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Commercial Real Estate Industry Seeks U.S. Aid (Washington Post) - Some of the country's biggest commercial real estate players are asking the government for help, as their $6 trillion industry of hotels, office buildings and shopping malls faces a record amount of debt coming due in the next few years.

RP real estate to profit from crisis (Philippine Daily Inquirer) - MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippine real estate market could be a safe haven and even a source of profit in the world financial crisis, a global property consultant said Wednesday.

Bush pardons man involved in Suffolk real estate scam (Newsday) - Isaac Robert Toussie, the Brooklyn developer who served time in prison for masterminding a massive Suffolk real estate scam, was pardoned by President George W. Bush Tuesday, effectively wiping his criminal record clean.

Real Estate Trainers Take New Direction In Pre-license Training (The Acorn) - Real Estate Trainers, having a long history at Century 21 conducting their live prelicense Principles course, is branching into a new direction of pre-license training. As of Thurs., Jan.

Commercial real estate developers seek bailout (BizJournals) - The commercial real estate industry is the latest to seek a government bailout.

Forecast: Valley real estate close to bottom (East Valley Tribune) - The Valley's struggling real estate market may be on the eve of finally bottoming out, according to a new forecast by real estate brokerage Grubb & Ellis/BRE Land Group.

Real estate majors put offshore projects on hold (Express India) - Real estate majors, concerned with the liquidity crunch and uncertainty in stock markets, are putting several offshore projects on hold.

Real estate slump puts architects in a bind (Business Standard India) - The slump in the real estate sector has not only spooked the developers, but also architects. Representatives of the community said that more than 20 per cent of professional architects will be out of work if the slump continued for another six to eight months.

Aspen real estate no longer a billionaire's market (The Aspen Times) - ASPEN - Luxury homes have long been a trademark of the Aspen real estate market, not only for their opulence and size, but for the princely sums paid for those residences.

Rera makes efforts to improve quality of real estate business (Zawya) - Dubai: The Real Estate Regulatory Authority (ReraA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) to boost real estate professionalism in Dubai.