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Real Estate Brokers vs. Realtors (The Motley Fool via Yahoo! News) - Ever wonder whether a real estate broker and a Realtor are the same thing? Well, they're not. Not exactly, at least. Someone with a real estate license is a licensed real estate professional, or an agent. This person may also be a Realtor but isn't necessarily one.

Pabst Brewing site to be sold to real estate investor Zilber (The Business Journal of Milwaukee) - A company led by Milwaukee real estate investor Joseph Zilber has an option to purchase the former Pabst Brewing site in downtown Milwaukee and is working on plans to redevelop it into residential, retail and commercial project.

Economists expect sharp recession after real-estate bubble bursts (Sun-Sentinel) - NEW YORK · Much of the nation has had a lovely real estate boom for the past five years, but the house party is almost over and the cleanup won't be pretty.

Real estate collapse could cause recession, job losses (The Cincinnati Enquirer) - Much of the nation has had a lovely real estate boom for the past five years, but the house party is almost over and the cleanup won't be pretty, say economists and investors who have watched housing prices march ever higher.

Network Secures QIC Real Estate Agreement >NWK.AU (Dow Jones via Yahoo! Asia News) - LONDON (Dow Jones)--Outdoor advertising operator Network Ltd. said Monday that it has reached an exclusive long term advertising agreement with QIC Real Estate.

Speculation is Back in Commercial Real Estate Market (WJLA-TV Washington D.C.) - Chantilly, Va. (AP) - The commercial real estate market in Northern Virginia apparently is booming once again. Developers are building on speculation once again, thanks to government contracting. New requirements for better security for government workers apparently is fueling this building boom.

Speculation is back in commercial real estate market (WAVY 10) - CHANTILLY, Va. The commercial real estate market in northern Virginia appears to be booming again.

Real estate notes (Sun-Sentinel) - >International Sales Group Inc. and TIR Sales and Marketing, both Aventura-based sales and marketing firms, have entered into a strategic alliance to market and sell real estate developments throughout the United States. The partnership will operate under the entity ISG/TIR.

Firm launches new local real estate practice (BizJournals) - Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham has hired renowned real estate attorney Bill McCaughan as partner to spearhead and expand the real estate practice at the firm's Miami office.

2006 Real Estate Investor Outlook Survey by Marcus & Millichap and National Real Estate Investor Cites Strong Investor (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - NEW YORK----Nov. 14, 2005--Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Brokerage Co., the largest commercial real estate brokerage in the nation focusing exclusively on real estate investments, today announced the results of the 2006 Real Estate Investor Outlook, an exclusive annual survey conducted in partnership with National Real Estate Investor.