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Ex-I.R.S. Agent Says Tax Evasion by Real Estate Partners Is Huge (New York Times) - Investors in real estate partnerships evade billions of dollars in federal taxes each year, a former specialist in partnerships for the I.R.S. said Thursday.

A Crash Course for Surviving the Real Estate Market's Nosedive (Law.com) - When Pamela Rothenberg switched to real estate law, she thought she'd found the type and volume of transactional legal work she was interested in pursuing. But nobody told her about the real estate cycle -- that it has boom and bust times. So now that we've entered a period of stagnation, Rothenberg shares some of the approaches that she is in the process of pursuing, in the hope that they might ...

Neurocrine Completes Real Estate Sale (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. said Thursday it completed the sale of $109 million in real estate to Veralliance Properties.

With high-speed train, Italy on track for increasing real estate prices (International Herald Tribune) - Much like the oft-publicized Ryanair effect, the debut of high-speed rail service generally leads to increases in real estate values -- and Italy is looking forward to it.

Japanese real estate stocks rally on US mortgage aid plan, rising office rents (Sharewatch) - TOKYO (Thomson Financial) - Japanese real estate stocks rose in morning trading Friday on hopes that the US government's rescue plan for struggling homeowners will ultimately improve conditions for real estate investment in Japan.

REAL ESTATE (St. Petersburg Times) - Residential real estate In this section you can find different offers on residential real estate from the leading real estate agencies: Apartments for all tastes: standard to luxurious, short or long terms.

Real estate events (San Jose Mercury News) - MONDAY Real Estate Seminar hosted by AtHome Consulting Group. 7:15-8:45 p.m. Monday and 7:15 p.m. to 8:45 p.

REAL ESTATE CATALOGUE (St. Petersburg Times) - In the nearest issue you will find the latest data on commercial, residential and trade premises in St. Petersburg. Fresh information about state of real estate market, tips from the leading consulting companies and much more!

Real estate stocks mixed after Lehman note (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance) - Real estate companies had a mixed day after Lehman brothers upgraded the UK real estate investment trust (REIT) sector to 'positive', but cut its price target for a number of companies.

BTB Real Estate Investment Trust Enters Into Conditional Agreements To Purchase Eight Properties For C$26.8 Mln - ... (Nasdaq) - (RTTNews) - The Trustees of BTB Real Estate Investment Trust (BTB_U.V) announced that BTB has entered into conditional agreements to purchase eight properties located in Lavaltrie, Laval, Montreal as well as properties located in Drummondville, Magog, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivieres.