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Intuit Sells Off Real Estate (Zacks.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Intuit recently completed the sale of Intuit Real Estate Solutions to Vista Equity Partners for $128 million.

Light at the End of the Tunnel for Real Estate Billionaires? (Forbes) - Real estate expert Peter Slatin says commercial real estate will continue its free fall. But there m

Global Real Estate: Ready for a Rebound? (Knowledge at Wharton) - The global real estate community is breathing easier than it was a year ago, judging by the sentiments of participants at a recent Knowledge@Wharton global real estate forum titled, "The Road to Recovery: Investing in the Global Real Estate Rebound." Held at the New York Stock Exchange on December 11, in conjunction with Interconnect Events, the forum focused on the developed world's challenges ...

Real estate portals adopting rental searches (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin) - LOS ANGELES - In a strategic move, two of the biggest real estate sites - Zillow.com and Trulia.com - are joining the crowded ranks of rental Web sites.

FDIC's Bair:Expect Higher Commercial Real-Estate Charge-Offs (Nasdaq) - WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Problems in the U.S. commercial real estate market are expected to continue in the first quarter, a top banking regulator said Wednesday.

Former Commissioner Moore gets $144k piece of real estate deal--without required license (WBIR-TV Knoxville) - A single land deal brokered by former Knox County Commissioner Scott Moore gained him a sweet $144,000--but it might also land him in trouble with the law. The Tennessee Real Estate Commission's records show no license for such a deal.

Barberton man accused of trying to lure real estate agent to home (The Cleveland Plain Dealer) - Police charged Robert Willet with attempted abduction. They said on Jan. 3, Willet sent a text image to a real estate agent's cell phone, then called the woman to schedule an appointment to look at a home.

With a tax credit boost, Berlin’s real estate market bustling (The New Britain Herald) - BERLIN — No one has ever boasted, “As goes Berlin, so goes central Connecticut.” Yet, when it comes to real estate activity, the town has in recent years proved an accurate reflection of Hartford County.

Real estate a big piece of county’s tax digest puzzle (Dawson News & Advertiser) - The first of the year has come and gone, which means it’s tax time again. Of 2009’s top 10 taxpayers in Dawson County, more than half are real estate or development-based companies. No individual landowners landed in the top 10 for 2009.

Webster's Eden purchase seen as good investment by real estate experts (The Webster University Journal) - Webster University's recent purchase at Eden Theological Seminary provides expansion onto rare commercial property in the community without stepping on neighbors' toes, according to local real estate experts.