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Real estate magnate sees motel inflated in space (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- The biggest gambler around these parts is not a high roller going all in with a pair of deuces. He's a real estate magnate who's betting $500 million that he can open the first inflatable motel in outer space.

Women in real estate to be honored (Oroville Mercury-Register) - In the 1960s and even later, women in Chico were told they couldn't sell real estate, that homebuyers would have no confidence in them. A number of women paid no attention to the naysayers, devoting decades to very successful careers in selling real estate.

An Ambassador of Optimism for Philippine Real Estate (INQ7.net) - MARIAN C. MARTIN - IF THERE’S anything real estate magnate Jose B. Antonio knows, it’s how to make something big out of something small.

Real estate broker shares business tips (The Arizona Republic) - Robert Kline is president of Re/Max 2000, which was named Business of the Year by the Chandler Chamber of Commerce. He started the company in 2000 and this year has projected real estate sales of $1.2 billion.

• TV becomes Outlet for Turning Real Estate Market (Turks.US) - Hometrader.tv has announced the re-launch of its new expanded services website www.hometrader.tv , an Internet portal that will connect consumers and real estate professionals to various real estate related products and services, including an online classifieds section, an auction gallery and a business directory.

Real estate market softens (Turks.US) - A buildup of housing inventory for sale in the neighboring giant of Las Vegas is one of the reasons blamed for a slowdown in the Pahrump real estate market this year, local real estate professionals say.

Dubai real estate investment firm bids for New York residential complex (Turks.US) - The Dubai-based real estate investment firm and subsidiary of government-owned Dubai World, Istithmar would be bidding for the Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village complex, an upmarket apartment cluster on Manhattan’s East side.

Real estate corporation has new owner (Turks.US) - A unit of Bab*censored* & Brown Ltd., Australia's second-largest investment bank, has agreed to buy the real estate investment trust for $316 million to add Carolinas and Virginia apartments.

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...