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Real Estate Live (Washington Post) - Welcome to Real Estate Live, an online discussion of the Washington area housing market with Post Real Estate editor Maryann Haggerty.

Real estate mogul Van Hoogstraten arrested (UPI) - British real estate mogul Nicholas van Hoogstraten was arrested by police in Zimbabwe on charges of currency theft.

Property tax vote raises hopes for real estate (Naples Daily News) - Local real estate agents and brokers say the vote on Amendment 1 couldn’t come at a better time. Showings have picked up. Interest rates are falling. There are signs of a market turnaround.

Property tax vote raises hopes for real estate (Naples Daily News) - Property tax vote raises hopes for real estate

Real estate mogul Van Hoogstraten arrested (Moldova.org) - British real estate mogul Nicholas van Hoogstraten was arrested by police in Zimbabwe on charges of currency theft.Van Hoogstraten, 63, is faced with charges of obtaining income from rental properties in foreign money, Sky News in Britain reported Saturday.Television stations have reportedly aired footage of van Hoogstraten being paraded around by police carrying bundles of cash. Van ...

BSP eases rules on real estate loans of banks (ABS-CBNNEWS.com) - The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has eased the restrictions on banks’ exposure in the property sector and excluded private housing and public infrastructure construction loans from the 20-percent ceiling on real estate loans.

Industry planned for real estate tax fight (The Charlotte Observer) - The real estate industry spent hundreds of thousands of dollars last year to oppose a proposed tax on the sale of property, what it called the "home tax." As it turns out, the industry had been saving up money for the expected battle for at least a decade. "Our organization had the foresight years ago," said Mike Carpenter, executive vice president of the N.C. Home Builders Association. The real ...

Women key real estate deciders (Adelaide Now) - A MAN'S home may be his castle but women hold the keys to most real estate decisions, new research says.

Real estate mogul Van Hoogstraten arrested (EARTHtimes.org) - British real estate mogul Nicholas van Hoogstraten was arrested by police in Zimbabwe on charges of currency theft. Van Hoogstraten, 63, is faced with charges of obtaining income from rental properties in foreign money, Sky News in Britain reported Saturd...

Real Estate Agent Accused Of Running Scheme (KITV TheHawaiiChannel.com via Yahoo! News) - A local real estate agent is accused of running an investment scheme that cost a client $100,000. A lawsuit says Atlantica Tanuvasa promised earnings of 10 percent in just two or three months to a woman who ended up giving her more than $100,000.