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No slump in online real estate (Los Angeles Times) - Investors are lining up at DomainFest this week in L.A. to bid on website domain names, which can attract millions of visitors and generate big sums of advertising dollars. The real estate investors packing the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles this week don't have to worry about interest rates, exploding mortgages and foreclosures. The addresses they buy and sell are on the ...

Heady Real Estate Days Are Behind Us (The New York Sun) - There is fear in the eyes of investors, lenders, leasing brokers, owners, and virtually everyone involved in commercial real estate. Some industry leaders worry that the heady days of megadeals are behind us. Others see great opportunities for buyers in 2008 because the credit crisis and a turbulent Wall Street could depress prices. Almost everyone agrees that the volume of sales will be way ...

Arlington real estate values fluctuate by neighborhood (The Washington Examiner) - Real estate assessments for Arlington County's single-family homes dropped an average of 1.25 percent for 2008, officials said last week, but numbers show the county's real estate picture is all about location.

Singapore, Israeli Firms Eye Vietnam's Real Estate Market (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) - Singapore's Pacific Star Group and Israel's Alony Hetz have signed an agreement to set up a fund investing in Vietnamese real estate.

SINGAPORE, ISRAELI FIRMS EYE VIETNAM'S REAL ESTATE MARKET (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Vietnam   Singapore's Pacific Star Group and Israel's Alony Hetz have signed an agreement to set up a fund investing in Vietnamese real estate.

UBS sees real estate stocks benefiting from Fed rate cuts (Market Watch) - Real estate stocks have corrected hard after outperforming the market for seven consecutive years heading into 2007, but a more aggressive Federal Reserve on interest-rate cuts could put some shine back into the shares, according to UBS.

Tax relief may be available to homeowners impacted by real estate market (North County Times) - SAN DIEGO - Temporary property tax relief may be available to San Diego County homeowners impacted by the declining real estate market, county Assessor Gregory J. Smith said today.

Long Beach Duo Empowers Women Through Real Estate (gazettes.com) - Long Beach resident Melissa Ward says that too many single women are afraid to invest in real estate.

Canadian residential real estate market safe as houses: realtor association (Canadian Business) - OTTAWA - Canada's resale housing market will remain at or near record levels this year, the Canadian Real Estate Association predicted Wednesday.

Seyfarth Shaw beefs up D.C. real estate practice (BizJournals) - Law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP said Wednesday it hired a team of real estate attorneys from Powell Goldstein to join its D.C. office.