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Real Estate Weekly -- Dec. 9 (Market Watch) - To listen to most of the media, you would think that the only people involved in real estate investing were broken-down dot-com players searching for the next great wave, folks who would expect to get in at any cost and then cash out quickly as the inexorable rise in values continued. In a word, speculators.

Real Estate People & Places: 12/10/05 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Howard Hanna Real Estate Services has announced its top offices and agents for October.

Local real estate firms post solid growth in 2005 (Springfield Business Journal) - A hot market has Springfield’s real estate firms reaching for the top. Carol Jones, Realtors Nov. 15 announced $1 billion in year-to-date contract sales for 2005, shattering the company’s 2004 record of $882 million in contract sales. Closed sales for 2004 were $701 million.

Real Estate Auctions Guarantee Quick Sales—Even During Winter (Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, Dec. 12 — Representing a $48 billion industry nationwide, real estate auctions are becoming the preferred selling method for more property owners each year, with the most recent annual survey by the National Auctioneers Association (NAA) showing residential and commercial real estate sales increasing by 14.1% and 11.1% respectively from 2003 to 2004.

Connecting China to Luxury Real Estate (Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, Dec. 12 — Luxury Real Estate announced that it is expanding its global network by launching operations in China. Wang Cong of Shanghai has been appointed as Luxury Real Estate’s Director for China. Cong has a decade of experience in the real estate market and has been an influential member of the business elite in China and throughout Asia.

Real Estate Weekly -- Dec. 9 (Investors.com) - To listen to most of the media, you would think that the only people involved in real estate investing were broken-down dot-com players searching for the next great wave, folks who would expect to get in at any cost and then cash out quickly as the inexorable rise in values continued.

The year's 10 best real estate books for owners and investors (The Charlotte Observer) - At the end of each year -- just in time for the holiday gift season -- it's my honor to select the 10 best real estate books from the hundreds published during the year. The column takes 52 weeks to prepare because I read at least one real estate book every week.

AEW Real Estate Income Fund Announces December Distribution of Long-Term Capital Gains (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - BOSTON----Dec. 9, 2005--The AEW Real Estate Income Fund, which is listed on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol "RIF," announced today a distribution of long-term capital gains of $0.5081 per common share.

Communication is a Crucial Component for Real Estate Agents in Today's Market (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - RealEstate.com today announced the next Pathways to SUCCESS real estate agent conference call Tuesday, December 13, 2005 at 1:00 p.m.

All State Real Estate adds new agent (Newport News-Times) - All State Real Estate - Newport Branch announces the recent affiliation of Colleen Basore. A native Oregonian, born in Astoria and raised in Portland, Basore later moved to California where she married and raised a family.