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China's E-House Riding Real Estate Bull (TheStreet.com) - The Chinese real estate run is raising E-House earnings, but the jury is still out on whether a potentially dangerous real estate asset bubble could be coming.

Life Insurers May Lose $22.6 Billion on Commercial Real Estate (Bloomberg) - Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. life insurers, a group led by MetLife Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc. , may lose as much as $22.6 billion on investments in commercial real estate through 2011, Fitch Ratings said.

FDIC Sells Most Real Estate Since 1994 on U.S. Banking Debacle (Bloomberg) - Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has already sold the most real estate this year since 1994 as the regulator takes over properties held by failed lenders.

Middletown council slashes budget, but keeps real estate taxes the same (The Patriot-News) - Middletown Borough Council voted Tuesday to advertise a 2010 budget that slashes expenditures by $580,000 in order to keep a lid on real estate taxes and cap electricity rates during the winter months.

East Hanover Twp., Dauphin County, holds real estate taxes for 2010 but sewer rates may rise (The Patriot-News) - While real estate taxes are expected to remain static in 2010 budget given preliminary approval by the East Hanover Twp., Dauphin County supervisors Tuesday night, a 6.7 percent hike in sewer rates is proposed.

Real estate leaders and utility have been at an impasse (The Suncoast News Pasco) - Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative policies could pull the plug on potential short sales of vacant homes, a West Pasco real estate leader fears.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. (ARE) CEO Joel S Marcus sells 52,904 Shares (Guru Focus) - By insider. CEO of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. ( ARE ) Joel S Marcus sells 52,904 shares of ARE on 11/13/2009 at an average price of $58.77 a share. Read more » »

Mike Holt- The Franklin Group--Real Estate (Box Elder News Journal) - I am available at YOUR convenience. Give me a call and we will set up an appointment right away. My name is Mike Holt and I am a Real Estate Professional with The Franklin Group.

Intero Real Estate opens office in Reno (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza) - Intero Real Estate opens office in Reno Northern Nevada Business Weekly RENO, Nev. - Short sales and foreclosures aren't a short-term blip before the residential real estate market returns to normal, says Leslie Henderson. Instead, the co-owner of the newly launched Intero Real Estate Services office in Reno says foreclosures and short sales are likely to be the dominant reality of the ...

Before Hiring a Miami Beach Real Estate Agent, Find Out These Things (Turks.US) - Part of the home-buying process is hiring an agent, but not just any agent. Nowadays, it becomes harder to look for the Miami Beach real estate professional that will be fully committed in helping you buy the property you want.