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Commercial real estate on shaky foundation (San Francisco Chronicle) - Optimism about a national economic recovery, fueled by rising stock prices and an improved residential real estate market, is tempered by the widespread belief that a raft of commercial real estate loan defaults is just around the corner. Fears of a... Real estate - Commercial property - Business - United States - Services

Eastday-Govt fights to reel in real estate prices (Eastday.com) - China vowed on Friday to build 1.8 million low-rent homes and 1.3 million low-priced houses next year in a bid to curb rocketing house prices. Beijing will also tighten land purchase rules to prevent hoarding, which also drives up the price of real estate.

Real estate needs legal framework for sustained growth (Vi?t Nam News) - HCM CITY — Viet Nam’s real estate market has bottomed out and will continue to grow and attract investors, but further improvements to its legal and financial frameworks are needed to ensure the growth is sustainable, experts say.

Las Cruces real estate market offers mixed picture (Las Cruces Sun-News) - LAS CRUCES - The signs are mixed for the real estate industry, but Chuck Olson, president of the Las Cruces Association of Realtors, said real estate professionals and their clients both need to be realistic in their outlook for 2010.

Real estate giant Howard Hanna vibrant, aggressive (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) - Howard Hanna Real Estate Services Inc. has a war chest approaching $50 million, and wields it in a tough economy — which makes it a buyers' market for acquirers like Hanna.

Tehama County real estate license stripped (Red Bluff Daily News) - A Tehama County real estate salesman has been stripped of his license after a court ruled he had deceived a number of North State residents by representing himself as a broker and failing to document a number of private loans.

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 ...

Jefferson beefs up its Web site with real estate info (Daily Record) - JEFFERSON -- The township has created a new link on its Web site that will allow residents to find property information, including real estate sale prices, more easily.

Engel & Volkers real-estate expands into Manalapan, enhances international scope (Palm Beach Daily News) - Last November, Sheri and Paul Reback established their first Engel & Volkers real estate office in North Palm Beach. They followed with an island office, on Peruvian Avenue, in April. This month, the Rebacks have opened a Manalapan office to handle properties from South Palm Beach to Delray Beach.

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.