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Tax-saving strategies for real-estate investors (Market Watch) - SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The easing market may be worrying those who invested in real estate this year, but to avoid facing even more financial pain at tax time, those investors should consider the following year-end tax strategies.

Angelo R. Cali, 91, Founder of Real Estate Trust, Dies (New York Times) - Angelo R. Cali?s family-owned real estate development company merged with the Mack Company in 1997 to create one of the country?s largest real estate investment trusts.

Experts dismiss 'sky is falling' outlook on local real estate markets (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) - Warnings about a decline in San Diego's residential real estate market have merit, but commercial and industrial real estate will likely have an average year in 2007, according to a panel of industry experts.

India's real estate sector booms, but first-time buyers beware (AFP via Yahoo! Asia News) - NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's real estate market is in overdrive as developers snap up land to build malls and housing enclaves, but high prices and opaque rules make it hard for first-time buyers to land a dream home.

Briefing - ASIA REAL ESTATE - Dec 15, 2006 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) - Real estate data provider, RP Data Ltd (ASX:RPX), will branch out into more sophisticated information products after becoming a publicly listed company again, following a $A72 million ($US56.26 million) initial public offering (IPO).

Briefing - Asia Real Estate - Dec 15, 2006 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Asia News) - An executive briefing on real estate for Dec 15, 2006, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities.

U.S. Commercial Real Estate Investment to Set Record (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) - Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. commercial real estate investment is likely to set a record this year, driven by rising rents and occupancies in office and industrial buildings, the National Association of Realtors said.

Israel stocks ease as tech and real estate lose ground (Market Watch) - TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Israeli stocks in the benchmark indexes were down slightly in late trading Thursday, as the tech and real estate sectors slumped.

UAE firm set to launch $650m real estate funds (Khaleej Times) - DUBAI — Dubai-based asset management firm, Signature Group, is on the verge of launching several real estate funds for investment in the UAE and India, totalling in excess of $650 million.

Vala in, real estate developers get ready for boom time (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) - Finance Minister is known for opening up new vistas of real estate development When Vajubhai Vala was being sworn in as the State Finance Minister on Wednesday, the most jubilant were real estate developers and builders. After all, it was Vala whose 'pro-development' policies during his earlier tenure as finance minister had put them on a firm ground! From their past experience, realtors ...