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High-end real estate market still sizzling (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News) - Real estate broker Olivia Hsu Decker guided guests through an $8 million fixer-upper last weekend at an invitation-only open house in Presidio Heights, one of San Francisco's toniest neighborhoods.

ACT Office of Fair Trading releases real estate guide (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - The ACT Office of Fair Trading has launched a new guide for people looking to buy or sell real estate.

Real estate industry adjusts to cool-down (Chicago Tribune) - As houses typically begin to sell in months, not days, brokerages are having to adapt to the cooling of the real estate market. Larger firms are downsizing some offices to become more customer-focused.

Sector movers: Real Estate rallies, Tobacco out of puff (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance) - Real Estate received a boost today as punters piled in again after yesterdays sell off on profit taking, sending British Land, Land Securities and Hammerson higher.

Star Profile Real estate appraiser Joe Rosen (Columbia Star) - Joe Rosen has taken real estate appraisal assignments all over the South: Sevierville and Memphis, TN; Atlanta and Augusta, GA; Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, NC; and 30 counties in SC. His father, Harvey Rosen, founded Rosen Appraisal Associates and has been doing the same for 50 years. Na

Executive proposes lower real estate tax (Moldova.org) - The executive has proposed a substantial reduction of the real estate tax starting January 1, 2006. In this regard, the executive approved on November 23 a draft amendment to Title VI of the Fiscal Code, which also establishes the limit of value of real estate exempted from taxation for beneficiaries of facilities. Finance Minister Mihai Pop told journalists that the executive proposed to reduce

Family Finances: Dealing with a real estate agent (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Thinking about taking profits by selling the family home? No. 1 rule: Don't be impressed by a real estate agent's car. Many lease expensive cars such as BMWs or Mercedeses to appear successful. He or she may not be.

MINNESOTA: FBI, regulators probe real-estate, mortgage fraud (Grand Forks Herald) - ST. PAUL - The FBI and state regulators are investigating an apparent spate of mortgage and real-estate fraud cases in Minnesota.

Empress City from KSL & Reward Real Estate (India Infoline) - KSL and Industries Ltd, has ventured into realty business and will develop an ambitious integrated township project christened, "Empress City" which is spread over 25 acres in the heart of Orange City, Nagpur The "Empress City" project will be implemented by Reward Real Estate Company Private Ltd. a Wholly owned Subsidiary of KSL and Industries Ltd.

Egal Ahouvi, Delek Real Estate purchase 15 Hilton hotels in U.K. (Haaretz Daily) - Delek Real Estate and Israeli businessman Egal Ahouvi have signed a major deal under which they will purchase 15 Hilton hotels in the United Kingdom for close to 400 million pounds (about NIS 3.3 billion).