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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.

Macquarie Real Estate Fund To Raise S$676M In SGX IPO -2- (Dow Jones via Yahoo! Asia News) - Macquarie Intl Real Estate To Issue Shares At S$1 Each (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires November 15, 2005 03:13 ET Macquarie Real Estate Fund To Issue Shares At S$1 Each (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires November 15, 2005 03:14 ET Macquarie Real Estate Fund ...

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.

Elderly man at center of real estate dispute dies (St. Petersburg Times) - An assistant state attorney says the investigation into real estate agent Cary Bond Thomas is nearly finished.

Macquarie Real Estate Fund plans Singapore IPO of 676m shares (Channel NewsAsia) - SINGAPORE : Macquarie International Real Estate Fund has lodged a preliminary listing prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. It plans to sell 676 million shares at S$1 each.

Kuwait-based Gulf Holding Company offers KD 69 million placement to tap regional real estate, infrastructure investment (AME Info) - The Kuwait-based Gulf Holding Company K.S.C.C., sponsored by the Bahrain-based Islamic investment bank, Gulf Finance House B.S.C. (GFH) and Bayan Investment Company K.S.C.C. (Bayan) of Kuwait, today announced floating a KD69 million placement offer to tap the investment potential of the real estate and infrastructure sectors of the region.

British migrants scoop up NZ real estate (TVNZ) - British migrants heading to a new life in New Zealand are proving a lucrative earner for local real estate firms. In the past year Bayleys Real Estate has sold more than $100 million worth of properties to UK buyers - about 3% of its total sales.

(AFX UK Focus) 2005-11-15 10:20 GMT: Hypo Real Estate not planning to launch counterbid for Eurohypo - sources (Interactive Investor) - FRANKFURT (AFX) - Hypo Real Estate Holding AG has no plans to launch a counterbid for Deutsche Bank AG's and Dresdner Bank AG's stakes in Eurohypo AG, sources within the financial industry said.

Real Estate Sales Desk: Guest perspective on the market (Aspen Daily News) - Eric Strickland Roaring Fork Real Estate Co. You will often find that when real estate brokers talk to you about buying real estate, they will refer to your purchase as your “home.” Yet, if you are selling property, they will often refer to it as a “house.”

Pearl Development & Real Estate Company commences construction of Abraj AL Lulu (AME Info) - Bahrain-based Pearl Development & Real Estate Company, which is co-owned by a group of Bahraini, Saudi and UAE investors, today announced that construction on the Bahrain's largest private sector residential project, the BD 95 million Abraj Al Lulu, has commenced with piling work progressing at a rapid pace.