (Gulf News) - Dubai: The Housing Real Estate Company has been established with a capital of Dh1.2 billion, a company official said. Mohammad Muhana Al Qubeisi, head of the board of directors of the company, said the company was established to cater to the middle-income groups.

Well Known Real Estate Developer Dies (KGTV TheSanDiegoChannel.com via Yahoo! News) - Corky McMillin, founder of one of San Diego's largest real estate development companies, died Thursday at a hospital, where he was admitted following a recent heart attack, his firm announced. He was 76.

New book provides practical advice for entering real estate biz (South Coast Today) - With the real estate industry booming and the price of housing going up, more and more consumers are relying on the professional expertise of a home inspector to give them an independent view of the quality of their investment.

Striking mechanics target local real estate firm (West Bloomfield Eccentric) - The bad blood brewing between Northwest Airlines and its mechanics union spilled into the Plymouth-Canton area this week when striking mechanics conducted an informational picket in front of a Plymouth real estate firm.

4 real estate brokers sign with CoStar Group (The Oklahoman) - Sep 24, 2005: TULSA - CoStar Group Inc., a commercial real estate market information services company based in Bethesda, Md., has signed four top commercial real estate brokerages as customers.