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Winning coach loses in real estate (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) - Ten months ago, one of Missouri's most successful basketball coaches tried his hand at real estate. Floyd Irons, the architect of a string of high school championships, bought three houses over five days in January.

Photographer tries real estate (El Paso Times) - Freelance photographer Christ Chavez is parlaying his successful small business of taking commercial and news photos into a real estate venture on Arizona Avenue.

TAIB Bank starts Acacia Real Estate (Khaleej Times) - MANAMA — TAIB Bank, the Bahrain-based private bank, has announced the incorporation of Acacia Real Estate Limited, BVI, a new $500 million company that will provide a range of conventional and Shariah-compliant investments focused on income generating properties and select development projects.

Real Estate Scams Smash Dreams of Many (Arab News) - JEDDAH, 10 December 2006 — Looking to make a quick buck, many people in Jeddah are falling victims to the machinations of supposed real estate agents who offer people a chance to buy land at exceptionally cheap prices.

Virtual 'For Sale' Signs for the Home; Web Site Takes Next Step in Real Estate (RedNova) - By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE A real estate site that publishes estimated values for about 70 million U.S. homes began letting homeowners and real estate agents post sale offers online Thursday.

Median Increase In Real Estate Assessments Is 65% (New London Day) - Though the latest real estate boom has cooled a bit, residents will soon see its effects in their tax bills. According to the assessor's office, the ...

Starco Sells Real Estate Holdings for $170M (Commercial Property News) - Starco Properties has sold its real estate assets to Normandy Real Estate Partners in a deal worth more than $170 million. The Starco portfolio consists of 10 Washington, D.C.-area office buildings totaling 786,600 square feet.

Real Estate Briefcase (San Antonio Express News) - -- Jason Glast of Phyllis Browning Co. was named one of San Antonio's Platinum Top 50 Realtors for the year. According to the program's Web site, the awards recognize the 50 most successful and well-rounded real estate agents in San Antonio and surrounding areas.

Al Qudra Real Estate and RAK Properties sign MoU at Cityscape 2006 (AME Info) - Al Qudra Real Estate (AQRE), a subsidiary of Al Qudra Holding, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with RAK Properties, the largest property developer in the RAK emirate, to develop the real estate sector in the emirate.

Menendez still defends real estate deal (Asbury Park Press) - Sen. Robert Menendez's office on Friday continued to defend his real estate transaction with a nonprofit organization as a published report said a federal grand jury was hearing testimony regarding the deal.