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Commercial Real Estate (BizJournals) - In November, Atlanta Business Chronicle hosted a round table with Carter Real Estate Vice President R. Dale Lewis; Colliers Cauble & Co. Vice President Jodi Selvey; and CB Richard Ellis Inc. First Vice President Tony Swann. Industry Focus Editor Kate Carter was the roundtable moderator. The discussion was as follows:

Real Estate: In search of a master plan (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - Real estate experts expect master-planned developments to continue to find their way to outer-ring Twin Cities suburbs as developers look for economies of scale and communities focus on encouraging growth in ways that keep residents close to home when they work, shop and play.

YAL calls for Arab real estate index (Khaleej Times) - DUBAI — A real estate index, transparent information and joint ventures and partnerships in the Arab World between the private and public sector are vital, according to experts who attended the real estate workshop on 'The boom that built the bubble?' at the Young Arab Leaders Forum in Dubai.

YAL calls for Arab real estate index - UAE (MENAFN) - YAL calls for Arab real estate index - UAE

US real estate mogul Trump wants to start TV shopping network (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Real estate tycoon turned television star Donald Trump reportedly plans to create his own television shopping network.

Signs point to less-fevered pace for real estate trusts (Chicago Tribune) - NEW YORK -- Is the REIT run over? Major economic indicators make clear that after five years of escalating share prices, the outlook for most real estate investment trusts has become a lot more complicated.

More Real estate (Detroit Free Press) - WASHINGTON -- It's one of American real estate's seamier practices, and it's almost impossible for consumers to detect: kickbacks and sweetheart payoffs among realty agents, title and escrow companies, lawyers and lenders for referring homebuyers' mortgage or closing services.

U.S. puts the heat on illegal real estate referral kickbacks (Baltimore Sun) - Kenneth Harney -- Nation's Housing It's one of American real estate's seamier practices, and it's almost impossible for consumers to detect: kickbacks and sweetheart payoffs among realty agents, title and escrow companies, lawyers and lenders for referrals of homebuyers' mortgage or closing services.

Apple iPod offers Real Estate Marketing (Turks.US) - The Real Estate Home Show, a product from the multimedia real estate marketing innovator Explicit Media, was activated for downloading to the Apple iPod.

Prices Up Again but November Real Estate Activity Appears to Stabilize, Says Kalman (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - BONSALL, Calif.----Dec. 4, 2005--Real estate activity appeared to stabilize in the prime North San Diego County communities of Fallbrook and Bonsall as November selling prices increased despite persistently high inventories, Jerry Kalman, Prudential California Realty, reported today.