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Real Estate Veteran Joins Morgan Stanley (Forbes) - Morgan Stanley has been reshuffling its management team to focus on real estate.

Was There a Commercial Real Estate Bubble? (New York Times) - A few economists have likened the commercial real estate market of the 2000s to the housing cycle. In fact, the commercial and housing markets were fundamentally different.

N.J. residential real estate sees slight improvement, report says (The Star-Ledger) - GETTY IMAGES The residential real estate market improved modestly in New Jersey, according to a report released Wednesday from the Federal Reserve Bank. The Beige Book, a national collection of economic conditions, said resale activity and prices have "picked up,...

Morgan Stanley names Klopp to real estate posts (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Morgan Stanley on Wednesday named former Capital Trust Inc. CEO John R. Klopp to two posts: head of Americas real estate investing, and global real estate debt investing.

2010 seen as rebuilding year for area real estate (Reno Gazette-Journal) - Key sectors of Northern Nevada's real estate market should hit bottom in 2010, but unemployment, tight financing and the specter of resetting mortgages continue to pose as stumbling blocks to the area's recovery, industry insiders say.

SF Infinity Towers A Rare Real Estate Success Tale (CBS 5 Bay Area) - Despite a national housing market that is still trying to right itself, San Francisco boasts one of the country's real estate success stories.

10 tips to buy or sell real estate in 2010 (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance) - If you're trying to move in or out of a house in the coming year, these real estate tips will help.

Real People: Longtime real estate appraiser retires (Burlington Times-News) - Your recent chores have probably included taking down Christmas decorations. Richard Dodson’s have been a little more daunting. He’s been cleaning out his office at the end of his decades-long career in real estate appraisal. “I’ve got two...

Chinese ministers look to cool hot real estate sector (People's Daily) - &$ &$Senior officials from six ministry-level departments answer questions Wednesday on policies to curb the overheating property market. (Photo: CFP)&$ &$ The country's six department leaders gathered Wednesday to explain the government's new policies to cool the real estate market, build more affordable and low-rent housing, tighten credit, and ensure the supply of land. The State Council ...

Real Estate Bull Laub Sees Unprecedented Workout From Bad Debt (BusinessWeek) - Kenneth Laub has been through three commercial real estate boom and bust cycles during almost five decades as a broker and consultant to corporations such as Hess Corp. and International Paper Co.