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Real Estate Briefcase (San Antonio Express News) - The San Antonio Young Real Estate Professionals will hold a mixer from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Bravo restaurant in the Shops at La Cantera.

Duke Energy Sells Real Estate Holdings (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Duke Energy continued to pare down its holdings and operations, announcing Friday it created a joint venture for its real estate holdings with a Morgan Stanley unit in return for about $1.4 billion in cash after taxes.

Making your house ready to sell in a slowing real estate market (Sun-Sentinel) - If for-sale signs have sprouted like weeds in your neighborhood and the grass is growing up around them, it's no time to panic, say real estate experts.

Real estate people (Asheville Citizen-Times) - Sandra S. Blair of Coldwell Banker Kasey & Associates has been awarded the Accredited Buyer Representation designation by the Real Estate Buyer's Agent Council Inc. of the National Association of Realtors.

No Iran real estate objections (AME Info) - The GCC's Secretary General Abdul Rahman Al Attiyah has said that Iran has made no objection to the huge offshore real estate projects taking place in the region, according to the Gulf News. Iranian media reports had suggested the country had said the developments would pose a threat to the region's fragile eco-system but Al Attiyah said no such complaints had been received.

Morgan Stanley, Duke Energy Form Venture to Develop Real Estate (Bloomberg.com) - Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Morgan Stanley, the biggest securities firm by market value, formed a joint venture with Duke Energy Corp. to develop commercial and residential real estate properties.

Duke Energy sells 49% of real estate business (Triangle Business Journal) - Duke Energy Corp. has sold a 49 percent stake in its real estate subsidiary, Crescent Resources, to Morgan Stanley Real Estate.

Jury Selection Begins In Trial Of Real Estate Mogul (NBC4 Washington, D.C.) - Real estate mogul Doug Jemal is in a D.C. court as lawyers sift through a jury pool.

BU gets $2 million from real estate developer (Boston Business Journal) - Boston University School of Management has formed a new professorship with a $2 million gift from prominent real estate developer Richard Cohen.

Brookfield Establishes Brazilian Real Estate Fund (SYS-CON Media) - Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (TSX: BAM)(NYSE: BAM) today announced that it has closed a specialty real estate fund focused on the acquisition of commercial retail shopping centers in Brazil. The Fund has more than $700 million of commitments, $200 million of which has been committed by Brookfield with the balance of the capital committed by four institutional investors.