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Column: Real Estate Funds Smart Holding (AP via Yahoo! News) - Analysts have been nervously writing yearend epitaphs for real estate for the last couple years, but the sector has kept outperforming the overall market. Despite worries that real estate funds are due for a breather after six strong years, smart investors are likely to hang on for the long haul.

Genesco hires real estate chief (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Helzberg Diamond Inc. real estate executive David A. Stuck has joined Genesco Inc. and will lead the company's real estate and construction teams.

Column: Real Estate Funds Smart Holding (AP via Yahoo! Asia News) - Analysts have been nervously writing yearend epitaphs for real estate for the last couple years, but the sector has kept outperforming the overall market.

Middleton Doll to sell loans, real estate (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) - Middleton Doll Co. of Pewaukee said Tuesday that it will sell its loans and real estate by June 30.

Real Estate Investment Trust Have Strong 2005 (Builder Online) - By Jack Hagel, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Jan. 9--Negative. Flat. Modest. They were words used by some analysts to describe expected returns of real-estate investment trusts in 2005. They were wrong.

Pastor pleads guilty in real estate scheme (WPRI 12) - SPRINGFIELD, Mass. A Baptist pastor in Springfield faces up to five years in prison for his role in a real estate scheme that bilked more than one (m) million dollars from lenders and home buyers.

Pastor faces up to five years in prison for role in real estate scheme (WFSB 3) - SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- A Baptist pastor faces up to five years in prison for his role in a real estate scheme that bilked $1.5 million from lenders and home buyers, including some members of his congregation.

CoStar Group Launches Comprehensive Commercial Real Estate Information in Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN (FinanzNachrichten) - BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CoStar Group, Inc. announced it has expanded its database of industry-leading market information to include Minneapolis/St. Paul, ( Nachrichten ) MN. The benefits of CoStar's researched information service are designed to significantly improve commercial real estate professionals' productivity and ability to meet the needs of their clients.

REAL ESTATE NEWS DIGEST (San Jose Mercury News) - CB Richard Ellis of Los Angeles, the world's largest provider of commercial real estate services, acquired control of IKOMA, its Japanese affiliate, to take advantage of the recovering Tokyo property market. No purchase price was disclosed but the Los Angeles company increased its interest in the Japanese entity to 51 percent from 20 percent. IKOMA is the largest provider of commercial real

CCC offering real estate broker licensing classes (The Shelby Star) - Cleveland Community College is offering new classes so real estate students can get broker’s licenses as required by the state’s Real Estate License Law starting April 1.