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Global Real Estate: A Tougher Market (BusinessWeek via Yahoo! News) - Anyone considering an investment in international real estate today is bound to do so with at least a twinge of regret. After a dismal year, the S&P Global Property Index has more than doubled from its Mar. 9 low, and it seems everyone has already cashed in. Among the 44 mutual funds and half-dozen exchange-traded funds (ETFs) invested globally, "The returns are really gaudy for the year," says ...

EXCLUSIVE: Geithner, Real Estate Execs Held Meeting on Industry Woes (Fox News) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met Tuesday with about a dozen commercial real estate industry executives and lobbyists to discuss the industry’s continuing problems in the weak economy, sources familiar with the session told FOX Business.

International Real Estate: The Lay of the Land (BusinessWeek via Yahoo! News) - Dozens of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) invest in global real estate. Here are five smart options for investors looking at property markets around the world

Commercial Real Estate Expected to Be in Long Rut, Study Finds (Fox News) - U.S. commercial real estate faces a long, slow road to recovery that is more than a year away for most types of property, with Washington policy-makers increasingly pulling the strings that affect prices, according to a survey commissioned by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Open House? Google Has Also Been Eying Trulia in Real Estate Search Play (AllThingsD Online via Yahoo! Finance) - Please see this disclosure related to me and Google. According to sources close to the situation, along with its pending bid effort for Yelp, Google has been in on-again, off-again acquisition talks with Trulia, the real estate search engine.

Renovation for Real Estate (San Francisco Chronicle) - The Chronicle, in partnership with real estate data firm BlockShopper.com, introduces a new and improved Real Estate section today. In addition to our most popular features, we will offer more local content about the housing and rental... Real Estate - United States - Business - Services - Law

Veteran Austin high-tech real estate broker is selling his firm (Austin American-Statesman) - Veteran Austin high-tech real estate broker is selling his firm

Bobb to meet privately about past real estate deal (Detroit Free Press) - Robert Bobb, the emergency financial manager for Detroit Public Schools, has agreed to have a private meeting with representatives of the Farbman Group to discuss past real-estate transactions between the group and the district.

Geithner, Real Estate Execs Held Meeting on Industry Woes (MalaysiaNews.net) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met Tuesday with about a dozen commercial real estate industry executives and lobbyists to discuss the industry’s continuing problems in the weak economy, sourc...

Leo Wells of Wells Real Estate Funds Named to Hall of Distinction (dBusinessNews.com) - ATLANTA – Leo Wells, president and founder of Wells Real Estate Funds, was inducted Thursday into the Hall of Distinction by the Southeastern chapter of the Real Estate Investment Advisory Council and Georgia State University.