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REAL-ESTATE BIG DIES AT 85 (New York Post) - -- Maurice Paprin, a real-estate entrepreneur who built thousands of apartments in New York, died Friday at a Manhattan hospital.

DeGeneres isn't joking when it comes to real estate (San Jose Mercury News) - Ellen DeGeneres isn't all talk when it comes to buying and selling real estate. Word is coming from the closest observers of a done deal -- the neighbors -- that she bought a compound for $15 million plus a fixer next door for a total of $22 million. It's the Sunset Strip version of a neighborhood watch.

Real estate developer Maurice Paprin dead at 85 (New York Newsday) - NEW YORK (AP) _ Maurice Paprin, a real estate entrepreneur who built thousands of apartments in New York and spent decades promoting liberal causes, died Friday at a hospital in Manhattan.

Some expecting real estate boom to bust (The Facts) - It’s got to end sometime, some say. Real estate has been booming in Brazoria County the last decade.

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NATION'S HOUSING: The real estate boom finally has slid into an expansion (The Charlotte Observer) - Pretty much everybody in real estate knows what's up: The hot air is hissing out of what David Lereah, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, once enthusiastically called the "Great Real Estate Boom of the 21st Century." Now even Lereah agrees the boom is well past its peak. It's now "winding down into an expansion," he says.

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.