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Pay Less for Real Estate (The Motley Fool via Yahoo! News) - You've heard of discount brokerages on Wall Street. But there's another kind of low-cost broker a little closer to home: discount real estate agents.

CPP Board Buys Two Quebec Malls to Expand Real Estate Holdings (Bloomberg.com) - Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board said it bought two Quebec shopping malls, expanding the retirement fund's real estate holdings as it seeks to add assets that provide stable, long-term returns.

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Local real estate firms post solid growth in 2005 (Springfield Business Journal) - A hot market has Springfield’s real estate firms reaching for the top. Carol Jones, Realtors Nov. 15 announced $1 billion in year-to-date contract sales for 2005, shattering the company’s 2004 record of $882 million in contract sales. Closed sales for 2004 were $701 million.

Melichar named CEO at CBSHome Real Estate (Lincoln Journal Star) - Larry Melichar will assume the additional responsibilities of CEO at CBSHome Real Estate on Jan. 1, the company said. Melichar, who has more than 29 years of experience at Home Real Estate in Lincoln, was named president of CBSHome Real Estate in February.

Real Estate Professionals Can Still Save Taxes for 2005 (Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, Dec. 8 — “As a real estate agent or broker, make sure to pay all of your outstanding bills before the end of the year since you can generally deduct your professional expenses directly against your commission income,” explains Andrew Schwartz, CPA, founder of RealEstateProTaxes.com, an affiliation of CPAs throughout the country that specializes in tax planning and preparation for real

Across America Real Estate sells Mississippi project (Denver Business Journal) - Across America Real Estate Corp. sold a retail development project for $2.52 million.

South Florida Business Journal Launches South Florida Area Commercial Real Estate Portal (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - The Business Journal today announced the launch of bizspace, a powerful new site dedicated to commercial real estate in South Florida.

Pop Goes the Real Estate Weasel! Part 1 (GoldSeek.com) - Real Estate is on the lips of all these days! "If the elevator operator recommends buying, you should have sold long ago." Henry Ford, 1929.

ING Clarion Real Estate Income Fund 'IIA' Declares Monthly Dividend for December and Announces Special Distribution (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - NEW YORK & PHILADELPHIA----Dec. 7, 2005--The Board of Directors of the ING Clarion Real Estate Income Fund , which trades on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol 'IIA', today declared a normal monthly dividend of $0.115 and has authorized an additional special distribution of $0.415 per share.