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DPS real estate hearings a matter of perspective (Crain's Detroit Business) - Is it a case of reckless spending or misunderstood spending? Two views of a series of controversial real estate deals involving the Detroit Public Schools are emerging after former school officials stood by their past decisions during...

Securities watchdog raids Delek Real Estate offices (Haaretz Daily) - The questions hovering over the sudden resignation of Yaron Oren in October, after just a month as chief executive officer at Delek Real Estate, are multiplying. Last Thursday, Israel Securities Authority investigators raided the Delek Group company's offices, at the Gibor Sport House in Ramat Gan.

The real estate riddle (3) (People's Daily) - The largest incentive for local governments to maintain the real estate boom comes from the profit they reap from selling land, analysts said. By November 23, the governments of 70 cities surveyed by the China Institute of Index Research had doubled their earnings from land sales over the same period last year. The Shanghai government ranked first, making 82.1 billion yuan, an increase of 115 ...

Real estate market picks up in Hsinchu (Taipei Times) - As the economic recovery has brought a lot of orders to Taiwan’s high-tech companies, the real estate market in northern Taiwan’s Hsinchu area — the nation’s high-tech manufacturing base — is expected to benefit most, with both housing prices and trading volumes to set a record by the end of the year, real estate brokerages said.

Timaru real estate prices up a little (Timaru Herald) - Timaru's real estate market is continuing to improve, according to QV's latest evaluation.

The Corcoran Group Launches Interactive Real Estate Search and Information iPhone App (RISMedia Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, December 7, 2009—The Corcoran Group, one of New York City’s largest residential real estate firms, announced the official release of a real estate app the company developed for the Apple iPhone. The app is available for free and immediate download at www.corcoran.com/iphone. According to the company, the Corcoran iPhone app ...

WOODHAVEN: Woman charged in real estate Ponzi scheme (The News-Herald) - WOODHAVEN — A 58-year-old Grosse Ile woman was arraigned Thursday in 33rd District Court on charges related to an alleged real estate Ponzi scheme.

Dallas real estate giant Henry S. Miller Jr. dies (Dallas Morning News) - FILE 1988/DMN Henry S. Miller Jr., with son Henry III, at Highland Park Village. Miller's company owned the shopping center for three decades and brought in ritzier tenants.Henry S. Miller Jr., who turned a one-man Dallas property sales office into one of the country's largest real estate companies, died Saturday after a brief illness. He was 95.

Real estate saleswoman sells property, finds time to celebrate 90th birthday (The Celina Record) - Alla Hubbard School graduate Pansy Wilson Tillerson goes into her real estate office three days a week. “Most of my business is repeat customers. I just answer the phone,” she said.

The week's real estate transfers (Daily Record) - Morris County real estate transactions for the past week.