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REAL ESTATE / ROBERT BRUSS: Transaction fees aren't necessary (The Charlotte Observer) - Q. As a Realtor, I am annoyed by your constant put-down of real estate agents and brokers, especially regarding unnecessary junk fees, as you call them. It seems all right with you for the public to negotiate the sales commissions charged to sell their properties. Sellers offer us 3.5 percent or 4 percent. Why, then, can't my agents attempt to recapture some of that lost revenue by negotiating a

Real Estate Live (Washington Post) - Post staff writer Kirstin Downey fills in for Post Real Estate editor Maryann Haggerty and takes your questions about the local housing market.

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE: Wells Fargo to acquire Secured Capital (Chicago Tribune) - Financial-services firm Wells Fargo & Co. is acquiring Los Angeles real estate investment bank Secured Capital Corp. and will merge it with its Eastdil Realty Co.

Mesa County real estate transactions top record By: Phil Castle (Business Times of Western Colorado) - Real estate sales in Mesa County have passed the $1 billion milestone en route to another record-setting year. And that’s with a full quarter of transactions yet to count.

Real Estate Interests Spread the Wealth in Governor's Race (Washington Post) - Developers pack the list of top Fairfax County contributors to this year's Virginia gubernatorial race, with real estate interests handing out big bucks to all three candidates, according to data compiled by the Virginia Public Access Project.

Jeffrey Sherman; Real Estate Executive (Washington Post) - Jeffrey J. Sherman, 53, a prominent Washington area real estate development executive, died Oct. 31 of a heart attack at his home in McLean.

Real-estate experts forecast growth (Tallahassee Democrat) - Forget the I-4 corridor. Interstate 10 and this area of North Florida are poised to be the next hot spot for real-estate development, according to some real-estate experts.

Real Estate People & Places: 11/5/05 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Howard Hanna Real Estate Services has hired new sales associates.

No early sign of real estate boom in post-hurricane New Orleans (South Coast Today) - NEW ORLEANS -- Shannon Sharpe, a real estate agent in New Orleans for the past five years, spends her days trying to deal with her flooded house and searching for customers.

Prepaid Incentive Card for Real Estate Agents Debuts (Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, Nov. 7 — The Agent Reward Card™ is now available to qualified real estate, homebuilding and mortgage industry organizations. This prepaid plastic card is designed specifically to recognize above average performance by real estate agents, and is the first of its kind in the real estate industry.