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SVamp;P warns of real estate risk (International Herald Tribune) - European real estate companies, especially in Britain and France, face increased risk as their borrowings rise and property prices climb, Standard Vamp; Poor's said Monday.

Experts say real estate market cooling as S. Florida home sales tumble (Sun-Sentinel) - Sales of existing homes across South Florida plummeted in October. Blame it not only on Hurricane Wilma, but a real estate market that's starting to cool, some experts say.

REAL ESTATE MEASURES SLOW S. KOREA'S Q3 HOUSEHOLD CREDIT GROWTH (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Statistics South Korea's household credit growth slowed in the third quarter as tighter real estate regulations reduced demand for new mortgages, the nation's central bank said Wednesday.

Real Estate Measures Slow S. Korea's Q3 Household Credit Growth (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - South Korea's household credit growth slowed in the third quarter as tighter real estate regulations reduced demand for new mortgages, the nation's central bank said Wednesday.

What's the value of your browser's real estate? (Sun Herald) - Real estate. Here in Charlotte County, we know the meaning of real estate. Go to a cocktail party and before long the talk invariable turns to real estate.

DAMAC Properties launches its latest real estate venture in world acclaimed Beirut City Centre (Mena Report) - Luxury lifestyle provider, DAMAC properties, has announced the launch of its first real estate venture outside the UAE in Lebanon’s world acclaimed Beirut City Centre. DAMAC recently purchased a piece of land from Solidere, the company entrusted with the city centre’s post-war rejuvenation.

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.

Apartment landlords have been hurt by real estate boom (South Coast Today) - The real estate boom has been very good to property owners of all types. But apartment landlords have largely missed the party as low interest rates and the prospect of rising home prices turned thousands of would-be renters into buyers.

Four plead guilty in fraudulent Charleston real estate deals (WIS-TV Columbia) - (Columbia-AP) Nov. 29, 2005 - A real estate lawyer, two mortgage brokers and a businessman have pleaded guilty to conspiring to skim money from fraudulent property sales in Charleston.

Training & Business Development: Surge in Listing of Real Estate Courses (Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, Nov. 30 — The RealtyU® Group ( www.RealtyU.com ) announced that CourseDates.com ( www.CourseDates.com ), its joint initiative with hundreds of real estate educators across the country, has just passed 2,000 course offerings and has already exceeded its projections for the first quarter of 2006.