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Robert Bruss; 'Real Estate Mailbag' Columnist (Washington Post) - Robert J. Bruss, 67, a real estate lawyer and broker whose nationally syndicated advice columns earned him the nickname "the Dear Abby of real estate," died Sept. 26 at his home in Hillsborough, Calif., south of San Francisco. He had complications of colon cancer.

Real estate columnist Robert Bruss dead (UPI) - Robert Bruss, a syndicated real estate columnist whose writing appeared in U.S. newspapers for more than 20 years, has died in Burlingame, Calif. He was 67.

Robert Bruss - known as the 'Dear Abby of Real Estate' (San Francisco Chronicle) - Robert Bruss, a nationally syndicated columnist known as the "Dear Abby of Real Estate," died Wednesday at his home in Hillsborough. Mr. Bruss, 67, had been diagnosed with cancer and had surgery this spring, friends said. A lawyer and real estate agent, Mr....

Robert J. Bruss, 67; syndicated journalist wrote about real estate (Los Angeles Times) - Investment expert wrote several books and an advice column published in The Times and many other newspapers nationwide for more than 20 years. Robert J. Bruss, an author, investment expert and syndicated real estate columnist whose advice appeared in newspapers across the country for more than two decades, died Wednesday at his Burlingame, Calif., home, according to Inman News, the ...

Real estate: Bajorias plan Rs 1000cr investment (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) - The Hooghly Enterprises, owned by the Bajorias, has planned to replicate the E-Mall in three states. The company has lined up an investment of Rs 1,000 crore in several real estate projects over a period of five years. "We have planned to replicate the E-Mall in West Bengal , Orissa and Assam . There will be one mall each in Durgapur, Siliguri, Guwahati and Bhubaneswar," said Sanjay Kumar ...

Valley real estate agent uses humor to sell home (ABC 15 Phoenix) - We all know the real estate market is tough right now, so why would anyone want to try and sell the home to see to the left? It's a home that needs either a lot of TLC or a bulldozer.

Global real estate funds to invest $5 billion in India (Express India) - International real estate funds are expected to pump in $5 billion into the Indian real estate market by the first quarter of 2008 in addition to the $3 billion they have already invested in the country, according to private equity players.

New York's New Real Estate Database Is (Nearly) A Total Bore (The New York Observer) - The ever-powerful Real Estate Board of New York unveiled its not-so-powerful ResidentialNYC.com database this week, which should have been a thrilling development for house-hunters (and for real estate voyeurs who obsess over how much neighborhood listings are going for). After all, wouldn't it be grand to see all of New York's real estate listings on one lip-smacking page? But the ...

12:09 p.m. -- Investors say they lost money in 1031 real estate scam (The Idaho Statesman) - Some Idaho investors have been caught in an alleged multi-state real estate scam that various lawsuits say bilked investors out of more than $95 million.

Real Estate Convention (News Channel 34 Binghamton) - Real estate agents from across Upstate New York came to Binghamton on Friday to discuss the housing market.