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Former Jaguar starts real estate company (BizJournals) - Former Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Hardy Nickerson has started a real estate company focusing on professional athletes, entertainers and corporate executives.

U.S. firm to invest $1 bln in Indian real estate (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - MUMBAI, Sept 29 (Reuters) - A U.S.-based firm has entered a strategic partnership with New York-based real estate investment banking firm, Greenwich Group International LLC, to raise $1 billion to finance commercial and residential projects in India.

Two Firms Aim To Be Force In Int'l Commercial Real Estate Market (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - Knight Frank LLP ("Knight Frank"), the largest privately owned global real estate consultancy, has entered into an agreement with Newmark, one of the largest full-service independent real estate firms based in the United States, to form a Global Real Estate Partnership ("Partnership").

TWO FIRMS AIM TO BE FORCE IN INT'L COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE MARKET (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - United Kingdom Knight Frank LLP ("Knight Frank"), the largest privately owned global real estate consultancy, has entered into an agreement with Newmark, one of the largest full-service independent real estate firms based in the United States, to form a Global Real Estate Partnership ("Partnership").

Real estate agent arrested in scam (The Journal News) - YONKERS A Mount Vernon real estate agent is accused of leasing another woman a two-bedroom apartment on the west side of Yonkers that she had no claim to, police said yesterday.

NRI group plans biggest FDI in Indian real estate (India Daily) - A US-based infrastructure company on Thursday unveiled plans to invest $1 billion in Indian real estate in what is being billed as the largest foreign direct investment (FDI) in the newly liberalised sector.

Real estate tax cut fails in Canterbury (Norwich Bulletin) - CANTERBURY -- Art LeBeau normally works at the polls during elections and referendums. But Wednesday, LeBeau spent the day in the Town Hall parking lot, urging people to vote against a proposal to provide real estate tax credits to senior citizens and disabled people.

Hedge funds make tentative steps in real estate (International Herald Tribune) - Hedge fund managers seeking to lift flagging returns turned toward the real estate market at an industry forum in Monaco on Wednesday, a major step toward longer-term and relatively illiquid investment in property.

(AFX UK Focus) 2005-09-29 13:11 GMT: Knight Frank forms global real estate partnership with Newmark (Interactive Investor) - LONDON (AFX) - Knight Frank LLP, the largest privately-owned global real estate consultancy, has entered into an agreement with US-based Newmark, to form a worldwide real estate partnership.

GAO Study on Real Estate Brokerage Finds Internet Fosters Competition, Not Banks (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News) - A study by the General Accountability Office (GAO) found that the Internet has increased consumers' access to information and fostered the creation of Internet-oriented real estate firms and that competition in the industry is based more on non-price factors such as quality, level of service and reputation.